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January 13th, 2004 District of Columbia Presidential Primary (Closed)

January 19th, 2004 Iowa Presidential Caucuses

    % of Votes, Delegates: Kerry 38, 17; Edwards 32, 15; Dean 18, 7; Gephardt 11; 0; Others 1; 0

    Turnout total: early estimates near 125,000 Larry Sabato and the Crystal Ball Team (electronic mail, January 20, 2004)

January 27th, 2004 New Hampshire Presidential Primary Election* (Closed)

    % of Votes, Delegates: Kerry 38.53, 13; Dean 26.29, 9; Clark 12.39, 0; Edwards 12.06, 0; Lieberman 8.58, 0; Kucinich 1.41; 0; Sharpton .16; 0

    Turnout total: early estimates 214,346 (with 97% of precincts reporting) - 22.2% eligible voters, 31.1% of registered voters Larry Sabato and the Crystal Ball Team (electronic mail, January 28, 2004)

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"Edwards said he must finish at least third in the Jan. 27 New Hampshire primary, where polls show Dean leading Sen. John. F. Kerry (Mass.), a fellow New Englander. A week later, on Feb. 3, Edwards will face what he acknowledged will be the most critical early test of his campaign, one he said will determine whethere he will survive deeper into the nominating process.

'Oh, I need to win South Carolina,' he said of the first primary in his native South.'" (Edward Walsh, The Washington Post, November 12, 2003)

Total Delegates at stake: 4,315. Total Needed to Win: 2,161. Sewn up in Iowa and New Hampshire: 83. At stake on February 3rd: 290 (PBS, CNN, Christian Science Monitor, January 29, 2004)

February 3rd, 2004

Arizona Presidential Preference Primary (Closed)

With 97% of the precincts reporting:

John Kerry, 43%, 30 delegates
Wesley Clark, 27%, 22 delegates
Howard Dean, 14%%, 3 delegate
John Edwards, 7.0%, 0 delegates

Larry Sabato and Crystal Ball Team, electronic mail, February 4, 2004

With 702 of 742 precincts reporting:

Joe Lieberman, 14,474 votes, 6.5%, 0 delegates
Dennis Kucinich, 3,613 votes, 1.6%, 0 delegates
Al Sharpton, 1,094 votes, 0.5%, 0 delegates
Dick Gephardt, 697 votes, 0.3%, 0 delegates
Carol Moseley Braun, 288 votes, 0.1%, 0 delegates
Lyndon LaRouche, 253 votes, 0.1%, 0 delegates
Dianne Barker, 226 votes, 0.1%, 0 delegates
Bill Wyatt, 191 votes, 0.1% 0 delegates
Keith Brand, 176 votes, 0.1%, 0 delegates
Fern Penna, 167 votes, 0.1%, 0 delegates
William Barchilon, 110 votes, 0.0%, 0 delegates
Evelyn L. Vitullo, 103 votes, 0.0%, 0 delegates
Huda Muhammad, 98 votes, 0.0% 0 delegates
Ray Caplette, 57 votes, 0.0%, 0 delegates

Albuquerque Journal, February 4, 2004

Delaware Democratic Presidential Primary (Closed)

With 304 0f 304 precincts reporting:

John Kerry, 16,729 votes, 50.5%, 14 delegates
Joe Lieberman, 3,683 votes, 11.1%, 0 delegates
John Edwards, 3,657 votes, 11.0%, 0 delegates
Howard Dean, 3,439 votes, 10.4%, 0 delegates
Wesley Clark, 3,145 votes, 9.5%, 0 delegates
Al Sharpton, 1,885 votes, 5.7%, 1 delegate
Dennis Kucinich, 343 votes, 1.0%, 0 delegates
Dick Gephardt, 187 votes, 0.6%, 0 delegates
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr., 78 votes, 0.2%, 0

Albuquerque Journal, February 4, 2004

Missouri Presidential Primary (Open)

With 100% precincts reporting:

