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United States presidential election, 2008
The 56th quadrennial United States presidential election was held on November 4, 2008. Outgoing Republican President George W. Bush's policies and actions and the American public's desire for change were key issues throughout the campaign, and during the general election campaign, both major party...
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Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008
On February 10, 2007, Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois. On June 3, 2008, he secured enough delegates to become the presumptive...
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- Barack Obama
- x Party (if partisan):
- Democratic Party
John McCain presidential campaign, 2008
John McCain, the senior United States Senator from Arizona, launched his second candidacy for the presidency of the United States in an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 presidential election. His candidacy, in the works for a number of years, was...
- x Candidate:
- John McCain
- x Party (if partisan):
- Republican Party
Ralph Nader presidential campaign, 2008
Ralph Nader announced his U.S. Presidential candidacy, running as an independent candidate, on February 24, 2008 on NBC's Meet The Press. It was Nader's fifth campaign; he ran in the four election cycles prior to 2008: 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004....
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- Ralph Nader
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Bob Barr presidential campaign, 2008
- x Party (if partisan):
- Libertarian Party
Chuck Baldwin presidential campaign, 2008
- x Candidate:
- Chuck Baldwin
- x Party (if partisan):
- Constitution Party
Cynthia McKinney presidential campaign, 2008
- x Candidate:
- Cynthia McKinney
- x Party (if partisan):
- Green Party
Róger Calero presidential campaign, 2008
- x Candidate:
- Róger Calero
- x Party (if partisan):
- Socialist Workers Party
Gene Amondson presidential campaign, 2008
- x Candidate:
- Gene Amondson
- x Party (if partisan):
- Prohibition Party
Brian Moore presidential campaign, 2008
- x Candidate:
- Brian Moore
- x Party (if partisan):
- Socialist Party USA
Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2008
The Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2008 began when Senator Biden announced his candidacy for President of the United States on the January 7, 2007 edition of Meet the Press. He officially became a candidate on January 31, 2007 when he filed papers...
- x Party (if partisan):
- Democratic Party
- x Election:
- United States presidential election, 2008
Stephen Colbert presidential campaign, 2008
On October 16, 2007, satirist Stephen Colbert (in the guise of his character) officially announced that he would run for President of the United States. This came after weeks of jokes about being pressured to do so by the public and stating that he...
- x Candidate:
- Stephen Colbert
- x Party (if partisan):
- x Election:
- United States presidential election, 2008
