The final two 2008 candidates for the presidential elections included Democrat, Barack Obama and Republican, John McCain.
However, prior to the selection of these two top delegates from their respective parties, there were many other candidates.
On the democratic side, there was Hilary Clinton who is the former first lady and is presently Secretary of State under President Obama.
Hilary Clinton dropped out in June after a hard fought battle with Obama for the presidential nominee.
John Edwards, the former US senator from North Carolina was also a Democratic 2004 vice presidential candidate but dropped out early in Jan of 2008.
This was great news for him as just a few months later he was embroiled in an alleged affair with one of the female reporters covering his candidacy.
Joe Biden is a lawyer and senator from Delaware and has served the US senate for 6 terms.
He once ran for the presidency candidate in 1988, but is currently the Vice president under Barack Obama's leadership.
Other democratic candidates which dropped out much early on included Chris Dodd from Connecticut, Mike Gravel from Alaska, Dennis Kucinich from Ohio and Bill Richardson from New Mexico.
On the republican side, the two candidates who did challenge John McCain for the Republican leadership induced Mike Huckabee from Arkansas and Mitt Romney from Massachusetts.
Both Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney did provide McCain with a strong challenge but in the end but had to drop out because it appeared that many Americans preferred John McCain's military background.
Other Republican candidates which dropped out much earlier on included Ron Paul from Texas, Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, Duncan Hunter from California, Fred Thompson from Tennessee, Sam Brownback from Kansas, John Gilmore from Virginia, Tony Tancredo from Colorado and Tommy Thompson from Wisconsin.
Ultimately the battle for the presidency was between Barack Obama and John McCain.
Barrack selected Joe Biden to run with him as vice president and John McCain selected Sarah Palin from Alaska for his choice as Vice President.
John McCain has been a senator from Arizona and did run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2000, but lost a close race to George W Bush.
Barack Obama is a former lawyer and state senator from Illinois.
In 2004, it became obvious the democrats that Barack Obama excelled as a leader and was genuine about seeking change in the White House.
At the Democratic convention in 2004, he captivated his peers and later won the Senate race.
During his presidential campaign his major themes were to bring change to America, bring the troops back from Iraq, make the administration transparent, stop torture or prisoners and close Guantanamo Bay.
He received votes from most minorities, including women and African Americans.
Eventually, it was Barack Obama who completely whitewashed John McCain and became the first African American President of the United States of America.
However, prior to the selection of these two top delegates from their respective parties, there were many other candidates.
On the democratic side, there was Hilary Clinton who is the former first lady and is presently Secretary of State under President Obama.
Hilary Clinton dropped out in June after a hard fought battle with Obama for the presidential nominee.
John Edwards, the former US senator from North Carolina was also a Democratic 2004 vice presidential candidate but dropped out early in Jan of 2008.
This was great news for him as just a few months later he was embroiled in an alleged affair with one of the female reporters covering his candidacy.
Joe Biden is a lawyer and senator from Delaware and has served the US senate for 6 terms.
He once ran for the presidency candidate in 1988, but is currently the Vice president under Barack Obama's leadership.
Other democratic candidates which dropped out much early on included Chris Dodd from Connecticut, Mike Gravel from Alaska, Dennis Kucinich from Ohio and Bill Richardson from New Mexico.
On the republican side, the two candidates who did challenge John McCain for the Republican leadership induced Mike Huckabee from Arkansas and Mitt Romney from Massachusetts.
Both Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney did provide McCain with a strong challenge but in the end but had to drop out because it appeared that many Americans preferred John McCain's military background.
Other Republican candidates which dropped out much earlier on included Ron Paul from Texas, Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, Duncan Hunter from California, Fred Thompson from Tennessee, Sam Brownback from Kansas, John Gilmore from Virginia, Tony Tancredo from Colorado and Tommy Thompson from Wisconsin.
Ultimately the battle for the presidency was between Barack Obama and John McCain.
Barrack selected Joe Biden to run with him as vice president and John McCain selected Sarah Palin from Alaska for his choice as Vice President.
John McCain has been a senator from Arizona and did run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2000, but lost a close race to George W Bush.
Barack Obama is a former lawyer and state senator from Illinois.
In 2004, it became obvious the democrats that Barack Obama excelled as a leader and was genuine about seeking change in the White House.
At the Democratic convention in 2004, he captivated his peers and later won the Senate race.
During his presidential campaign his major themes were to bring change to America, bring the troops back from Iraq, make the administration transparent, stop torture or prisoners and close Guantanamo Bay.
He received votes from most minorities, including women and African Americans.
Eventually, it was Barack Obama who completely whitewashed John McCain and became the first African American President of the United States of America.