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Barack Obama
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Election Coverage from MPR
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will gather in downtown Minneapolis today for a rally focused on economic policy.
(09/19/2008)
Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin were greeted by thousands of enthusiastic supporters at a rally in Blaine today.
(09/19/2008)
As John McCain and his running mate return to Minnesota a group of women to discuss what Sarah Palin's candidacy means to them.
(09/19/2008)
Outdoors passions run strong in Minnesota and other battleground states, and that explains why presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack
Obama are targeting hook-and-bullet voters.
(09/18/2008)
In the first of a series of programs from the Commonwealth Club of California featuring top advisors to the presidential candidates, E. Richard Brown, top advisor to Sen. Barack Obama, and Daniel Kessler, top advisor to Sen. John McCain, discuss the candidates' policy positions on health care.
(Midday, 09/18/2008)
The $5 billion trust fund would be used for Great Lakes cleanup and restoration. Obama would also focus on stepping up the fight against invasive species.
(09/16/2008)
Before an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama
promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush" Thursday night as he embarked on the final lap of his audacious bid to become the nation's first black president.
(08/28/2008)
The final day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
(08/28/2008)
Barack Obama aims to weave the personal with the
political Thursday night as he tells 75,000 supporters in a football stadium - and millions more at home - how as president he would make a difference in their lives.
(08/28/2008)
"I haven't decided yet, so I can't tell you," McCain said in an early morning radio interview. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's name is apparently still on the short list.
(08/28/2008)
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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