Barack Obama Holds Election Night Gathering In Chicago's Grant Park

U.S. President elect Barack Obama (L) acknowledges his supporters along with his wife Michelle (R) and daughters Malia (2nd R) and Sasha to during an election night gathering in Grant Park on November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama defeated Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) by a wide margin in the election to become the first African-American U.S. President elect.

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