Barack Obama won the 2008 US presidential elections and became the president on 2009 January 20.
Barack Hussein Obama Obama ran for President and won. incorrect answer above
Barack Obama.
Franklin D. Rooselvelt
Because he decided to run for office and won the elections.
The President Elect is Jonathan Mccain.
Nov 8th 2016
the presidential elections in 2008 will take place in November 4th,2008. there is another answer that says October 14. That one is wrong.
Barack Hussein Obama II won the United States Presidential Election in 2008 under the Democratic party. His Vice-President was Joseph (Joe) Biden.The 2008 Presidential election in the US saw the victory of the Democrat Barack Obama as the next US president. He would take office in January of 2009.
Yes, they are the President but they are still US citizens
Abraham Lincoln ran for president twice, in 1860 and 1864.
The US presidential elections of 1900 were the 29th Quadrennial elections of US history. The incumbent president William McKinley and his running mate Teddy Roosevelt gained a landslide victory as a result of improving economy and victory in Spanish- American war.