Barack Obama

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Election Coverage from MPR

Obama's grandmother dies 2 days before election

Madelyn Dunham, 86, died peacefully in Hawaii Sunday after a battle with cancer. Late last month, Obama took a break from campaigning and flew to Hawaii to be with Dunham, who helped raise him. (11/03/2008)

Campaigns uncork get-out-the-vote operations

Barack Obama and John McCain uncorked massive get-out-the-vote operations in more than a dozen battleground states Sunday. (11/02/2008)

Obama takes battle to Republican territory

Warmed by the cheers of thousands, John McCain and Barack Obama plunged through the final weekend of their marathon race for the White House. (11/01/2008)

Obama and McCain differ sharply on ethanol

Should the federal government continue to provide $7 billion in taxpayer subsidies for ethanol? John McCain and Barack Obama disagree. (11/01/2008)

Obama seeks landslide; McCain says he's far left

Despite John McCain's prediction of an upset, Barack Obama reached for a landslide Friday, invading his rival's home state with TV ads and building a lead in early voting in key battlegrounds as the presidential race headed into a hectic final weekend. (10/31/2008)

Obama runs ad in Arizona; McCain says Obama's a leftist

In a bold move, Democrat Barack Obama broadened his advertising campaign on Friday into two once reliably Republican states and placed a commercial in John McCain's home state of Arizona. (10/31/2008)

Obama courts possible cabinet member; McCain fights for Ohio

Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff, officials said Thursday. Meanwhile, Republican candidate John McCain spent the day on a whirlwind tour of the battleground state of Ohio. (10/30/2008)

MPR Poll: Obama widens lead in the state

With less than a week to go until Election Day, a new poll shows Democrat Barack Obama with a commanding lead over Republican John McCain in Minnesota. (10/30/2008)

Obama goes prime-time; McCain goes after Obama

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plunked down $4 million for a campaign-closing television ad Wednesday night, summoning voters to "choose hope over fear and unity over division" in Tuesday's election. Republican John McCain derided the event as a "gauzy, feel-good commercial," paid for with broken promises. (10/29/2008)

McCain struggles for Pa. upset; GOP doubts grow

Doubts about John McCain's chances for the presidency grew louder among fellow Republicans on Tuesday as a White House race largely focused on Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania entered its final week. (10/28/2008)

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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