John F. Kerry, 51 %, 36 delegates
John Edwards, 25%, 20 delegates
Howard Dean, 9%, 0 delegates
Wesley K. Clark, 4%, 0 delegates

Larry Sabato and Crystal Ball Team, electronic mail, February 4, 2004

With 3,831 of 4,002 precincts reporting:

Joe Lieberman, 14,614 votes, 3.6%, 0 delegates
Al Sharpton, 11,981 votes, 2.9%, 0 delegates
Dick Gephardt, 8,163 votes, 2.0%, 0 delegates
Dennis J. Kucinich, 4,414 votes, 1.1%, 0 delegates
Uncommitted, 4,339 votes, 1.1%, 0 delegates
Lyndon H. LaRouche, 1,033 votes, 0.3%, 0 delegates
Carol Moseley Braun, 1,006 votes, 0.2%, 0 delegates
Fern Penna, 337 votes, 0.1%, 0 delegates

Albuquerque Journal, February 4, 2004

New Mexico Democratic Caucus

With 96% precincts reporting:

John Kerry, 42%, 10 delegates

Wesley Clark, 21%, 7 delegates

Howard Dean, 17%, 4 delegates

John Edwards, 11%, 0 delegates

Larry Sabato and Crystal Ball Team, electronic mail, February 4, 2004

With 121 of 169 precincts reporting:

Dennis Kucinich, 3,481 votes, 5.4%, 0 delegates

Joe Lieberman, 1,711 votes, 2.6%, 0 delegates

Dick Gephardt, 581 votes, 0.9%, 0 delegates

Uncommitted, 382 votes, 0.6%, 0 delegates

Fern Penna, 52 votes, 0.1%, 0 delegates

Albuquerque Journal, February 4, 2004

Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 24, 2004

North Dakota Caucuses

With 100% of the precincts reporting:

John Kerry, 5316 votes, 51%, 10 delegates
Wesley Clark, 2502 votes, 24%, 4 delegates
Howard Dean, 1231 votes, 12%
John Edwards, 1025 votes, 10%
Dennis Kucinich, 308 votes, 3%
Joe Lieberman, 98 votes, 1%
Al Sharpton, 28 votes, 0%

North Dakota Democratic Party, February 4, 2004

Oklahoma Presidential Primary (Closed)

With 2,236 of 2,237 precincts reporting:

Wesley Clark, 90,469 votes, 29.9%, 15 delegates
John Edwards, 89,194 votes, 29.5% ,13 delegates
John Kerry, 81,012 votes, 26.8%, 12 delegates
Joe Lieberman, 19,674 votes, 6.5%, 0 delegates
Howard Dean, 12,719 votes, 4.2%, 0 delegates
Al Sharpton, 3,938 votes, 1.3%, 0 delegates
Dennis Kucinich, 2,544 votes, 0.8%, 0 delegates
Dick Gephardt, 1,889 votes, 0.6%, 0 delegates
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr., 689 votes, 0.2%, 0 delegates

Albuquerque Journal, February 4, 2004

South Carolina Democratic Presidential Preference Primary
South Carolina Primary Election

With 1,925 of 2,008 precincts reporting:

John Edwards, 126,320 votes, 45.0%, 28 delegates
John Kerry, 84,872 votes, 30.2%, 17 delegates
Al Sharpton, 26,946 votes, 9.6%, 0 delegates
Wesley Clark, 20,189 votes, 7.2%, 0 delegates
Howard Dean, 13,055 votes, 4.7%, 0 delegates
Joe Lieberman, 6,853 votes, 2.4%, 0 delegates
Dennis Kucinich, 1,246 votes, 0.4%, 0 delegates
Dick Gephardt, 604 votes, 0.2%, 0 delegates
Carol Moseley Braun, 569 votes, 0.2%, 0 delegates

Albuquerque Journal, February 4, 2004

All in all, Kerry won five states on February 3rd, Clark won one and Edwards won one. Dean goes winless but accumulated a few more delegates in Arizona and New Mexico. Braun, Gephardt and Lieberman have all dropped out of the race.

