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8–9 February: Czech Republic, President (indirect) 15 February: Czech Republic, President (indirect) 10 February: French Polynesia, Legislative (2nd Round) 11 February: Trinidad and Tobago, President (indirect) 17–19 February: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Parliament; 17–24 February: Cyprus, President; 18 February: Pakistan, Parliament
January 8 – Vice President Dick Cheney, in his role as President of the U.S. Senate, opens the certificates of the electoral votes from the various states, which are then counted by two tellers from the House of Representatives and two from the Senate. Cheney then announces the votes for president and vice president. [294]
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American ...
January 7 – NBC announces the 2008 Golden Globe Awards Ceremony will be canceled due to the Writers Guild of America strike. The network announces the winners in a 1-hour news conference. Mickey Rourke and Tina Fey, among others, are winners. January 9 – President George W. Bush begins a tour of the Middle East with a stop in Israel.
Not only was the 2008 election the first time since 1952 that neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate in the general election, but it was also the first time since the 1928 election that neither sought his party's nomination for president; as Bush was term-limited from seeking another nomination, the ...
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was the Democratic nominee, and Senator John McCain of Arizona was the Republican nominee. Incumbent President George W. Bush was ineligible for re-election per the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which limits a president to two terms, and incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney declined to run for the office.
2008 presidential election may refer to: 2008 Armenian presidential election; ... Electoral calendar 2008; Category:2008 elections This page was last edited on ...
January 3 - The first caucuses in the 2008 U.S. presidential primary season for both Democrats and Republicans were held in Iowa.Then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the Democrat contest, whilst former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee won the Republican race.