New Delhi: News has come from the US Presidential election campaign that Senator Barack Obama has formally announced that he will run for the White House in the 2008 United States elections.
Obama formally announced his candidature to join the Democratic race for the White House on Saturday a this speech in Illinois.
The 45-year-old first time Senator is vying for history to become the first black president of the United States.
Polls suggest that New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is the front runner among the African-American electorate, though Obama can gain from his staunch anti-war stance among the African- American community.
Some other big wigs in the race include the Hispanic Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson, Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware.
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