He is the first Mormon from a major party to contest the presidential election.
He moved major party operations from Washington to Chicago, Illinois, where his campaign is headquartered.
Florida is expected to be a key battleground state for the two major party candidates come November.
CNN: California's Davis discourages Democratic VP consideration
Senator Barack Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee, becoming the first African-American to win a major party nomination.
He can do what every other major party candidate for President has done.
Senator Barack Obama clinching the Democratic nomination and making history as the first African-American to win a major party bid.
The historic nature of Obama's candidacy, the first African-American to receive a major party's presidential nomination, was a theme of the night.
Today, as in the 19th Century, neither major party is perfectly libertarian.
And there is no precedent for what Mr Obama is attempting: no major party has ever offered voters a black presidential nominee.
That has played to Sir Menzies's strengths and reminded voters that the Lib Dems were the only major party to oppose the war.
Keyes, the only black presidential candidate in either major party, spoke to lawmakers in sometime explosive bursts, mainly about his stance on abortion.
Obama made history a few hours before Clinton's speech, becoming the first African-American to be nominated for president by a major party.
No major party has ever come eighth in a by-election before.
The commission was founded in 1987 in an effort to keep widely viewed debates between the major party candidates a mainstay of the presidential election process.
CNN: Wait Chapel event a homecoming for the debate commission
We all went crazy when Geraldine Ferraro was picked the first female vice presidential choice on a major party ticket in 1984, and Walter Mondale lost 49 states.
The main difference between the major party candidates in 2008 was that Barack Obama appeared to be more determined to spend money but less enthusiastic about global war-making.
FORBES: Democrats And Republicans Together Assault Our Liberty
Highlighting Mr Romney's image problem, a new opinion poll suggests the former Massachusetts governor's favourability rating is the lowest of any major party nominee since Ronald Reagan's presidency.
In 1984, when Democratic Rep. Geraldine Ferraro of New York became the first female running mate on a major party ticket, only 27 percent said criticism of her was fair.
Obama became the first major party candidate to reject public campaign funding, which allowed him to not fall under some campaign finance laws that may have limited his fundraising efforts.
But they also say the effect of Hillsman's sometimes wacky work may not be ready for prime-time candidates such as the major party contenders: Democrat Gore and Republican George W. Bush.
CNN: latimes.com: A Nader action figure? Ad maverick signs on to team
Flanagan is the first openly gay Senate candidate of either major party, and the issue of gay civil unions has been a factor in this race as it has in other statewide contests.
When Senator McCain announced yesterday that he would suspend his presidential campaign starting today, we wondered what does that suspension entail, and is it even possible for a major party nominee to stop running for president?
Under Mr Major's often indecisive and dithering leadership this division has widened as more and more Tories have concluded that a battle is already under way for the post-Major party, and that they had better take their sides in it.
At the moment the press decided that Al Gore and George W. Bush would be the major party nominees in the next campaign for the White House, I was, by pure coincidence, wondering idly whether Bill Bradley is too tall to be President.
As well as being the only major party to oppose the Iraq war, the Lib Dems often sound like the last defenders of unreformed public services and, at least until a year or so ago, took pride in promising to tax and spend more than Labour.
And although gun control advocates typically associate the right to firearms ownership with hunting and recreational uses only, the Rasmussen poll found that even 54% of Democrats agree with 75% of Republicans and 68% of those unaffiliated with either major party that the right to own a gun is to ensure such freedom.
This is a step in the right direction if the Republican Party is to have a chance at effective communication with voters and surviving as a major political party.
FORBES: Republicans Face A Communication problem with American Voters
He told Minnesota party members in a letter outlining the reasons for his decision to quit that the potential for a third major national party still existed.
应用推荐