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[51] [54] The presidential candidates promised not to campaign in Florida. Meanwhile, Michigan moved its primary to January 15, 2008, also in violation of party rules. In October 2007, Obama, Richardson, Biden, and Edwards withdrew their names from the Michigan primary ballot, under pressure from the DNC and voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. [55]
In February 2006, Napolitano was named by The White House Project as one of "8 in '08", a group of eight female politicians who were suggested as possible candidates for president in 2008. [69] On January 11, 2008, she endorsed then Illinois Senator Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for president. [70] Governor of Arizona 2003–2009
The Civil Forum on the Presidency was the venue of back-to-back interviews of U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama by pastor Rick Warren on August 16, 2008, at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.
Presidential candidate/running mate Party Campaign site Barack Obama/Joe Biden Democratic, South Carolina United Citizens, New York Working Families [4] barackobama.com: John McCain/Sarah Palin Republican, New York Independence, New York Conservative: johnmccain.com: Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez
For the first time in its ten-year history, MoveOn.org endorsed a presidential candidate when Obama received 70 percent of an online ballot the organization held of its members. [304] On February 3, 2008, another member from the Kennedy family, First Lady of California Maria Shriver, announced her endorsement for Obama. [305]
This is the electoral history of Barack Obama. Barack 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.
The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama filed a lawsuit challenging this. The House Judiciary Committee wrote to the Department of Justice requesting an investigation. [136] Libertarian candidate Bob Barr filed a lawsuit in Texas to have Obama and McCain removed from the ballot in that state. [137]
This is a list of major Democratic Party candidates for president. ... Barack Obama. August 4, 1961 (age 51) Honolulu, Hawaii: President of the United States (2009 ...