Barack Obama - Democratic Party
John McCain - Republican Party
Ralph Nader - Independent, Peace and Freedom Party
Bob Barr - Libertarian Party
Chuck Baldwin - Constitution, Reform & U.S.Taxpayers Parties
Cynthia McKinney - Green & Mountain Parties, Independent
Alan Keyes - America's Independent
Ron Paul - Constitution & Louisiana Taxpayers Parties
Gloria La Riva - Socialism and Liberation Party
Brian Moore - Liberty Union & Socialist Parties
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In 2008, there were a number of candidates on both sides seeking their party's nomination. The final nominees were Barack Obama and John McCain, but before that happened, various candidates tried and failed to be selected. According to Wikipedia, the Democratic candidates were:
And the Republican candidates were:
Democrats
Democrat Barack Obama-52%
Republican John McCain-45%
OBAMA WINS
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520.
Barack Obama - Democratic Party
John McCain - Republican Party
Ralph Nader - Independent, Peace and Freedom Party
Bob Barr - Libertarian Party
Chuck Baldwin - Constitution, Reform & U.S.Taxpayers Parties
Cynthia McKinney - Green & Mountain Parties, Independent
Alan Keyes - America's Independent
Ron Paul - Constitution & Louisiana Taxpayers Parties
Gloria La Riva - Socialism and Liberation Party
Brian Moore - Liberty Union & Socialist Parties
Róger Calero - Socialist Workers Party
Richard Duncan - Independent
James Harris - Socialist Workers Party
Charles Jay - Boston Tea Party / Independent
John Joseph Polachek - New Party
Frank Edward McEnulty - Unaffiliated
Jeffery J. Wamboldt - Independent
Thomas Robert Stevens - Objectivist Party
Gene C. Amondson - Prohibition Party
Jeff Boss - Vote Here Party
George Phillies - Libertarian Party
Ted Weill - Reform Party
Jonathan E. Allen - Heartquake '08 Party
Bradford Lyttle - U.S. Pacifist Party
The two major-party candidates were Barack Obama (Democrat) and John McCain (Republican). Mr. Obama won the election and became president that year.
john macain was the 2nd presidant to run for in 2008
Barack Obama (D) & John Mcain (R) were the candidates in 2008.
Obama ran against McCain for president. All the congressional seats and 1/3 of the senate seats were also up for election.
Barack Obama Hilary Clinton John Mcain
Hillary Clinton was the one who ran in 2008 :)
1988 and 2008
He got to be president in 2008 i think.a president gets to be president for 4 years.have fun.enjoi!
He ran for president twice-- once in 2008, and again in 2012. He won both times.
Nader says he may run in 2008, especially if Hillary gets the nomination.
Bill Clinton was the president; his wife is Hillary Clinton, current Secretary of State and former New York Senator. She failed in her bid to get the Democratic nomination in 2008 thus ending her run for president.
Yes, but he can re-run for office just like Bush did.
In 2004 Sarah Palin was asked to become a candidate as vice-president for John McCain
The only one I can recall is Ralph Nader, but then he seems to always run.
Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic) in 1984 and Sarah Palin (Republican) in 2008.
Joe Biden has ran for both president and vice president twice. He ran for vice president in 2008 and 2012 and for president in 1988 and 2008.
The position of president is open once every 4 years, unless the sitting president is unable to complete his/her 4 year term for whatever reason. Obama ran in 2008, so he can choose to run again in 2012 or step down.