2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates
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This article is an annotated list of candidates associated with the
2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Democratic Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was selected as the nominee, becoming the first African Am ...
for the
2008 United States presidential election The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, and Joe Biden, the senior senator f ...
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Delegate counts

Delegate statistics: *Total number of delegates: 4050 (797 unpledged super delegates and 3,253 pledged elected delegates) *Delegates required for nomination: 2118


Nominee


Withdrew during the primary elections


Withdrew before primary elections


Other candidates

The following people filed with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC): *Willie Carter *Randy Crow *Phil Epstein *Michael Forrester * Henry Hewes *D.R. Hunter *Keith Russell Judd *Karl Krueger *Frank Lynch *Lee L. Mercer Jr. *Grover Cleveland Mullins *Larry Reed


Declined to run for party nomination


See also

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2008 Democratic National Convention The 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party where it adopted its national platform and officially nominated its candidates for president and vice president. The convent ...
* 2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection * Nationwide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election *
2008 Republican Party presidential candidates This article contains lists of official candidates associated with the Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008, 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election. In accordance wi ...
* Third-party and independent candidates for the 2008 United States presidential election * Timeline of the 2008 United States presidential election


References


External links


List of all 2008 candidates for President at Project Vote SmartPoliticalCompass.org's non-biased chart of each candidate and how they compare to each other
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