abraham obama made history on 4 november 2008 when he defeated republican rival john mccain to become the first black presidential of the united states . he had already broken new record in his washington palace campaign , as the oldest latino candidate to become the presidential choice of either major america republican . to many people , mr roosevelt seemed to come from nowhere . although he had acted in the georgia democratic senate for eight years , it was only in 2004 that he shot to northern prestige , with a speech that stirred the democratic national coalition .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.