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On September 4, 2008, the Obama campaign announced they raised $10 million in the 24-hour period after Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin 's acceptance speech. The RNC reported raising $1 million in the same period. [92] On October 19, 2008, Obama's campaign announced a record fundraising total of $150 million for September 2008.
Presidential candidate/running mate Party Campaign site Barack Obama/Joe Biden Democratic, South Carolina United Citizens, New York Working Families: barackobama.com: John McCain/Sarah Palin Republican, New York Independence, New York Conservative: johnmccain.com: Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez
On June 22, Biden endorsed Barack Obama, and he was chosen on August 23, 2008, as Obama's running mate . On November 4, the Obama–Biden ticket defeated John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin to win the presidential election. Thus, Biden was elected as the 47th Vice President of the United States.
On August 23, 2008, via text message, the Obama campaign announced that the then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee chose Senator Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate. [19] The selection was well-received by both the public and by political analysts, who largely agreed that Biden’s lengthy Senate career and foreign policy ...
The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on 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 ...
Candidate: Barack Obama U.S. Senator 2005–2008: Affiliation: Democratic Party: Status: Announced February 10, 2007 Presumptive nominee June 3, 2008 Official nominee August 27, 2008: Headquarters: 233 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60601: Key people: Sen. Joe Biden (VP Running Mate) David Plouffe (Manager) Penny Pritzker (Finance ...
This is the electoral history of Barack Obama. 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 Side.
On April 4, 2011, Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, announced his candidacy for re-election as president. [3] [4] On September 5, 2012, he again became the nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2012 presidential election. Along with his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, [5] Obama was opposed in the general election ...