Obama Files to be on Alaska's 2008 Presidential Ballot

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by Chad news

Story Created: Dec 28, 2007 at 2:21 PM AKST

Story Updated: Oct 12, 2010 at 6:01 PM AKST

Barack Obama officially filed to be on Alaska's 2008 Presidential Ballot. Officials say he's the first Democratic presidential- candidate to have a paid campaign staff in the last frontier in over a decade.

At a news conference Wednesday, Joe Hardenbrook, Obama's Alaska Campaign manager, presented a $1000 check to the Alaska Democratic Party. With volunteers and several other elected officials joining together, each explained why Obama, a freshman Senator from Illinois, should be the next U.S. President.

Officials say that more than 1200 Alaskans have expressed interest in voting for Obama on his campaign website.
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