President-elect Barack Obama beams at supporters during his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago. Photo by Brooks Kraft/Corbis

Obama Is 'Time' Person of the Year

From Time magazine: For showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the president-elect is named Person of the Year. More >>

Obama Secures Historic Presidential Victory

Democrat Barack Obama has secured enough electoral votes to be elected the first African American president of the United States, capping a meteoric rise for the freshman Illinois senator whose message of change resonated with a remarkably broad cross-section of voters across the country.
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• Slide Show: Obama: A Road Less Traveled

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What Now, Mr. President?
For President-elect Barack Obama the time of transformation nears. His challenge will be to transform campaign themes of “hope” and “change” into action that will revive an ailing economy, expand health care coverage and redirect America’s foreign policy.

The 50-Plus Vote: It Was the Economy, Stupid
Older voters chose Barack Obama in smaller percentages than their younger counterparts. But the jolt older Americans received from seeing their retirement account balances dive in early October narrowed the disparity predicted in early polls.
• Interactive Map: A Look at the 50-Plus Vote Across America

The New-Look Congress: What Changes Can It Accomplish?
Democrats tightened their grip on Congress by just enough to raise the nation’s expectations that they can do great things and fulfill president-elect Barack Obama’s hopes.

Wow! What an Election: Here’s Why
The election of the nation’s first African American president is historic by any standard. But the path to Barack Obama’s victory was also unprecedented.

Voters Say No to Changes in State Spending
The message of change may have worked for the president-elect, but it didn’t trickle through to the states.

Why Obama Won
In a small office at the Schott glass company warehouse in Duryea, Pa., I interviewed Sen. Barack Obama for half an hour, which became the lead article in the AARP Bulletin’s October issue.

• Exclusive Interview With President-Elect Barack Obama
• Exclusive Interview With John McCain
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• An Armchair Guide to Watching the Election
• Obama on AARP Prime Time Radio
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• Palin suggests she's now GOP political fixture
• Democrats dominate early voting in key states
• McCain says racism will barely affect election
• Candidates' Final Round Sways Undecided Voters
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• Economy overshadows all for heartland voters
• McCain derisive of Obama in battleground states
• In Florida, Palin defends campaign wardrobe expenses
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• McCain 'doing fine' as Obama draws huge crowds
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• McCain asking Ohioans for help
• Obama ahead by wide margin in Big Ten poll
• Poll Presidential race still tight in Va.
• Errors, mischief could lead to long election night
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• AP presidential poll: Race tightens in final weeks
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• Obama takes on national security in Va. swing
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• Region could give McCain Pa. win
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