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All four major candidates for president and vice president went on to hold significant public office after this election. Obama and Biden served their second terms as president and vice president, respectively. Biden initially retired from politics after leaving office, but later ran against Donald Trump in 2020 and won.
October 12— Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Gary Johnson, and Rick Santorum, all address the New Hampshire House of Representatives [80] October 14–16 – Socialist Party USA convention in Los Angeles, CA selects Stewart Alexander as their presidential candidate and Alejandro Mendoza as their vice-presidential candidate [ 81 ]
Trump has officially run as a candidate for president four times, in 2000, 2016, 2020, and 2024; he also unofficially campaigned in 2012 and mulled a run in 2004. [1] He won the 2016 general election through the Electoral College while losing the popular vote to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by 2.8 million votes, the largest margin ever to ...
Obama defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney to win a second term, taking 51.1 percent of the popular vote and 332 of the 538 electoral votes. Romney defeated Rick Santorum , Newt Gingrich , and several other candidates to win his party's nomination in the 2012 Republican primaries .
Footage shows Obama mocking Donald Trump during his speech at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner - but the billionaire didn't look amused.
[12] President Obama did not face a significant challenge in the Democratic primaries, with no other candidate on the ballot in all but seven states. On April 3, 2012, Obama won the Maryland and District of Columbia primaries, giving him more than the required 2,778 delegates to secure the nomination. [13]
If Donald Trump's presidential oath of office goes smoothly on Friday, he will be the first person to be sworn into office without making a mistake in 12 years.
The national convention then selected its nominee to run for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election. There were 2,286 delegates chosen, [ 3 ] and a candidate needed to accumulate 1,144 delegate votes at the convention to win the nomination. [ 4 ]