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Offices and distinctions

Illinois Senate
Preceded by Alice Palmer	Illinois State Senator from the 13th district 1997–2004	Succeeded by Kwame Raoul
Party political offices
Preceded by Carol Moseley Braun	Democratic nominee for Senator from Illinois (Class 3) 2004	Succeeded by Alexi Giannoulias
Preceded by Harold Ford	Keynote Speaker of the Democratic National Convention 2004	Succeeded by Mark Warner
Preceded by John Kerry	Democratic presidential nominee 2008, 2012	Most recent
United States Senate
Preceded by Peter Fitzgerald	United States Senator (Class 3) from Illinois 2005–2008 Served alongside: Dick Durbin	Succeeded by Roland Burris
Preceded by George Allen	Chairperson of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs 2007–2008	Succeeded by Jeanne Shaheen
Political offices
Preceded by George W. Bush	President of the United States 2009–present	Incumbent
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Nicolas Sarkozy	Chairperson of the Group of 8 2012	Succeeded by David Cameron
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Martti Ahtisaari	Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2009	Succeeded by Liu Xiaobo

Articles related to Barack Obama

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States (2009–present)
U.S. Senator from Illinois (2005–2008)
Illinois Senator from the 13th district (1997–2004)
Born (1961-08-04)August 4, 1961

Life and politics	Early life and career Illinois Senate elections Illinois Senate career Illinois 1st congressional district election, 2000 2004 Democratic National Convention U.S. Senate election in Illinois, 2004 U.S. Senate career 2008 presidential primary campaign Obama–Biden 2008 Endorsements Electoral history Political positions Economic Energy Foreign / Administration foreign policy Social Nobel Peace Prize 2012 presidential re-election campaign Endorsements West Wing Week

Presidency	Transition Office of the President-Elect 2009 Inauguration 2013 Inauguration First 100 days Timeline 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Foreign policy Obama Doctrine Health care reform Judiciary Supreme Court candidates Pardons Presidential trips 2009 2010 2011 2012 International reactions to 2012 election

Books	Dreams from My Father The Audacity of Hope Of Thee I Sing

Speeches	"The Audacity of Hope" (2004) "A More Perfect Union" (2008) "Change Has Come to America" (2008) "A New Birth of Freedom" (2009) Joint session of Congress (February 2009) "A New Beginning" (2009) Joint session of Congress (health care reform) (September 2009) State of the Union address 2010 2011 2012 2013 Tucson memorial speech (2011) Joint session of Congress (jobs) (2011)

Family	Michelle Obama (spouse) Ann Dunham (mother) Barack Obama, Sr. (father) Lolo Soetoro (step-father) Maya Soetoro-Ng (half-sister) Stanley Armour Dunham (grandfather) Madelyn Dunham (grandmother) Marian Shields Robinson (mother-in-law) Craig Robinson (brother-in-law) Bo (family dog)

Public image

News and political events	Oprah Winfrey's endorsement Citizenship conspiracy theories litigation legislation Religion conspiracy theories Bill Ayers controversy Jeremiah Wright controversy Republican and conservative support (2008) Assassination threats against Barack Obama 2008 assassination scare in Denver 2008 assassination scare in Tennessee First inauguration invitations Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial Citizen's Briefing Book Tea Party protests New Energy for America Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Gates-Crowley Rose Garden meeting Resignation of Shirley Sherrod

Books about	Self-authored Dreams from My Father The Audacity of Hope Obama: From Promise to Power Barack Obama – Der schwarze Kennedy The Case Against Barack Obama The Obama Nation Culture of Corruption Catastrophe Barack and Michelle The Speech The Obama Story Game Change

Music	Obama Girl "I Got a Crush... on Obama" "Barack the Magic Negro" will.i.am "Yes We Can" "We Are the Ones" "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama" "Sí Se Puede Cambiar" "My President" "Deadheads for Obama" "Air and Simple Gifts" Change Is Now Hope! – Das Obama Musical

