Potential Democratic Candidates In The 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
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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 (United States), Democratic Party chose their nominee for President of the United States, president in the 2008 United States presidential election. United States Senate, Senato ...
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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 from ...
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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 conventi ...
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2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection This article lists potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 presidential election. After Illinois Senator Barack Obama became the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nomine ...
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Nationwide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election This article provides a list of scientific, nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the 2008 United States presidential election. Presidential election Two-way contest: Barack Obama vs John McCain Democratic nominee v ...
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2008 Republican Party presidential candidates This article contains lists of official candidates associated with the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election. In accordance with the 22nd Amendment, incumbent President George W. Bush was ...
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Third-party and independent candidates for the 2008 United States presidential election This article contains lists of official third party or independent candidates associated with the 2008 United States presidential election. Third party is a term commonly used in the United States to refer to political parties other than the two ...
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Timeline of the 2008 United States presidential election The following is a timeline of major events leading up to and immediately following the United States presidential election of 2008. The election was the 56th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008, but ...


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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