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Then-incumbent President Barack Obama casts his vote early in Chicago on October 7, 2016. Elections were held in the United States on November 8, 2016. Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, while Republicans retained control of Congress.
The incumbent in 2016, Barack Obama. His second term expired at noon on January 20, 2017. President Barack Obama, a Democrat and former U.S. senator from Illinois, was ineligible to seek reelection to a third term due to the restrictions of the American presidential term limits established by the Twenty-second Amendment. [35] [36]
This is the electoral history of Barack Obama. Barack Obama served as the 44th president of the United States (2009–2017) and as a United States senator from Illinois (2005–2008). A member of the Democratic Party , Obama was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 1997 representing the 13th district, which covered much of the Chicago South ...
Individuals listed in this section were the focus of media speculation as being possible 2016 presidential candidates but publicly, and unequivocally, ruled out a presidential bid in 2016. Tammy Baldwin , U.S. Senator from Wisconsin since 2013; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 1999–2013 [ 81 ]
Michelle Obama says the Democrats’ loss in the 2016 US election “still hurts” but that she and her husband had “laid a marker in the sand” with his presidency. ... I’m not. I’m not ...
In 2011, Trump was a leading voice of the birther movement, which claimed Obama was concealing his true citizenship (supposedly Kenyan) and thus ineligible to serve as commander in chief.
Obama won all of the 2004 swing states (states that either Kerry or Bush won by less than 5%) by a margin of 8.5 percent or more except for Ohio, which he carried by 4.5 percent. Obama also defied political bellwethers, becoming the first person to win the presidency while losing Missouri since 1956 and while losing Kentucky and Tennessee since ...
February 3, 2016 (ran for re-election) (Campaign • Positions • Website) FEC filing: Donald Trump [22] [23] Mike Huckabee: August 24, 1955 (age 61) Hope, Arkansas ...