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Barack Obama
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Election Coverage from MPR
Barack Obama's rivals have criticized his stump speeches for emphasizing sweeping rhetoric over policy specifics. But new research from the University of Minnesota suggests that relative lack of detail may be a savvy marketing ploy.
(02/26/2008)
Democratic presidential contenders Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton engaged in a mostly civil debate in the important primary state of Texas.
(Midday, 02/22/2008)
Barack Obama won the Wisconsin primary Tuesday
night, his ninth straight triumph over a fading Hillary Rodham
Clinton in their epic struggle for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
(02/19/2008)
Four of the presidential candidates are campaigning in Wisconsin today just one day before that state's presidential primary.
(02/18/2008)
Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are crisscrossing Wisconsin this weekend with the hopes of convincing voters to choose them in Tuesday's primary.
(02/16/2008)
Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham
Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority
of delegates as the state's Democrats overlooked the snowy weather
and turned out in heavy numbers for municipal gatherings.
(02/10/2008)
Democrat Barack Obama won Minnesota's caucuses by a 2-1 margin over Hillary Clinton, but that doesn't necessarily mean he'll get twice as many delegates. Mitt Romney won the GOP straw poll, but the results are are nothing more than a beauty contest.
(02/06/2008)
Sen. John McCain seized command of the race
for the Republican presidential nomination early Wednesday. Democratic rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama traded victories in an epic struggle with no end in sight.
(02/05/2008)
Barack Obama rode his appeal to younger
voters to victory in Minnesota's caucuses, swamping Hillary Clinton
in a Super Tuesday win built on strong support in the state's
college towns.
(02/05/2008)
As the candidates travel the country in anticipation of Super Tuesday, the real work is behind the scenes. That's where the campaigns are working furiously to get out the vote.
(02/04/2008)
Candidate snapshot
Party: Democrat
Biography
Date of Birth: 08/04/1961
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii
Education: JD, Harvard Law School, 1991
BA, Columbia University, 1983
Attended Occidental College
Religion: United Church of Christ
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