Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008
| Obama for America | |
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 2008 Obama presidential campaign logo |
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| Campaign | U.S. Democratic presidential primaries, 2008 |
| 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) David Axelrod (Media) Robert Gibbs (Communications) |
| Receipts | US$287.4 (May 31, 2008) |
| Slogan |  |
| Chant | Yes We Can |
| Website | |
| www.barackobama.com | |
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. On June 3, 2008, he secured enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election. He was the first African-American in American History to be nominated by a major party. On November 4, 2008, Obama won the presidential election to become the 44th President of the United States, succeeding George W. Bush.
Obama announced his candidacy at the Old State Capitol building, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his "House Divided" speech in 1858. Obama was the main challenger, along with John Edwards, to Democratic Party Front-runner Hillary Clinton for much of 2007. His initial victory in the Iowa caucus helped bring him to national prominence from a crowded field of Democratic challengers, and his campaign began to trade a series of hard-fought state wins with expected frontunner Clinton in January, a trend that continued through Super Tuesday, in which Obama had great success in large rural states and Clinton was nearly as dominant in high-population coastal areas. Obama continued to have remarkable fundraising and electoral success in February, winning all 11 state and territorial-level contests after Super Tuesday and "chipping away" at Clinton's core supporters in key states. Obama won the Vermont primary, however ended up losing Ohio and Rhode Island thus losing six delegates of his lead. Obama then won the Wyoming caucus and Mississippi primary and later lost the Pennsylvania primary.
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