Barack Obama
44th president of the United States
President Obama, the nation's 44th president, is seeking a second term in office. The Democrat's rise to power was historic, making him the first African-American president. In 2008, he defeated Democratic
Sen. Hillary Clinton's powerful primary campaign and surged ahead of Republican Sen. John McCain in the general election.
Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983 and later became a community organizer in Chicago. He attended Harvard Law School in 1991 and became the first-African American president of the school's law review. Afterward, he became a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School.
Obama ran for the Illinois state Senate in 1996 and served from 1997-2004. It was in 2004 that Obama set his sights on Washington, running for and winning Illinois' U.S. Senate seat. He would serve only four years of his six-year term,resigning to run for president in 2007.
A Grammy Award winner, author and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, he is married to Michelle (Robinson) Obama. The couple has two daughters, Malia and Natasha (Sasha). Full bio
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About Obama
Full name:
Barack Hussein Obama
Age/DOB:
50; Born August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Home:
Chicago, Illinois
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Official Website:
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Newt Gingrich is the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and a longtime figure in GOP politics. Gingrich was raised in central Pennsylvania before pursuing a bachelor’s in history. He finished his undergraduate work at Emory University in 1965, received his Master’s in 1968, and a Ph.D. from Tulane University in 1971. Gingrich was first elected to Congress in 1978 and slowly laid the groundwork for the landslide election in 1994 that delivered control of Congress to the GOP, and made Gingrich Speaker. Gingrich led Republicans in standoffs against President Bill Clinton on government funding and welfare reform, and oversaw the initiation of an investigation that led to Clinton’s impeachment. But he resigned in 1998 following Republican dissatisfaction with his leadership, and has published books and worked as a pundit and advocate in the years since then.
Full name:
Newton Leroy Gingrich
Date of birth:
June 17, 1943 in Harrisburg, Pa.
Family:
Married to Callista Gingrich, 2 daughters, 2 grandchildren
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Education:
B.A. Emory University (1965), M.A., Tulane University (1968), Ph.D.,Tulane (1971)
Resume:
History professor (1970-78), U.S. representative (1979-99), Speaker of the House (1995-99)
Texas Rep. Ron Paul is making his third bid for the presidency, his second run as a Republican. A native of western Pennsylvania, Paul is a trained physician who practiced medicine as an obstetrician/gynecologist before being elected to Congress in a 1976 special election. Paul has done three stints in the House, from 1976-77, 1979-85, and 1997-present; he has announced his intention to retire from the House at the end of his term. Paul ran as the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee in 1988, and sought the GOP presidential nomination in 2008. During his time in office, Paul has made a name for himself as a libertarian-minded Republican, and a critic of interventionist foreign policy and monetary policy.
Full name:
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul
Date of birth:
Aug 20, 1935 in Pittsburg, Pa.
Family:
Married to Carolyn Paul, 3 sons, 2 daughters; 18 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren
Religion:
Baptist
Education:
B.S. Gettysburg College (1957), M.D. Duke University (1961)
Resume:
Obstetrics and gynecology physician, U.S. representative (1976-77, 1979-85, 1997-present), Libertarian Party candidate for president (1988), Republican candidate for president (2008)
Mitt Romney is the former governor of Massachusetts and a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. The son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney, who also sought the GOP presidential nod in 1968, Romney was raised in the suburbs of Detroit and served on a Mormon mission in France before going on to earn his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University and a J.D./M.B.A. from Harvard University. Romney cofounded Bain Capital, ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 1994, and headed the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He served one term as governor, from 2003-2007, and sought the GOP presidential nomination unsuccessfully in 2008.
Full name:
Willard Mitt Romney
Date of birth:
Mar 12, 1947 in Detroit, Mich.
Family:
Married to Ann Romney, 5 sons, 16 grandchildren
Religion:
Mormon
Education:
B.A. Brigham Young University (1971), J.D./M.B.A., Harvard University (1975)
Resume:
Co-founder Bain Capital in 1984, CEO 2002 Winter Olympics, Governor of Massachusetts (2003-07)
Rick Santorum is the former two-term Republican senator from Pennsylvania. Raised in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Illinois, Santorum graduated in 1980 from Penn State University, in 1981 with a MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and from Dickinson School of Law in 1986. Santorum was first elected to Congress in 1990, and was elected to the Senate in 1994, at the age of 36. Santorum ascended top GOP leadership during his time in the Senate, and distinguished himself as a staunch social conservative. But he lost re-election in 2006, since which he has practiced law and served as a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Full name:
Richard John Santorum
Date of birth:
May 10, 1958 in Winchester, Va.
Family:
Married to Karen Santorum, 4 sons, 3 daughters
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education:
B.A. Pennsylvania State University (1980), M.B.A. University of Pittsbugh (1981) J.D. Dickinson School of Law (1986)
Resume:
U.S. representative (1991-95), U.S. senator (1995-2007)
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