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Further information: Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign. On June 3, 2008, after the Montana and South Dakota primaries, he secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination of the Democratic Party for President of the United States. [4] His opponent in the general election, Republican John McCain, passed the delegate threshold to ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio is another potential running mate. His metamorphosis from Trump-opposing pundit in 2016 to Trump-backer in 2024 was apparent during an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan ...
The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Joe Biden, were re-elected to a second term.
Barack Obama 's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, took office following his victory over Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Four years later, in the 2012 presidential election, he ...
Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign. On February 10, 2007, Barack Obama, then-junior United States senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois. Obama announced his candidacy at the Old State Capitol building, where Abraham Lincoln had delivered his "House Divided ...