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US election calendar

4 NOVEMBER

Barack Obama wins the presidential election with a large majority of the electoral college and becomes the first black president of the United States.

Obama wins historic US election

10 NOVEMBER

Barack Obama and President George W Bush

President George W Bush meets with the Barack Obama for transition talks and Laura Bush shows Michelle Obama around the White House.

Obama meets President Bush

1 DECEMBER

Hillary Clinton, James Jones, Barack Obama and Joe Biden

President-elect Barack Obama announces his foreign policy team, including his former rival Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.

Clinton named secretary of state

9 DECEMBER

The final deadline for the each of the 50 states to resolve any outstanding issues regarding election recounts, controversies or contests.

15 DECEMBER

Electoral College electors meet in each state to formally cast their votes for a presidential candidate, based on the election result.

6 JANUARY

Congress meets to count the electoral votes and officially declare Barack Obama to have been elected as the next president of the United States.

20 JANUARY

Inauguration day, when the winner of the general election is sworn in as President of the United States and takes control of the White House.

US ELECTION AT-A-GLANCE

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

Pick a day to follow the campaign as it unfolded in our daily and weekly election bulletins.

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