Film	By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009) 2016: Obama's America (2012) The Road We've Traveled (2012)

Miscellaneous	Obama Day (Kenya) Namesakes

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(2004 ←) United States presidential election, 2008 (→ 2012)

Democratic Party

Democratic candidates

VP nominee: Joe Biden
(positions)

Republican Party

Republican candidates

Nominee: John McCain
(campaign
positions)

VP nominee: Sarah Palin
(positions)

Draft movements

Democratic Party:
Al Gore
Mark Warner (movement)

Republican Party:
Newt Gingrich
Condoleezza Rice (movement)

Independent:
Michael Bloomberg (movement)

Third party and independent candidates

Constitution Party: Convention	Nominee: Chuck Baldwin (campaign) VP nominee: Darrell Castle Candidates: Daniel Imperato Alan Keyes (campaign)

Green Party: Convention	Nominee: Cynthia McKinney (campaign positions) VP nominee: Rosa Clemente Candidates: Elaine Brown Jesse Johnson Kent Mesplay Kat Swift

Libertarian Party: Convention	Nominee: Bob Barr (campaign positions) VP nominee: Wayne Allyn Root Candidates: Mike Gravel (campaign) Daniel Imperato Michael Jingozian Steve Kubby Wayne Allyn Root Mary Ruwart Doug Stanhope

American Party	Nominee: Diane Beall Templin

America's Independent Party	Nominee: Alan Keyes (campaign) VP nominee: Brian Rohrbough

Boston Tea Party	Nominee: Charles Jay

New American Independent Party	Nominee: Frank McEnulty

Objectivist Party	Nominee: Tom Stevens

Peace and Freedom Party	Nominee: Ralph Nader (campaign) VP nominee: Matt Gonzalez Candidates: Gloria LaRiva Cynthia McKinney (campaign) Brian Moore (campaign)

Prohibition Party	Nominee: Gene Amondson

Reform Party	Nominee: Ted Weill VP nominee: Frank McEnulty

Socialism and Liberation Party	Nominee: Gloria La Riva VP nominee: Eugene Puryear

Socialist Party	Nominee: Brian Moore (campaign) VP nominee: Stewart Alexander Candidates: Eric Chester

Socialist Workers Party	Nominee: Róger Calero Alternate nominee: James Harris VP nominee: Alyson Kennedy

Independent / Other	Jeff Boss Earl Dodge Bradford Lyttle Frank Moore Joe Schriner Jonathon Sharkey

Other 2008 elections:
House
Senate
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(2008 ←) United States presidential election, 2012 (→ 2016)

Democratic Party

Incumbent nominee: Barack Obama
Incumbent VP nominee: Joe Biden
- positions
Challengers: Bob Ely
Keith Russell Judd
Warren Mosler
Darcy Richardson
Jim Rogers
Vermin Supreme
Randall Terry
John Wolfe

Republican Party

Nominee: Mitt Romney
- campaign
- endorsements
- positions
VP nominee: Paul Ryan
- positions
Candidates: Michele Bachmann (campaign)
Herman Cain (campaign)
Jack Fellure
Newt Gingrich (campaign)
Stewart Greenleaf
Jon Huntsman (campaign)
Gary Johnson (campaign)
Fred Karger
Andy Martin
Thaddeus McCotter (campaign)
Jimmy McMillan
Roy Moore
Ron Paul (campaign)
Tim Pawlenty (campaign)
Rick Perry (campaign)
Buddy Roemer (campaign)
Rick Santorum (campaign)
Jonathon Sharkey

Libertarian Party

Convention

Nominee: Gary Johnson
- campaign
- positions
VP Nominee: Jim Gray
Candidates: Jim Duensing
RJ Harris
Carl Person
Sam Sloan
Bill Still
R. Lee Wrights

