page_title: Timeline of the 2008 United States presidential election
section_title: September 2008
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2008 United States presidential election / 2008 / September 2008
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Sarah Palin addressing the w:2008 Republican National Convention in w:Saint Paul, Minnesota
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of major events leading up to and immediately following the United States presidential election of 2008. The election was the 56th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008, but its significant events and background date back to about 2002. The Democratic Party nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, defeated the Republican Party's nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona.
context_section_description: September 1–4 – 2008 Republican National Convention convenes in Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota.
  September 2 – Ron Paul holds parallel convention in the same city.
  September 3 – John McCain is officially nominated for president by the Republican Party, winning over 98% of the delegates.  Ron Paul received 5 to 29 votes, and Mitt Romney received 2 votes.
  September 4 – Sarah Palin is officially nominated for Vice President by the Republican Party. John McCain accepts the Republican Party nomination in a speech delivered at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
  September 10 – Former Republican candidate Ron Paul expresses support for Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin, Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney and independent candidate Ralph Nader in a joint press conference at the National Press Club.  The purpose was to outline shared principles of all:  non-interventionism, civil liberties, balanced budgets, and uncorrupt monetary policy. Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr, who was invited by Paul, held a separate conference down the hall, joining in the support of shared principles, but protesting that Paul ought to endorse the Libertarian nominee (Barr himself) specifically.  Barr's protest was cited as a reason for not giving him the endorsement; two weeks later, Paul would instead specifically endorse the Constitution Party nominee.
  September 21 – Early voting begins in some states.
  September 24 – John McCain announces he is suspending his campaign in order to work on the financial crisis of 2007–2008, and says he may not attend the first presidential debate on September 26. The first segment of Sarah Palin's interviews with Katie Couric airs on CBS News. Ron Paul endorses Chuck Baldwin for president.
  September 25 – Barack Obama and John McCain meet with President George W. Bush and congressional leaders to discuss the financial crisis.
  September 26 – Barack Obama and John McCain appear at the first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi.
caption: Sarah Palin speaks at the Republican National Convention, September 3, 2008
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