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From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Democratic Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election.Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was selected as the nominee, becoming the first African American to secure the presidential nomination of any major political party in the United States.
This electoral calendar 2008 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2008 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, even though they are not elections.
Not only was the 2008 election the first time since 1952 that neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate in the general election, but it was also the first time since the 1928 election that neither sought his party's nomination for president; as Bush was term-limited from seeking another nomination, the ...
Florida and Michigan were penalized by the Democratic party, and under the rules as they existed at the time of the elections, the delegates were not to be seated at the Democratic Convention. Toward the end of the primary season, on May 31, the Democratic National Committee restored "half votes" to the disputed primaries, as well as accepting ...
Oct. 15—Nose for News by Sarah Stultz Here we are with less than a month to go until Election Day, and I couldn't be happier. I think I've written about it before, but election season isn't my ...
This debate was originally scheduled for January 6, 2008, but because the Iowa Caucus was moved up to January 3, 2008, the Des Moines Register moved the debate up to December 13. Iowa Public Television video (in full and by segment) and transcript; NPR Election 2008 – Podcast Direct link to download podcast
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Record numbers of early voters flocked to the Franklin County Board of Elections before Election Day, with 245,477 votes cast so far, including mail-in ballots already ...
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