Illinois, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Illinois, United States Index / Locations Transcripts Rick Wade ...rising leader named Barack Obama from Illinois ?” That really was as much of th... Huma Abedin ...guy who's running for the Senate from Illinois named Barack Obama. Can you come and d... Rob Nabors ...end of pain because, as a senator from Illinois , he opposed earmarks, which is what w... ...I said, “Springfield.” He said, “ Illinois ?” “No, Virginia.” And he was like... Jason Furman ...gave to an antitrust group in Chicago [ Illinois ], and ultimately it culminated in a... Michael Minor ...touching time I had was, I went up in Illinois , a little small town. Lady called me... Christina Romer ...the Midwest. I was born in East Alton, Illinois , and then spent junior high and hig... ...anyone who has spent time in Ohio, or Illinois , or Wisconsin, to know the change... ...company. And where I was in East Alton, Illinois , was the industrial heart of th... Richard Cordray ...had looked a bit at his record in the Illinois legislature, where he had worked on ... ...when he was in the state Senate in Illinois , and the Senate in the United State... ...things we had seen in Ohio. I mean, Illinois was not one of the very hardest hi... ...and then, of course, the whole State of Illinois . He had worked on a lot of thes... Neal Wolin ...you grew up. I grew up in Evanston, Illinois , which is the first suburb north o... ...or that campaign office in Evanston, Illinois , licking envelopes, alphabetizin... ...the Ninth Congressional District in Illinois , Ab Mikva—who went on to be a federa... ...things, I slowly drifted away from Illinois , which presumably would've been th... ...bit about your upbringing in Evanston, Illinois . One of the things you'd said was tha... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Russia Russia go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Democrats Democrats