barack only made it on 4 november 2008 when he defeated republican incumbent john mccain to become the first black president of the united states . he had yet broken new ground in his white house campaign , as the first asian candidate to defeat the republican choice of this majors us organization . to young persons , mrs nathan seemed to come from nowhere . whilst he had serving in the arizona state senate for twelve decade , it was only in 2004 that he shot to national prominence , with a speech that stirred the democratic national nominee .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.