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Elected to Congress from Arkansas
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1976
1978
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First elected Governor of Arkansas, the youngest to be elected Governor since 1938
1980
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Ted Kennedys only attempt, in the 1980 US presidential election, resulted in a primary campaign loss to incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter
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Clinton is defeated in his bid for a 2nd term by Republican challenger Frank D. White, he joked, he was the youngest ex-governor in the nations history
1982
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Elected Governor of Arkansas
1984
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Mondale is defeated by Reagan who wins 50 out of 51 states
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Defeated Vice Presidential candidate
1990
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1st elected African-American Governor in the United States
1996
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Elected to the Illinois Senate
2003
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Appointed Chairman of the Illinois Senates Health and Human Services Committee when Democrats, after a decade in the minority, regained a majority
2004
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Kerry wins 48.1% od the vote, 19 states & 252 electoral votes
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Obama resigns from the Illinois Senate following his election to the US Senate. Obama receives 70% of the vote to Keyess 27%, the largest victory margin for a statewide race in Illinois history
2007
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The choice of the announcement site is symbolic because it was also where Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic "House Divided" speech in 1858. Obama announces his candidacy for President of the United States in front of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois
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Obama announces his candidacy for President of the United States in front of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, th site is symbolic because it was also where Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic "House Divided" speech in 1858
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Throughout the campaign, Obama emphasizes the issues of rapidly ending the Iraq War, increasing energy independence, and providing universal health care. Obamas campaign raise $58 million during the first half of 2007, of which donations of less than $200, classified as "small donations" by campaign laws, accounted for $16.4 million. Obama introduces the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections
2008
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Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee are victorious in the Iowa caucuses, the first races of the presidential primary season
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Democrat Hillary Clinton finishes first in the New Hampshire primary, ahead of Barack Obama and John Edwards
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Democrat Hillary Clinton finishes first in the New Hampshire primary, ahead of Barack Obama and John Edwards
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Kennedy gave an endorsement to Obama despite appeals by both Clintons not to do so
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Among the January 2008 DNC-sanctioned state contests, Obama ties with Hillary Clinton for delegates in the New Hampshire primary and wins more delegates than Clinton in the Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina elections and caucuses
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Defeats John McCain in the general election with 365 electoral votes to McCain's 173 and becomes the first African American to be elected President of the United States. Barack Obama defeats John McCain to become the 44th President of the United States and the first African American President in US history
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Defeats John McCain to become president-elect of the United States
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Time magazine names Barack Obama as its Person of the Year for his historic candidacy and election, which it described as "the steady march of seemingly impossible accomplishments"
2020
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Elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket.
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