Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Illinois junior senator Barack Obama and Delaware senior senator Joe Biden, defeated the Republican
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John Mc Cain official portrait 2009
George W. Bush, the incumbent president in 2008, whose second term expired at noon on January 20, 2009
Voting sign in Utah
The 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain, the longtime senior U.S. senator from Arizona, was launched with an informal announcement on February 28, 2007, during a live taping of the Late Show wit
John McCain officially announcing his 2008 run for President in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April 25, 2007.
Senator John McCain interviewed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, prior to the ribbon cutting ceremony of The Center for the Intrepid, a $50 million physical rehabilitation facility designed for servicemembers wounded in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. January 29, 2007.
John McCain campaigning in Merrimack, New Hampshire, on December 29, 2007. "Mac is back!" became a familiar chant in his appearances once his campaign fortunes improved.
McCain reacts to his Super Tuesday victories during a celebration that night at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix