when did kerry run for president?
John Kerry presidential campaign, 2004
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 On November 30 , 2006 , he became the second Democratic candidate to officially announce a presidential run . His short @-@ lived campaign was focused on his home state of Iowa but suffered low standing in national polls and a lack of name recognition . During the campaign , he emphasized the War in Iraq and his plan for ending it . 

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 At the start of 2006 , Gravel decided the best way he could promote direct democracy and the National Initiative was to run for president . On April 17 , 2006 , Gravel became the first candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2008 election , announcing his run in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington , D.C. Short on campaign cash , he took public transportation to get to his announcement . Other principal Gravel positions were the FairTax , withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq within 120 days , a single payer national health care system , and term limits . 

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 In May 2002 , Obama commissioned a poll to assess his prospects in a 2004 U.S. Senate race . He created a campaign committee , began raising funds , and lined up political media consultant David Axelrod by August 2002 . Obama formally announced his candidacy in January 2003 . 

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 At age of 45 , Biden became one of the official candidates for Democratic nomination , formally declaring his candidacy at the Wilmington train station on June 9 , 1987 . 

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 In August 2006 , an effort arose to convince Jim Gilmore to run for president of the United States in 2008 . The volunteers cited Gilmore 's past experiences as qualifications for the job including his service as a counter @-@ intelligence officer for the U.S. army , his post of attorney general of Virginia , his services as chairman of the Gilmore Commission and the National Council on Readiness and Preparedness , as well as his role as president of the non @-@ profit homeland security think @-@ tank USA Secure . 
