Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi ia mo te Kaituku Lane Evans, a i te tau 2003 ka neke ki te mahi mo Obama, i taua wa he mema o te Illinois Senate. I whakahaerehia e ia nga tari katoa o Obama o Downstate Illinois i a ia e noho ana hei US Senator mo te kawanatanga, a i whakahaerehia e ia te panui 2007 o
tōna tūtohu mō te Perehitini.