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The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator from Delaware, defeated the Republican ticket of John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, and Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.
t. e. Barack Obama, then junior United States senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for president of the United States on February 10, 2007, in Springfield, Illinois. [1] After winning a majority of delegates in the Democratic primaries of 2008, on August 23, leading up to the convention, the campaign announced that Senator Joe Biden ...
2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries. 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 ...
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was the Democratic nominee, and Senator John McCain of Arizona was the Republican nominee. Incumbent President George W. Bush was ineligible for re-election per the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which limits a president to two terms, and incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney declined to run for the office.
Ben Blanchet. October 19, 2024 at 3:16 PM. Former President Barack Obama is reflecting on the late GOP Sen. John McCain, his onetime rival for the White House, and a moment from the 2008 campaign ...
Cynthia McKinney / Rosa Clemente (campaign) Green. votetruth08.com. Chuck Baldwin / Darrell Castle (campaign) Constitution, Kansas Reform, Virginia Independent Green. baldwin2008.com. Alan Keyes /Brian Rohrbough (campaign) Independent, America's Independent. alankeyes.com.
2012 →. v. t. e. The results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries are the detailed outcomes of a series of contests by which members of the United States Democratic Party chose their candidate for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The contests are held in each of the fifty U.S. states, as well as the District of Columbia ...
During his eight years as president, Obama sought to fix these things. So here's a look at 10 of Obama's greatest accomplishments: 1. The Affordable Care Act or Obamacare is considered to be his ...