Four people ran for president during the presidential election in the year 2008 Who were they? 44 people ran for president in 2008, unless this question is for second graders.
None, but John mccain ran in 2008
John McCain ran for president twice. He first ran in 2000 and then again 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.
He ran for president twice-- once in 2008, and again in 2012. He won both times.
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Hillary Clinton was the one who ran in 2008 :)
Paul ran for President and for his House seat at the same time.
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Barack Obama first ran for president in the 2008 election cycle. (He announced his intention to run in 2007, while he was still serving in the U.S. Senate.) In the 2008 election, Mr. Obama defeated his opponent, Senator John McCain, and was elected president. He assumed office in January 2009. He was then re-elected in November 2012, and began serving his second term in January 2013.
There were three men who ran for president in 1860. There may have been others who wanted to be president buy only three ran. These three were; Abraham Lincoln, John Breckinridge, and John Bell.
George H. W. Bush ran twice, in 1988 and again in 1992. Obama ran in 2008 and again in 2012.
President Obama's vice president is Joseph ("Joe") Biden. Back when Mr. Obama was a senator and running for president in 2008, he selected Mr. Biden, a fellow senator with a lot of experience in foreign policy. They ran together in 2008 and won; and they ran together in 2012 and won again.