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  1. 6 days ago · American presidential election held on November 4, 2008, in which, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, Americans elected Democrat Barack Obama their 44th president. The result was historic, as Obama, a first-term U.S. senator from Illinois, became, when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, the country’s first African American ...

  2. 1 day ago · On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected President of the United States, sparking many celebrations in the United States and around the world. He gained almost 53% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes.

  3. 5 days ago · Barack Obama - 44th President, US Politics, Legacy: At the beginning of September 2012, at its national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Democratic Party officially nominated Obama and Biden as its candidates for president and vice president of the United States.

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  4. Oct 11, 2024 · Former US President Barack Obama has made an impassioned plea to black men to get behind the Democratic nominee. In an unannounced stop at a Harris campaign field office in the swing state of...

  5. Oct 24, 2024 · Not that we needed proof, but Barack Obama showed last night that even at 63 he remains the coolest US president out there. He rapped a portion of Eminem’s Lose Yourself at a rally in Detroit, and produced a viral moment that for 99.9% of politicians would be knuckle-clenchingly embarrassing, but which, coming from him, sounded naturally funny, and yes, kinda cool.

  6. 3 days ago · Barack Obama. In 1996 he was elected to the Illinois Senate, where, most notably, he helped pass legislation that tightened campaign finance regulations, expanded health care to poor families, and reformed criminal justice and welfare laws.

  7. Oct 13, 2024 · Former President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris at the University of Pittsburgh on October 10, 2024. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images. CNN — America and the...