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Obama at a campaign rally in Springfield, Illinois, August 2008

Barack Obama, then a junior United States Senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois, on February 10, 2007. On August 27, 2008, he was declared nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election. He was the first African American in history to be nominated on a major party ticket. On August 23, 2008, Barack Obama's campaign announced that Senator Joe Biden of Delaware would be the Vice Presidential nominee.

On November 4, 2008, Obama won the election, making him the President-elect and the first African American elected President of the United States. He is the third sitting Senator, after Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy, to be elected President.

His constitutional election to the office was completed with the meeting of the Electoral College on December 15, 2008, and the subsequent certification of the college's vote by the Joint Session of the United States Congress on January 8, 2009. The Headquarters of Obama's campaign was in his home town of Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Biden Obama

    Joe Biden and Barack Obama after the presentation of Biden as the vice presidential running mate in Springfield, Illinois

  • Obama08acceptance

    "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer." —Barack Obama, November 4, 2008

  • President George W. Bush bipartisan economic meeting Congress, McCain, Obama

    Obama (far right) participates in a bipartisan meeting with President Bush and Senator McCain, and House and Senate party leaders regarding the economy, September 25, 2008

  • 3rd Mercury Sable GS wagon rear

    A 3rd Generation Mercury Sable station wagon with Barack Obama bumper sticker visible on rear bumper

  • Obama Sign Arlington Virginia

    A campaign sign in a window in Arlington, Virginia

  • Obama Campaign Office

    An "Obama 08" campaign office in Arlington, Virginia, photographed November 1, 2008

  • BarackObamaCertificationOfLiveBirthHawaii

    Obama's birth certificate

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