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Barack Obama was an Illinois State Senator, United States Senator and is currently the 44th President of the United States. He has been involved in many elections, beginning in 1996.

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Illinois Senate and U.S. House of Representatives elections (1996-2002)

Illinois Senate, 13th district, 1996[1]:

  • Barack Obama (D) - 48,592 (82.16%)
  • David Whitehead (Harold Washington Party) - 7,461 (12.62%)
  • Rosette Caldwell Peyton (R) - 3,091 (5.23%)

Illinois Senate, 13th district, 1998[2]:

  • Barack Obama (D) (inc.) - 45,486 (89.17%)
  • Yesse B. Yehudah (R) - 5,526 (10.83%)

US House, Illinois's 1st district, 2000 (Democratic primary), 2000[3]:

Illinois Senate, 13th district, 2002[4]:

  • Barack Obama (inc.) - 48,717 (100.00%)

United States Senate election (2004)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Illinois, 2004[5]:

  • Barack Obama - 655,923 (52.77%)
  • Dan Hynes - 294,717 (23.71%)
  • Blair Hull - 134,453 (10.82%)
  • Maria Pappas - 74,987 (6.03%)
  • Gery Chico - 53,433 (4.30%)
  • Nancy Skinner - 16,098 (1.30%)
  • Joyce Washington - 13,375 (1.08%)
  • Estella Johnson-Hunt (write-in) - 10 (0.00%)

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2004[6]:

  • Barack Obama (D) - 3,598,277 (69.97%)
  • Alan Keyes (R) - 1,391,030 (27.05%)
  • Albert J. Franzen (I) - 81,186 (1.58%)
  • Jerry Kohn (LBT) - 69,276 (1.35%)
  • Mark Kuhnke (R) (write-in) - 2,268 (0.04%)
  • Scott Doddy (I) (write-in) - 339 (0.01%)
  • Donald McArthur-Self (I) (write-in) - 134 (0.00%)
  • Kathy Campbell (I) (write-in) - 129 (0.00%)
  • Shaun Bill (I) (write-in) - 37 (0.00%)
  • Marcus Hester (I) (write-in) - 23 (0.00%)

Presidential primaries (2008)

2008 Democratic presidential primaries:[7]

Excluding penalized contests[8], only primary and caucuses votes:

Including penalized contests:

2008 Democratic delegate counts:

(2,118 delegates needed to secure nomination)

Pledged delegates"[9]

Including superdelegates:[10]

2008 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)

  • Barack Obama - chosen by acclamation

Unfinished roll call (13 states, D.C. Guam, American Samoa and Democrats Abroad):[11]

Other results

2008 New Hampshire Democratic Vice Presidential primary:[12]

Vermont Liberty Union Party Presidential primary, 2008:[13]

Minnesota Independence Party Presidential caucus, 2008:[14]

Connecticut for Lieberman Presidential caucus, 2008:[15]

  • Barack Obama - 19 (82.61%)
  • Ralph Nader - 3 (13.04%)
  • No nominee - 1 (4.35%)

MoveOn.org Presidential primary, 2008:[16]

2008 United States Presidential Election

Popular vote:

Electoral vote:

References

  1. ^ Our Campaigns - IL State Senate 13 Race - Nov 05, 1996
  2. ^ Our Campaigns - Candidate - Barack Obama
  3. ^ Our Campaigns - IL District 01- D Primary Race - Mar 21, 2000
  4. ^ Our Campaigns - IL State Senate 13 Race - Nov 08, 2002
  5. ^ Our Campaigns - IL US Senate - D Primary Race - Mar 16, 2004
  6. ^ Our Campaigns - IL US Senate Race - Nov 02, 2004
  7. ^ Our Campaigns - US President - D Primary Race - Jan 03, 2008
  8. ^ Florida and Michigan violated Democratic National Committee rules by moving their primaries before February 5, 2008, resulting in a nullification of their primaries, until the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted to restore half their delegates.
  9. ^ Political Dashboard - 2008 Presidential Election on Yahoo! News
  10. ^ Our Campaigns - US President - Democratic Delegate Count Race - Jan 03, 2008
  11. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=279986
  12. ^ Our Campaigns - NH US Vice President - D Primary Race - Jan 08, 2008
  13. ^ Our Campaigns - VT US President - Liberty Union Primary Race - Mar 04, 2008
  14. ^ Our Campaigns - MN US President - MNI Caucus Race - Feb 05, 2008
  15. ^ Our Campaigns - CT US President - CFL Caucus Race - Mar 06, 2008
  16. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=442606
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Early life and
political career
Books
Speeches
The Audacity of Hope (Jul 2004, Boston) · A More Perfect Union (Mar 2008, Philadelphia) · Change Has Come to America (Nov 2008, Chicago) · A New Birth of Freedom (Jan 2009) · Speech to joint session of Congress (Feb 2009) · Prague (Apr 2009, Prague) · A New Beginning (Jun 2009, Cairo) · Speech to joint session of Congress (Sep 2009)
Family (tree)
Michelle Obama · Barack Obama, Sr. · Ann Dunham · Lolo Soetoro (stepfather) · Maya Soetoro-Ng (half-sister) · Marian Shields Robinson (mother-in-law) · Stanley Armour Dunham (grandfather) · Madelyn Dunham (grandmother) · Bo (family dog)
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