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On September 4, 2008, the Obama campaign announced they raised $10 million in the 24-hour period after Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's acceptance speech. The RNC reported raising $1 million in the same period. [92] On October 19, 2008, Obama's campaign announced a record fundraising total of $150 million for September 2008.
Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, has successfully run for president twice: Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign, a successful election campaign resulting in him being elected the 44th president of the United States; Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign, a successful re-election campaign
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The Obama campaign raised $32 million in the month of January 2008 alone, from over 250,000 separate supporters. [329] [330] When it was disclosed that Hillary Clinton loaned $5 million of her own money to her campaign, Obama's supporters donated over $6.5 million in less than 24 hours. [331]
List of persons holding prominent positions within the Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008.. According to an August 2008 statement by Deputy Campaign Manager Steve Hildebrand, the Obama campaign had "large-scale operations in 22 states, medium operations in many others, and small staffs in only a handful of states," [1] with several thousand paid operatives on the ground between ...
A More Perfect Union (speech) Obama's campaign speech on race; List of Barack Obama presidential campaign staff members, 2008; List of Barack Obama presidential campaign endorsements from state, local and territory officials; Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Obama's campaign headquarters was in Chicago and key members of his successful campaign in 2008, such as Jim Messina and David Axelrod, returned to staff it. [8] On the day of the announcement, the campaign released a promotional video showing supporters of Obama organizing for the re-election effort. [ 6 ]
Obama began to run for president just three years after that speech. In response to a political controversy involving race during the primary campaign, he delivered his "A More Perfect Union" speech, which was widely seen as a critical point in the campaign. Obama was elected to the presidency in 2008 and subsequently re-elected in 2012.