4 Nov 2008 Jahr - Election of Barack Obama

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In November 2008 Obama decisively won the presidency, capturing 365 electoral votes and some 53 percent of the popular vote.
On election night tens of thousands gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park to see Obama claim victory. In addition to being the first African American president, he was also the first sitting U.S. senator to win the office since John F. Kennedy in 1960. He was inaugurated as the 44th President on January 20, 2009.

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