Barack Obama: U.S. president-elect

Published: Nov. 4, 2008 at 11:12 PM
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Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey speaks to reporters has she arrives for an election night rally for Democratic Presidential Nominee Sen. Barack Obama (IL) in Grant Park in Chicago on November 4, 2008. Obama is expected to address the crowd later this evening.     (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey speaks to reporters has she arrives for an election night rally for Democratic Presidential Nominee Sen. Barack Obama (IL) in Grant Park in Chicago on November 4, 2008. Obama is expected to address the crowd later this evening. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg) | Enlarge Enlarge
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.

Obama defeated Republican opponent Sen. John McCain of Arizona in the historic election to become the 44th president of the United States.

Cheers and shouts of "Yes we can!" erupted at a packed Grant Park in Chicago, where Obama was holding his election night rally.

CNN listed the projected electoral vote as 297 for Obama and 197 for McCain, with 44 electoral votes yet to be determined. A candidate needs 270 to win the election.


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