Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ rụụrụ onye nnọchi anya Lane Evans ọrụ, ma na 2003 kwagara ịrụrụ Obama ọrụ, onye bụ mgbe ahụ onye otu Senate Illinois. Ọ na-agba niile nke Obama Downstate Illinois itieutom mgbe ọ bụ US Senator maka steeti, na jisiri 2007 mara ọkwa nke
nhọpụta ya dịka onyeisiala.