Yes, the election was held on November 6, 2012, and President Obama was elected to a second term.
2008
He was first elected in 2008, and was then re-elected in 2012.
Barack Obama is a president, not a king, so we do not say he has "ruled." Rather, we say he has been "in office." President Obama has been in office since he was elected: he won the election in November 2008 and was inaugurated in January 2009. American presidents serve a four year term, and then they can be re-elected for a second four-year term. Mr. Obama was re-elected in November 2012, so he will serve four more years in office.
Maybe 2008 or 2010 around that area
He was elected on November 6, 2012 and was given a second term as president as a result of winning the election.
Barack Obama was first elected President of the United States of America in 2008. He then became the 44th President of USA. In 2012 he was re-elected for his second term as the 45th President.
He was chosen for the first time in 2008, and then re-elected in 2012.
Barack H. Obama, Democrat from Chicago, Ill and born in Hawaii, were re-elected in 2012.
Barack Obama first became a legislator in Illinois-- he ran for the Illinois State Senate in 1996, was elected, and served three terms. He then became a member of congress in 2004 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois.
He ran for the Illinois state Senate in 1996 and was elected that year for the first time.
he was elected for the first time in 2008, and then re-elected in 2012.
Obama was elected in 2008 to a four-year term which ends on January 20, 2013. He is expected to be a candidate for a second term in 2012.