Change comes to America
Last Updated: 5 November 2008
![A record number of Americans voted for their 44th president. [Reuters]](../../img/news/base/us_elex_feat_ra_1108.jpg? "A record number of Americans voted for their 44th president. [Reuters]")
A record number of Americans voted for their 44th president. [Reuters]
Barack Obama, the Democratic senator of the state of Illinios, will be the next president of the United States of America. The US president-elect appeared on stage for his victory speech in Chicago saying "change has come to America".
Republican Senator John McCain earlier conceded defeat in his home state of Arizona, where he called Senator Obama to congratulate him.
The 47-year-old African-American senator will be appointed as the 44th US president on January 20, 2009.
![Because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America, says President-Elect Barack Obama. [Reuters]](http://www.abc.net.au/ra/img/news/base/feature/us_elex_feat2_ra_1108.jpg? "Because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America, says President-Elect Barack Obama. [Reuters]")
'Because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America,' says President-Elect Barack Obama. [Reuters]
Barack Obama accepts US presidency-elect
Thousands of Illinois Senator Barack Obama's supporters gathered in Chicago's Grant Park for the president-elect's acceptance speech.
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![The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. [AFP]](http://www.abc.net.au/ra/img/news/base/feature/us_elex_mc_feat_afp_1108.jpg? "The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. [AFP]")
'The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly,' says Senator John McCain. [AFP]
McCain concedes to Obama for US presidency
Arizona Senator John McCain came out on stage on the lawn of Phoenix's luxury Arizona Biltmore Hotel to concede the election.
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