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5 January: Georgia, president, NATO membership referendum and election date referendum. 7 January: Marshall Islands, President (by the parliament) 9 January: Kosovo, President (by the parliament) 12 January: Republic of China ( Taiwan ), Parliament and referendum. 15 January: Barbados, Parliament. 17–19 January: Tokelau, Parliament.
February 21 – The first presidential forum is held in Carson City. [57] February 23 – Former Democratic Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa withdraws from the race, citing money problems. [58] February 28 – Republican John McCain of Arizona states that he will formally announce his candidacy in April.
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.
July 10 – The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game takes place at Yankee Stadium. [33] The home American League wins 4–3 in 15 innings, giving home field advantage in the 2008 World Series to the AL champion, which eventually came to be the Tampa Bay Rays. July 18 – The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, is released. It was ...
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 ...
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Create, share, or subscribe to a calendar. Learn how to stay in touch with the people in your life by creating, sharing, or subscribing to a calendar. Calendar · Oct 28, 2023. AOL Calendar helps you stay connected and organized with the rest of the world.
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.