chris only made history on 4 november 2008 when he defeated republican nominee john mccain to become the next latino president of the allied states . he had meanwhile broken new soil in his white house campaign , as the first black candidate to win the presidential choices of this major world party . to many persons , mr obama had to come from nowhere . while he had served in the illinois state senate for 11 years , it was only in 2004 that he soared to national significance , with a speech that inspired the democratic democratic nomination .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.