Friends of Barack Obama check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Obama, "Barack Obama," payable to The Ridgeland Club for $169.85, March 12, 1998. In very fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as "GEM MT 10."
Friends of Barack Obama was his official campaign committee; at the time he signed this check, Obama was days away from the March 17th primary, when he won his re-nomination unopposed. At the November 3rd general election, Obama was re-elected to a four-year term as state senator with a landslide victory. Obama remains rare in signed checks.
