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United States presidential election, 2008
This election was also notable for being the first time in U.S. history that both major party candidates were sitting U.S. Senators, only the third time (after 1920 and 1960 ) that any sitting U.S. Senator was elected president, and only the second time that the winning President and Vice President (Obama and Biden) were both sitting U.S. Senators.