Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., center, is covered in hands as supporters surround him after his primary election night speech in St Paul, Minn. Tuesday. Washington, D.C. -- Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.
The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, the Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his historic triumph by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states — Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa.
Posted By: Minister Celeste Kelley
Thursday, November 6th 2008 at 3:27PM
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