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Democratic State Sen. Barack Obama trounced Republican candidate Alan Keyes in the contest to become the United States&#39; only black senator.
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Senator Barack Obama treaded onto Senator Hillary Rodham ClintonÂs home turf to feel out those who might prefer the sound of President Obama to President Clinton.
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Barack Obama closes the gap on Hillary Clinton in the race to become the Democrats' presidential candidate.
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) yesterday for the Democratic presidential nomination, and he said Obama was the only candidate who had sought his support.
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Illinois Sen.-elect Barack Obama, the Democrats' new star, has some mundane chores at hand, like whom to hire and where to live in Washington.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama defeated New York Senator Hillary Clinton in Georgia's primary, networks projected, gaining the first victory on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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The Federal Election Commission today unanimously approved an Advisory Opinion permitting Senator Barack Obama to solicit and receive contributions designated for the 2008 presidential general election while retaining the option of refunding those contributions and accepting public funding should he become the Democratic PartyÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂs nominee.
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Barack Obama, until recently a little-known state senator from Chicago&#39;s South Side, rode a remarkable wave to victory. He swamped a field of six established candidates in the Democratic primary and overwhelmed
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Barack Obama won the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night
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Sen.-elect Barack Obama is under no illusions that his superstar status in the Democratic Party will translate into political clout in a Republican-majority Congress.
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A victory for Barack Obama in his battle for the US senate in the state of Illinois could spell hope for his ancestral Kenyan farming community, fractured by AIDS, years of poverty and illiteracy, villagers hope.
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Senator Barack Obama scored two early victories in the biggest single day of primary voting on the Democratic calendar.
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Illinois- On the eve of the election, the big race here in Illinois is for the US Senate. With only hours to campaign, a new poll shows Barack Obama with a three to one lead over his Republican counterpart, Alan Keyes.
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Presidential hopeful Barack Obama won the endorsement Saturday of U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, a popular moderate in largely Republican Nebraska who said he believes Obama has ability to bridge the partisan divide and to carry Democratic candidates across the country to victory in 2008.
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Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts will endorse Senate colleague Barack Obama for president, party officials confirmed Sunday.
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Democrat Barack Obama won over Iowa's butter cow lady.
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Political rising star Barack Obama swept into the US Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating Republican Alan Keyes to pick up the Illinois seat for the Democrats, US television networks projected.