CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama said “a very affectionate thanks” to the people of Illinois in a letter published Sunday in the Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers across his home state.
Obama announced on Thursday that his resignation from the U.S. Senate is official as of Sunday.
“Today, I am ending one journey to begin another,” Obama’s letter said. “After serving the people of Illinois in the United States Senate — one of the highest honors and privileges of my life — I am stepping down as senator to prepare for the responsibilities I will assume as our nation’s next president.”
Obama wrote about moving to Illinois two decades ago “as a young man eager to do my part in building a better America.”
“On the South Side of Chicago, I worked with families who had lost jobs and lost hope when the local steel plant closed. It wasn’t easy, but we slowly rebuilt those neighborhoods one block at a time, and in the process I received the best education I ever had,” he wrote.
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