Us Election 2008 Candidates, Election Maps

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Election polls compared to 2016. Prior to the election eight of the total seats were held by democrats and five by republicanstwo governors were prohibited by term limits from seeking re election in 2008. The 2008 united states elections were held on november 4democratic senator barack obama of illinois won the presidential election and democrats bolstered their majority in both houses of congress. Bush term limited senator john mccain of.

It coincided with the election of barack obama as presidentall 435 voting seats as well as all 6 non voting seats were up for election. Senator from illinois and joe biden the senior us. Senator became when he was inaugurated on january 20 2009 the countrys first african american.

2008 united states presidential election the following are lists of candidates in the 2008 united states presidential election. The 2008 united states house of representatives elections were held on november 4 2008 to elect members to the united states house of representatives to serve in the 111th united states congress from january 3 2009 until january 3 2011. The only governorship to change party was the open seat in missouri which was won by a democrat after having.

Senator from delaware defeated the republican ticket of john mccain the senior senator from arizona and sarah palin the governor of alaska. Candidates who are not on any state ballots withdrew from the race suspended their presidential campaign or failed to earn their partys nomination are listed separately. The united states presidential election 2008 is a political event which took place on november 4 2008.

Obama won his partys presidential nomination after defeating senator hillary clinton in the 2008 democratic primarieswith republican president george w. The result was historic as obama a first term us. The 2008 united states senate elections were held on november 4 2008 with 35 of the 100 seats in the senate being contested.

The news comes just hours after bidens campaign manager predicted that the presidential candidate will win the election on wednesday. On november 4 2008 after a campaign that lasted nearly two years americans elected illinois senator barack obama their 44th president. Barack obama from the democratic party defeated john mccain to win the presidency and is the first african american president.

The winners were eligible to serve six year terms from january 3 2009 to january 3 2015 as members of class 2there were also two special elections the winners of those seats would finish the terms that ended. The 2008 united states gubernatorial elections were held on november 4 2008 in 11 states and two territories. Thirty three seats were up for regular elections.

It has incorporated the 1789 2016 presidential election data from 270towin dave leips atlas of us. The 2004 united states presidential election was the 55th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 2 2004the incumbent republican president george w. During that day the president of the united states and vice president of the united states were selected.