Question: What poltical offices has the artist awarded for The Audacity of hope been in?
Answer(s):
answer: United States Senator
answer: Illinois State Senator

SPARQL query:
#MANUAL SPARQL
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
  FILTER (?x != ?c)
?c ns:award.award_nominee.award_nominations ?k .
?k ns:award.award_nomination.nominated_for ns:m.0262vrv . 
?c ns:government.politician.government_positions_held ?y .
  ?y ns:government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title ?x ;
     ns:government.government_position_held.to ?d .  # the position has ended; not the current position
}