Martin Dupuis is assistant dean of the Burnett Honors College and associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida.

Keith Boeckelman is professor of political science at Western Illinois University and Research Fellow at the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs.

Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 From the South Side to Statewide
2 Will It Play in Peoria? The U.S. Senate Primary Campaign
3 "Jesus Wouldn't Vote for Obama"-Alan Keyes: The U.S. Senate General Election
4 "Money Is the Mother's Milk of Politics"-Raising Money and Spreading the Wealth
5 Overcoming a Funny Last Name: Media and the Vote in the U.S. Senate Campaign
6 Barack Obama and Post-Racial Politics in the U.S. Senate Campaign
7 Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
8 "There Is No Red or Blue America": Obama's Message
9 Lessons of Obama's Political Career, 1996-2007
10 The Road to the White House
Appendix A Elective and Electoral History of Barack Obama, 1996-2009
Appendix B Illinois State Senator Obama's Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts (July 27, 2004)
Appendix C Senator Obama's Presidential Candidacy Announcement, Springfield, Illinois (February 10, 2007)
Appendix D Senator Obama's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colorado (August 28, 2008)
Appendix E President-Elect Obama's Victory Speech, Chicago, Illinois (November 4, 2008)
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index