https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7 en-us 2022-10-24 21:17:33 UTC 2022-10-26 07:00:30 UTC hello@padlet.com 6000221411 https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2354373815 obama joined Illinois's republican dominated legeslature as a democratwhen "He launched his first campaign for political office in 1996 after his district’s state senator, Alice Palmer, decided to run for Congress. " and  won by the largest margin in the history of Senate elections in Illinois (70 percent to 27 percent)
https://millercenter.org/president/obama/life-before-the-presidency]]> 2022-10-24 21:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2354373815 6000221411 https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2354374037 Obama announced he was running for president at the "Old State Capitol where Abraham Lincoln once served, then-Senator Obama laid out the stakes for the 2008 election, the challenges he planned to confront in office, and his vision for the campaign that followed." 
https://www.obama.org/15years/

]]> 2022-10-24 21:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2354374037 6000221411 https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2354374304 In 2008, Barack Obama addresses his supporters after Iowa caucuses 
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/us/politics/03obama-transcript.html]]> 2022-10-24 21:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2354374304 6000221411 https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2354374585 Barack Obama was nominated for president shortly after stating he was going to run for US president by a large cabinet of supporters.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/nominations/Obama_cabinet.htm]]> 2022-10-24 21:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2354374585 6000221411 https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2356163366 At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Obama shared a very charismatic speech about himself, gaining future supporters from the Democratic party. 
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/bobama.html]]> 2022-10-25 20:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2356163366 6000221411 https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2356163487 Obama began his campaign in front of 17,000 people in front of the Old State Capitol. Obama's campaign was run by many volunteers, involving all American citizens. 
https://www.obama.org/15years/]]> 2022-10-25 20:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2356163487 6000221411 https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2356163631 Obama was able to gain more support and the greatest amount of votes for a single candidate in American history
https://www.obama.org/15years/]]> 2022-10-25 20:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2356163631 6000221411 https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2356163798 In the 2008 Election, 365 Electoral votes to republican (John S. McCain) who got 173. Obama received more votes than any candidate in history. The prior record, about 62 million, was set in 2004 by George W. Bush
https://www.270towin.com/2008_Election/]]> 2022-10-25 20:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/300021754/lqzscafoqb5owmk7/wish/2356163798