Title: Barack Obama elected 44th U.S. president, Nov. 4, 2008 - POLITICO
Headings: Barack Obama elected 44th U.S. president, Nov. 4, 2008
Barack Obama elected 44th U.S. president, Nov. 4, 2008
Content: Not since 1960, when Democratic Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts narrowly captured the White House, had a sitting U.S. senator successfully claimed the nation’s highest elected office. Along the way, Obama prevailed in such traditional GOP strongholds as Virginia and Indiana, although he lost West Virginia, which had supported Kennedy in both the 1960 primary and general elections. Obama clinched his victory by winning such hotly contested states as Florida and Ohio. After the vote count left no doubt of the final outcome, Obama, now the president-elect, spoke to a large throng of supporters in Chicago’s Grant Park, his adopted hometown. “ If,” he said, “there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. … It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment, change has come to America.” SOURCE: WWW.HISTORY.COM
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