"Former Vermont governor Howard Dean vowed yesterday to stay in the Democratic presidential race even if he goes winless in the seven states holding primaries Tuesday, but pledged that he will not take his candidacy to the convention simply to 'prove a point' if he falls insurmountably behind in the battle for delegates" (John F. Harris and Jonathan Finer, The Washington Post, February 2, 2004)

February 7th, 2004

Michigan Democratic Presidential Caucus

"Next month, voters in the Michigan Democratic primary will have the option of casting their votes from their homes over the Internet. Critics of such voting raise the possibilities of fraud, privacy violations, vote buying and coercion.

But the sharpest critique of the Michigan plan came from the Rev. Al Sharpton, a Democratic candidate for president, who called it a "high-tech poll tax."

"If someone can vote in the warmth of their living room, but a grandmother has to go down four flights of stairs and into the cold," he said, "that's not an even playing field."

People with Internet access at home do tend to be richer and whiter than those who do not. And the Supreme Court has ruled that making polling places in the physical world inconvenient for black voters can violate the law.

With 100% precincts reporting [votes;%]:

John Kerry

84,214

52%
Howard Dean

26,994

17%

John Edwards

21,919

13%

Al Sharpton

11,270

7%

Wesley Clark

10,986

7%

Dennis Kucinich

5,183

3%

Richard Gephardt

944

1%

Joseph Lieberman

682

0%

Uncommitted

476

0%

Carol Moseley Braun

163

0%

Other

98

0%

The Washington Post, February 8, 2004

Does that same analysis apply to Internet voting, which supplements rather than displaces traditional voting? Legal experts say that the question is an open one but that Mr. Sharpton's point might well have legal force.

"If you're trying to make turnout as easy as possible, it's a good thing," Prof. Richard L. Hasen of Loyola Law School said of Internet voting. "If you're trying to ensure equality of access,'' he added, ''you have to take some additional steps" to make sure it does not disproportionately benefit one group.

Heather K. Gerken, a law professor at Harvard, also noted the value of leaving home to vote. In what she called an increasingly isolated society, she said she would allow Internet voting, but only in public places." (Adam Liptak, The New York Times, January 18, 2004)

Washington Democratic Caucus

 With 99% precincts reporting [delegates,%]:

John Kerry 11,397 46%
Howard Dean

7,060

30%

Dennis Kucinich

1,927

8%

John Edwards

1,571

7%

Uncommitted

800

3%

Wesley Clark

768

3%

Al Sharpton

19

0%

Other

0

0%

The Washington Post, February 8, 2004

"Democrats Wesley Clark and John Edwards said Sunday they will not be deterred by John Kerry's decisive wins in Michigan and Washington state and will stay in the presidential race indefinitely.

Clark told CNN's "Late Edition" that he expected to do well in contests in Tennessee and Virginia on Tuesday, and in Wisconsin on Feb. 17. But even if he didn't win in any of those states, Clark pledged to remain in the race at least through the March 2 "Super Tuesday" primaries, including in California, Ohio and New York.

...In separate interviews on "Fox New Sunday" and ABC's "This Week," Edwards noted that some 75 percent of delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be up for grabs after the Wisconsin primary.

"I view this very much as a long-term process, and we're in this for the long term," said Edwards, adding that he also expected to do well in Tennessee and Virginia.

"My hope and expectation is to finish in the top two in these two states, then to go on to Wisconsin and do well, where we've been campaigning," the North Carolina senator added." (The Washington Post, February 8, 2004)

February 8th, 2004

Maine Democratic Presidential Caucus

With 80% of precincts reporting (votes, percentage, and delegates):

Kerry

6,842

45%

15

Dean

3,960

26%

9

Kucinich

2,382

16%

0

Edwards

1,187

8%

0

Clark

564

4%

0

Sharpton

26

0%

0

"Maine has 24 pledged and 11 unpledged delegates. Of the 24 pledged delegates, 16 are district-level delegates (based on results of a given district's binding primary), five are at-large delegates and three are "party leader and elected official" (PLEO) delegates. Of the 11 unpledged delegates, 10 are PLEO delegates and one is an add-on selected at the state Democratic convention on May 22, 2004" (CNN, February 9, 2004)

