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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.
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 ...
One source reported that if the costs for both Democratic and Republican campaigns were added together (for the presidential primary election, general election, and the political conventions), the costs have more than doubled in only eight years ($448.9 million in 1996, $649.5 million in 2000, and $1.01 billion in 2004). [116]
He became the Democratic candidate in the 2008 US Senate election in Virginia, and eventually won the seat. As a successful governor from a "red state" (barred from serving consecutive terms by state law) and popular within the party, it was highly anticipated that Warner would mount a presidential bid. In October, though Governor Warner stated ...
This article lists potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 presidential election.After Illinois Junior Senator Barack Obama became the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee on June 3, 2008, [1] Obama formed a small committee, made up of James A. Johnson (who stepped down after one week), [2] Eric Holder and Caroline ...
December 16 – Democratic Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana withdraws from the race, citing his status as "a relatively unknown candidate". [31] December 17 – Former Democratic Senator, 2004 presidential candidate and 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards of North Carolina announces he will formally begin his candidacy later in the month. [32]
The Los Angeles Times, The Politico, and CNN hosted a Democratic debate in Hollywood, California, at the Kodak Theatre. [52] [53] The debate set another Cable TV viewing record for a presidential primary debate, with 8,324,000 million total viewers. [54] This was the final Democratic party-specific debate before Super Tuesday on
2008 District of Columbia Democratic Presidential Primary Results Party Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Democratic: Barack Obama: 93,386: 75.31%: 12: Democratic: Hillary Clinton: 29,470 23.77% 3 Democratic: John Edwards: 347 0.28% 0 Democratic: Uncommitted 339 0.27% 0 Democratic: Dennis Kucinich: 193 0.16% 0 Democratic: Bill Richardson ...