Election Day 2008

Chicago. Grant Park. Election Day. Our behind-the-scenes coverage

By Esther Kang, Jennifer Tanaka, David Mendell, and Cassie Walker

Why Barack Obama? >>
We ask rally participants.

Behind-the-scenes photos >>
Sprinting rallygoers, Reik the bomb-sniffing dog, $4 Polish sausage, Chicago's finest, and more

Waiting for the Rally: A Timeline >>
"1 p.m. Find out that Access Hollywood has paid a local man to come to Grant Park and save its spot. The man sits on a folding chair and reads a hardcover edition of Russell Simmons' book, Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success."

On the Way >>
Obama biographer David Mendell on the historic victory

From the Outside In >>
Coda blogs it from the streets

Photograph: Esther Kang

This article appears in the November 2008 issue of Chicago Magazine.

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