Who was running against Obama the second time?

2012 United States presidential election

Nominee	Barack Obama	Mitt Romney
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	Illinois	Massachusetts
Running mate	Joe Biden	Paul Ryan
Electoral vote	332	206

Who ran ran for president in 2016?

2016 United States presidential election

Nominee	Donald Trump	Hillary Clinton
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	New York	New York
Running mate	Mike Pence	Tim Kaine
Electoral vote	304	227

Who ran against Obama in 08 and 12?

2008 United States presidential election

Nominee	Barack Obama	John McCain
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	Illinois	Arizona
Running mate	Joe Biden	Sarah Palin
Electoral vote	365	173

Can an American president run for a third term?

Congress approved the Twenty-second Amendment on March 21, 1947, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification. The amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.

Who Ran for President 2004?

2004 United States presidential election

Nominee	George W. Bush	John Kerry
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	Texas	Massachusetts
Running mate	Dick Cheney	John Edwards
Electoral vote	286	251

Who did Barack Obama run against in 2004?

United States Senate election (2004)

Party	Candidate	%
Democratic	Barack Obama	69.97%
Republican	Alan Keyes	27.05%
Independent	Albert J. Franzen	1.58%
Libertarian	Jerry Kohn	1.35%

Who was the only single president?

James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861), served immediately prior to the American Civil War. He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor.

How many terms is a president allowed to serve?

two
Twenty-second Amendment, amendment (1951) to the Constitution of the United States effectively limiting to two the number of terms a president of the United States may serve. It was one of 273 recommendations to the U.S. Congress by the Hoover Commission, created by Pres.