Mr. Obama was the 5th Black person elected to the US Senate.
Wasn’t he unopposed on the ballot, like the old Soviet candidates?
Doh! You are so right. My error. I was thinking of the Havard Law Review. The article that quote came from was partially about his time at HLR.
And he only won that seat because Ryan was brought down by a personal scandal. That was far less than what Anthony Wiener did.
He also ran as the “New Party” candidate. In Illinois that’s the name of the Socialist party.