Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.
The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, the Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states - Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, waves to the crowd with his wife Michelle Obama, left, daughters Malia Obama, right, and Sasha Obama, lower middle, during a rally Sunday, Nov, 2, 2008, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam)
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