Obama received the official Democratic presidential nomination from the Party's delegates at its 2008 National Convention in Denver, Colorado, held in August. By the time of the convention, Obama had 1766.5 elected pledged delegates and the votes of 463 superdelegates. He had 2,025 delegates and was certain to reach the 2,118 delegates required to win the Democratic nomination. On June 7, 2008, Obama became the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee when Clinton dropped out of the race. Obama formally announced his candidacy on February 10, 2007. Obama was the featured speaker at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry, a political event favored by presidential hopefuls in the lead-up to the Iowa Caucus. A draft Obama movement began with his well-received 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address. See also: Political positions of Barack Obamaīarack Obama, born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
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