The 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party where it adopted its national platform and officially nominated its candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. The convention was held in Denver, Colorado, from August 25 to August 28, 2008, at Pepsi Center. U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the nominee for President, gave his acceptance speech on August 28 at INVESCO Field in what the party called an "Open Convention". Denver last hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1908.

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  • The 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party where it adopted its national platform and officially nominated its candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. The convention was held in Denver, Colorado, from August 25 to August 28, 2008, at Pepsi Center. U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the nominee for President, gave his acceptance speech on August 28 at INVESCO Field in what the party called an "Open Convention". Denver last hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1908. Obama officially received the nomination for President on August 27, when his former opponent Hillary Rodham Clinton interrupted the official roll call to move that Obama be selected by acclamation. U.S. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware accepted the nomination for Vice President on the same night. Obama accepted his nomination the following night in a speech at INVESCO Field before a record-setting crowd of 84,000 people in attendance. (en)
  • La Convención Nacional Demócrata de 2008 será la convención de nominación presidencial de los Estados Unidos del Partido Demócrata. Se llevará a cabo entre el lunes 25 de agosto y el jueves 28 de agosto de 2008, en Denver, estado de Colorado. . Esta es la fecha más tardía en que se habrá efectuado la convención Demócrata. Históricamente, cuando el partido Republicano ocupa la presidencia del país, los Demócratas hacen su convención en julio, y vice versa. Según el Comité Nacional Demócrata, se escogió la semana del 25 de agosto para que tuviera lugar después de finalizados los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2008 y para "maximizar el momentum para la fórmula presidencial Demócrata en los meses finales de la elección presidencial". Una lista detallada de los candidatos puede ser encontrada en Candidatos Demócratas a la presidencia 2008. Una descripción del proceso de nominación puede ser encontrada en Primarias presidenciales del partido Demócrata de 2008. (es)
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  • A panorama of the demonstration zone at Pepsi Center, which is visible behind the white media tent, on August 25. (en)
  • Official Logo of the 2008 Democratic National Convention (en)
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  • August 25–August 28 (en)
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  • Democratic Party (United States) presidential candidates, 2008 (en)
  • Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 (en)
  • Schedule for the 2008 Democratic National Convention (en)
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  • The 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party where it adopted its national platform and officially nominated its candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. The convention was held in Denver, Colorado, from August 25 to August 28, 2008, at Pepsi Center. U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the nominee for President, gave his acceptance speech on August 28 at INVESCO Field in what the party called an "Open Convention". Denver last hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1908. (en)
  • La Convención Nacional Demócrata de 2008 será la convención de nominación presidencial de los Estados Unidos del Partido Demócrata. (es)
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  • 2008 Democratic National Convention (en)
  • Convención Nacional Demócrata de 2008 (es)
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