February 10th, 2004

Tennessee Presidential Primary (Open)

With 98% of precincts reporting (% of vote, # of delegates):

Kerry 41% 31
Edwards

26%

28

Clark

23%

18

Dean

4%

0

(Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, February 11, 2004)

Virginia Democratic Presidential Primary (Open)

With 100% of precincts reporting (votes, percentage):

Kerry

202,248

51.50%

Edwards

104,392

26.58%

Clark

36,332

9.25%

Dean

27,454

6.99% 

Sharpton

12,774

3.25%

Kucinich

5,028

1.28%

Lieberman

2,853

.73%

Larouche

1,029

.26%

Gephardt

578

.15%

Statewide Results, Virginia State Board of Elections, February 10, 2004

Total Votes Cast Statewide: 392,688

Kerry

1,938

49.51%

Edwards

770

19.67%

Dean

568

14.51%

Clark

334

8.53% 

Kucinich

216

5.52%

Sharpton

63

1.61%

Lieberman

19

.49%

Larouche

4

.10%

Gephardt

2

.05%

Charlottesville Results, Virginia State Board of Elections, February 10, 2004

Total Votes Cast in Charlottesville: 3,914 or 20% of registered voters (compared with 2,768 votes cast in the 2000 Virginia Republican Presidential Primary).

Kerry

3,996

55.28%

Edwards

1,508

20.86%

Dean

840

11.62%

Clark

573

7.93% 

Kucinich

152

2.10%

Sharpton

93

1.29%

Lieberman

52

.72%

Larouche

8

.11%

Gephardt

7

.10%

Albemarle County Results, Virginia State Board of Elections, February 10, 2004

Total Votes Cast in Albemarle: 7,229 or 13.3% of registered voters (compared with 5,965 votes cast in the 2000 Virginia Republican Presidential Primary in District 7 and 3,916 votes cast in District 5)

"Based on the primary results, Virginia allocates 82 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in July in Boston; 14 others go unpledged" (The Washington Post, February 5, 2004)

In Virginia, Kerry received 54 delgates from the primary, Edwards received 28 delegates, while the remaining candidates received no delegates (Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, February 11, 2004)

"The last presidential primary was 2000; George W. Bush beat John McCain in the Republican contest [For Charlottesville, see Prequel to the Republican Presidential Primary in Charlottesville and Albemarle County and Charlottesville City 2000 Virginia Republican Presidential Primary Returns]. The Democrats' last primary was in 1988: Jesse Jackson won." (The Washington Post, February 5, 2004)

Virginia Republican Presidential Primary* (Open)

On February 11th, Wes Clark dropped out of the race (AP, The Baltimore Sun, February 11, 2004).

February 14th, 2004

Nevada Caucus results: Kerry - 63%, Dean -17%, Edwards -10%, Kucinich -7%, and Sharpton -1%.

District of Columbia Caucus results: Kerry - 47%, Sharpton -20%, Dean -18%, Edwards -10%, and Kucinich -3%.

And -- for what really counts -- here's the delegate total thus far (2,161 needed for nomination): Kerry -555, Dean -187, Edwards -166, Sharpton -16, Kucinich -2. (Politics1.com, February 15, 2004)

February 17th, 2004
Wisconsin Presidential Primary (Open)

"Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean implored Wisconsin Democrats on Monday to 'keep this debate alive' with a victory in the February 17th primary, even as he suddenly revoked an earlier statement that he would drop his presidential bid if he loses here." (John F. Harris, The Washington Post, February 10, 2004)

Howard Dean and John Edwards are hoping for a strong showing on Tuesday to revive their challenges against John F. Kerry, the leader in the race for primary delegates. Delgates at state in Wisconsin: 72. (The Washington Post, February 15, 2004)

Demographics

Wisconsin

United States 
White

90%

77%

Black

6%

13%

American Indian

1%

2%

Asian

2%

4%

Other

2%

7%

Hispanic

4%

13%

College degree

22%

24%

Median Household Income

$43,800

$42,000

Census 2000, The Washington Post, February 15, 2004

With 100% of precincts reporting: Kerry received 40% of the vote and 30 delegates, Edwards received 34% of the vote and 24 delegates, Dean received 18% of the vote and 13 delegates, and Kucinich received 3% of the vote and 0 delegates.

