Arapahoe County’s voter turnout for the 2008 presidential election was more than 93 percent, and president-elect Barack Obama received nearly 56 percent of the vote, according to the county clerk and recorder’s Web site.

“Many of us who supported Obama’s campaign agree with the president-elect that ‘this victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change,’” said Bob Kihm, host to Arapahoe County Team Obama’s first-ever meeting.

Kihm, a Centennial resident, said he has never been very active in politics, but was an Obama delegate during the Democratic National Convention in August, and is planning to attend the inauguration.

The Arapahoe County Team Obama had its meeting to prepare for the next phase of the Campaign for Change, Dec. 13, with nearly 60 people in attendance.

The meeting was one of more than 4,000 nationwide to build on the organization and energy of the Obama supporters in Arapahoe County, west of Interstate 25.

“We intend to build a relationship with all of our Congressional and state Representatives, regardless of party affiliation, to solicit their support of Obama’s plans as they are released in the coming months,” Kihm said. “We’ll continue to have voters from all parties who support the president’s agenda. In fact, I expect we’ll see new teammates who, for some reason, didn’t work for the Obama campaign but who nonetheless support the need for change.”

Arapahoe County Team Obama is a combination of the field support and campaign teams of volunteers and staff that organized and mobilized in Arapahoe County for the Obama campaign. It is a multipartisan organization committed to supporting Obama and contributing to the community.

For more information, please visit www.my.barackobama.com.