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Presedential Candidates |
 Senator
Barack Obama Barack Obama, born August 4, 1961, in
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Senator from Illinois. A "draft Obama"
movement began with his well-received 2004 Democratic National
Convention keynote address. Obama was the featured speaker at Iowa
Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry, a political event favored by
presidential hopefuls in the lead-up to the Iowa caucus. He was
endorsed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey in 2006. Various recent
opinion polls have seen Obama's support rising, with him trailing
only Hillary Clinton in several polls. If elected, he would become
the first African-American President of the United States. Obama
announced on February 10, 2007, that he will run in 2008. He has
filed the official paperwork.
U.S. Senator from Illinois: 2005-Present
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