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U.S Senator Barack Obama
  The long road to the White House
Barack Obama’s two-year journey to his historic election encompassed fist bumps and bowling balls, controversies and celebrations.

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Image: Bill Richardson
  Breaking Barriers: U.S. minority leaders
From the first Hispanic governor (in 1853) to the first black to win a presidential nomination (Barack Obama), how ethnic electoral barriers have been broken.

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