On the final day of primaries on June 3, 2008, Obama had gained enough pledged- and super-delegates to become the presumptive nominee she then suspended her campaign on June 7, 2008, and endorsed Barack Obama. Ĭlinton subsequently lost in Wyoming, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon, and won in Pennsylvania, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, Puerto Rico, and South Dakota. After an increasingly aggressive round of campaigning, Clinton broke the string of losses with wins in the Rhode Island, Ohio, and Texas primaries. Clinton then lost the next 12 caucuses and primaries to Obama, and lost the overall delegate lead to him for the first time. The two earned a nearly equal number of delegates and a nearly equal share of the total popular vote. On Super Tuesday, Clinton won the most populous states, including California and New York, while Obama won more states total. She went on to win a plurality of votes in Nevada, but won fewer delegates in Nevada than Obama, then lost by a large margin in South Carolina. She placed third in the Iowa caucus behind Barack Obama and John Edwards, and trailed considerably in polls shortly thereafter in New Hampshire before staging a comeback and finishing first in the primary there. Clinton then regained her polling lead, winning many polls by double digits by autumn 2007 she was leading all other Democratic candidates by wide margins in national polls. For several months Clinton led opinion polls among Democratic candidates by substantial margins until Senator Barack Obama pulled close to or even with her. įollowing her announcement of an exploratory committee and candidacy filing on January 20, 2007, with the FEC, she began fundraising and campaigning activities. Clinton was the source of much media speculation since having expressed interest in being a candidate in the 2008 presidential election since at least October 2002. She is also the wife of former President Bill Clinton. Hillary Clinton was previously the First Lady of the United States and First Lady of Arkansas prior to her election as U.S. The 2008 presidential campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton, then junior United States senator from New York, was announced on her website on January 20, 2007. South Hall, San Jose, California, February 1, 2008. Hillary Clinton campaigning for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
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