Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tutaki a Carson ki a Barack Obama i te tau 2004 i te wa e rua nga kaitono o te Rōpū Manapori mo nga nohoanga tuwhera i te United States Senate. I tautoko a Carson i a Obama i te tau 2006 mo te pooti perehitini 2008. I mahi a Carson hei māngai whaiaro a Obama i te whakaaetanga o ngā kaitono mō ngā kaitono mai i Oklahoma ki te
Ko te Huihuinga ā-Motu ā-Rōpū 2008. Ko Oklahoma te kawanatanga tuatahi ki te whakaingoa i tana roopu katoa ki te 2008 Democratic Convention.