A draft Obama movement began with his well-received 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address.
On June 7, 2008, Obama became the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee when Clinton dropped out of the race.
[3] Obama received the official Democratic presidential nomination from the Party's delegates at its 2008 National Convention in Denver, Colorado, held in August.
Senator from Delaware who was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, although he ceased active campaigning in 1987, before the first primaries.
On November 4, the Obama–Biden ticket defeated John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin to win the presidential election.
[2][10] Clinton was nominated and subsequently assumed the office of Secretary of State in the Obama administration.
As a 2004 presidential candidate, Edwards was famed for his populist message in his "Two Americas" speech and also for his optimistic, positive attitude.
In the primaries, Sen. Edwards had strong come-from-behind showings in the crucial states of Iowa, Oklahoma, Virginia, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Georgia.
Dodd was reported to be a likely contender for the Democratic vice president slot on John Kerry's ticket in 2004.
In May 2006, Dodd said he has "decided to do all the things that are necessary to prepare to seek the presidency in 2008", including hiring staff, raising money and traveling around the country in the next few months to enlist support.
Born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts to French-Canadian immigrant parents, Gravel served in the United States Army in West Germany and graduated from Columbia University.
Under Kucinich's plan, United Nations peace-keepers would go to Iraq if the Iraqi citizens desire their presence.
The Congressman re-introduced legislation to create a United States Department of Peace via HR 808 on February 5, 2007.
After reportedly informing party leaders in February 2005 of his intention to run for president, on December 7, 2006, Richardson said "I am running" during his response to a prospective question about the 2008 presidential election by Fox News, but he later retracted the decision and said he would make an official decision by January.
[18] He announced on December 16, 2006, that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for president, and then endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton.
[19] Tom Vilsack, born December 13, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a former governor of Iowa and chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council.
Many suspected Vilsack was high on the list of potential running mates for John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election.
In 2005, Vilsack established Heartland PAC,[20] a political action committee aimed at electing Democratic Governors and other statewide candidates.
The following people filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC): The release of An Inconvenient Truth in 2006 increased Gore's popularity among progressives.
A previous 29 June 2007 article in The Guardian cited a poll conducted "in New Hampshire by 7News and Suffolk University" that found that if Gore "were to seek the Democratic nomination, 29% of Mrs. Clinton's backers would switch their support to him ... when defections from other candidates are factored in, the man who controversially lost to Mr. Bush in the 2000 Election takes command of the field, with 32% support.
"[62] An even earlier April 2007 Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll of 504 registered Democrats in New Jersey showed Gore receiving 12% of the votes in a hypothetical Democratic primary, in third place behind Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.