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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 ...
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On November 4, 2008, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, Americans elected Illinois senator Barack Obama their 44th president. The result was historic, as Obama, a first-term U.S. senator, became, when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, the country’s first African American president.
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Results of the presidential election of 2008, won by Barack H. Obama with 365 electoral votes
The 2008 presidential election was the first since 1952 in which neither an incumbent president nor an incumbent vice president was a candidate. Senator Obama won the number of electors necessary to be elected president and was inaugurated on January 20, 2009.
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Nov 5, 2008 · By Adam Nagourney. Nov. 4, 2008. Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, sweeping away the last racial barrier in American politics with ease as the...
Presidential Nominee: Barack Obama Presidential Nominee: John McCain Presidential Nominee: Bob Barr Presidential Nominee: Ralph Nader Site: Denver, Colorado Site: Minneapolis–St. Paul United States Presidential Election of 2008 - Candidates, Issues, Results | Britannica
Nov 4, 2008 · In an extraordinary moment in America's history, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has won the 2008 presidential election and will become the 44th president of the United States...
