2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama , then junior United States Senator from Illinois , was announced on February 10 , 2007 in Springfield , Illinois . After winning a majority of delegates in the Democratic primaries of 2008 , on August 23 , leading up to the convention , the campaign announced that Senator Joe Biden of Delaware would be the vice presidential nominee . At the 2008 Democratic National Convention on August 27 , Barack Obama was formally selected as the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2008 . He was the first African American in history to be nominated on a major party ticket
2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Democratic National Convention
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign