"Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States." Watch Obama say he'll be the nominee » Obama's rally was at the Xcel Energy Center ...

Barack Obama branded his 2012 campaign kickoff speech Saturday in Ohio a “Ready to Go Rally.” For the uninitiated, this is a reference to something that happened five years ago in Greenwood, South ...

Obama endorsed 81 candidates across 14 states in races up and down the ballot. Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his endorsements in November's midterm elections -- a wide-ranging ...

McCain faces an uphill battle in eight key states up for grabs. Oct. 24, 2008— -- Election Day often comes down to the results of a few crucial battleground states where key electoral votes can ...

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both called for an end to a bitter fight in a racially charged debate that has roiled the Democratic presidential contest over the last few days. At a news conference ...

After two years of stump speeches, gaffes, attack ads, and discretionary spending graphs, the presidential election is finally here. The Atlantic Wire liveblogged election night with news and photos ...

LAKEVILLE, Minn. -- Just a month before the 2008 presidential election, Sen. John McCain took a political risk to defend his opponent, then-Sen. Barack Obama. During an October 10, 2008, town hall ...

New Jersey's Democratic Governor Jon Corzine is up for reelection next month and his campaign is in trouble. He currently polls tied or slightly behind Republican candidate Chris Christie, a former ...

Andrés Cediel is the broadcast associate producer at FRONTLINE/World. Prior to this, he co-produced "The Judge and the General," a feature-length documentary chronicling the human rights cases against ...

In June, presidential nominee Barack Obama opted out of public financing for his presidential campaign, choosing instead to accept private donations. As of yesterday, over $92,000 of Obama’s campaign ...

Barack Obama, circa 2008, may have just clinched the Republican nomination for President in 2012. Mitt Romney doesn’t look like Barack Obama. They don’t come from the same background. And they don’t ...