Green Party

Convention

Nominee: Jill Stein (campaign)
VP Nominee: Cheri Honkala
Candidates: Stewart Alexander
Roseanne Barr
Kent Mesplay

Other third party and independent candidates

American Independent Party	Nominee: Tom Hoefling Candidates: Wiley Drake Virgil Goode (campaign) Edward C. Noonan Laurie Roth

American Third Position Party	Nominee: Merlin Miller VP Nominee: Virginia Abernethy

America's Party	Nominee: Tom Hoefling

Constitution Party	Nominee: Virgil Goode (campaign) VP Nominee: Jim Clymer Candidates: Darrell Castle Laurie Roth Robby Wells

Freedom Socialist Party	Nominee: Stephen Durham

Grassroots Party	Nominee: Jim Carlson

Justice Party	Nominee: Rocky Anderson VP Nominee: Luis J. Rodriguez

Objectivist Party	Nominee: Tom Stevens

Party for Socialism and Liberation	Nominee: Peta Lindsay

Peace and Freedom Party	Nominee: Roseanne Barr VP Nominee: Cindy Sheehan Candidates: Stewart Alexander Rocky Anderson Stephen Durham Peta Lindsay

Prohibition Party	Nominee: Jack Fellure Candidates: James Hedges

Reform Party USA	Nominee: Andre Barnett Candidates: Laurence Kotlikoff Darcy Richardson Buddy Roemer (campaign) Robert David Steele Robby Wells

Socialist Equality Party	Nominee: Jerry White

Socialist Workers Party	Nominee: James Harris

Socialist Party USA	Nominee: Stewart Alexander (campaign) VP Nominee: Alejandro Mendoza

Independents	Candidates: Lee Abramson Randy Blythe Jeff Boss Robert Burck Terry Jones Joe Schriner

Draft movements	Michael Bloomberg (movement)

State results

Democratic Party

Chairpersons
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Presidential tickets

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W. J. Bryan/Sewall
W. J. Bryan/Stevenson I
Parker/H. G. Davis
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v t e Current leaders of the Group of 8

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v t e Current Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

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v t e Laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize (2001–2025)

2001 Kofi Annan / United Nations 2002 Jimmy Carter 2003 Shirin Ebadi 2004 Wangari Maathai 2005 International Atomic Energy Agency / Mohamed ElBaradei 2006 Grameen Bank / Muhammad Yunus 2007 Al Gore / Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2008 Martti Ahtisaari 2009 Barack Obama 2010 Liu Xiaobo 2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf / Leymah Gbowee / Tawakkol Karman 2012 European Union

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Complete roster 1927–1950 1951–1975 1976–2000 2001–present

v t e United States Senators from Illinois

Class 2	Thomas McLean Baker Robinson McRoberts Semple S. Douglas Browning Richardson Yates Logan Davis Cullom Lewis McCormick Deneen Lewis Slattery Brooks P. Douglas Percy Simon Durbin

Class 3	Edwards McLean Kane Ewing Young Breese Shields Trumbull Oglesby Logan Farwell Palmer Mason Hopkins Lorimer Sherman McKinley Glenn Dieterich Lucas Dirksen Smith Stevenson III Dixon Moseley Braun Fitzgerald Obama Burris Kirk

v t e Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (2000s)

2000 LeVar Burton - The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 2001 Sidney Poitier, Rick Harris, John Runnette (producers) - The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography 2002 Quincy Jones, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers), Elisa Shokoff (producer) - Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones 2003 Maya Angelou, Charles B. Potter (producer) - A Song Flung Up to Heaven 2004 Al Franken, Paul Ruben (producer)- Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right 2005 Bill Clinton - My Life 2006 Barack Obama - Dreams from My Father 2007 Jimmy Carter - Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis; and Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee - With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together (Tie) 2008 Barack Obama, Jacob Bronstein (producer) - The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream 2009 Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon, Blair Underwood - An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It by Al Gore

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