2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries

2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries
	January 3 – June 3, 2008
First place by first-instance vote	Barack Obama (33) Hillary Clinton (23)
	Barack Obama (33) Hillary Clinton (23)
Clinton 0–10% 10–20% 20–30% 30–85%	Obama 0–10% 10–20% 20–30% 30–85%
Previous Democratic nominee; John Kerry;	Democratic nominee ; Barack Obama;

The Democratic Party presidential primaries of 2008 was an American political event. In various states, various Democratic candidates asked people and delegates to vote for them in primaries and caucuses. Candidates won delegates based on a percentage of votes (in primaries). There were 4,233 delegates. A candidate would have to get 2,110 delegates to win the nomination. The two front-runners of the campaign were New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Illinois Senator Barack Obama. Although Clinton led in the beginning, Obama soon gained the lead. Obama went on to become the first African-American presidential candidate in American history.