(This article is part of President Obama: A Commemorative Section of the Winston-Salem Journal)
Highs
• Barack Obama beats front-runner Hillary Clinton in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. After his victory, many black voters shift support from Clinton to Obama.
• Obama all but locks up the Democratic nomination after winning the North Carolina primary May 6, but the battle continues until Clinton concedes a month later. Obama is officially nominated in August.
Lows
• Pre-primary polls show Obama leading in New Hampshire, but Clinton pulls out a victory on Jan. 8 and keeps the primary fight going six more months.
• Obama is caught on tape at a private fundraiser saying that economic hard times had prompted "bitter" people in small towns to "cling to guns or religion."
• Obama denounces sermons by his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The controversy leads Obama to deliver a speech on race relations in March.
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