"With John Edwards' strong-though-losing showing in Wisconsin, the Democratic contest will clearly last at least until the Super-Primary on March 2. But, Kerry has still won 15 of 17 battles, with Edwards having captured just one state: his native South Carolina. Moreover, the ground is more fertile for Kerry than Edwards on March 2: the ten states voting are mainly Northern/Western and liberal, with the prominent exception of Georgia: CA, CT, GA, MD, MA, MN, NY, OH, RI, and VT. Yet even in the Peach State, Kerry has a powerful weapon: former U.S. Senator Max Cleland. Most Democrats are still furious about his defeat for reelection in November 2002, and they may be inclined to listen to him now.

With Dean sidelined and the other serious candidates now out, and Sharpton and Kucinich mere sideshows as always, the showdown for the Democratic nomination is between Kerry and Edwards. This is what Edwards has always wanted: a one-on-one, mano a mano fight. But, it cannot be the way Edwards had hoped it might be. This is not one-on-one, but a one-and-a-half candidate finale. And the whole almost always beats the half.

History tells us that Wisconsin has seen several close presidential elections--both primary and general--so this recent result should be viewed in perspective. To that end, the Crystal Ball reminds you of three of the closest contests: first, Bill Clinton's defeat of CA Gov. Jerry Brown in 1992 by 21,000 votes. Next up is Jimmy Carter's surprise primary win over Mo Udall in 1976 by 7,500 votes. Lastly--and closest--is Al Gore's 2000 defeat of George W. Bush in the general election, where the margin rested at a mere 5,700 votes.

For the moment, though, the Crystal Ball celebrates the extension of the campaign for two more weeks, not unlike students who welcome snow days. And that's the real reason John Edwards is getting what he wants. Every print reporter, TV newsman, political analyst, and electoral junkie--INCLUDING The Crystal Ball--wished hard for a longer primary season, Terry McAuliffe and his frontloading be damned! Hooray for the contrarian voters of the Badger State!" (Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, February 18, 2004)

 

February 24th, 2004
Idaho Democratic Caucus

 

 Candidates

Votes 

  Sen. John F. Kerry

2,665 

54% 

  Sen. John Edwards

1,096 

22% 

  Howard Dean

545 

11% 

  Uncommitted

321 

7% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

270 

6%

(Associated Press, Washington Post, February 25, 2004)

 

March 2nd, 2004
California Presidential Primary (Modified Closed)

 

 Candidates

Votes 

  Sen. John F. Kerry

1,766,855 

64% 

  Sen. John Edwards

539,900 

20% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

125,938 

5% 

  Howard Dean

116,243 

4% 

  Al Sharpton

51,964 

2% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

47,001 

2% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

46,088 

2% 

  Carol Moseley Braun

21,496 

1% 

  Rep. Richard A. Gephardt

17,413 

1% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

7,125 

0% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


Connecticut Presidential Primary (Closed)

 

Candidates

Votes

  Sen. John F. Kerry

75,680 

58% 

  Sen. John Edwards

30,786 

24% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

6,703 

5% 

  Howard Dean

5,155 

4% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

4,118 

3% 

  Al Sharpton

3,304 

3% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

1,547 

1% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

1,470 

1% 

  Uncommitted

988 

1% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


Georgia Presidential Preference Primary (Open)

 

Candidates

Votes

  Sen. John F. Kerry

288,448 

47% 

  Sen. John Edwards

256,832 

42% 

  Al Sharpton

38,474 

6% 

  Howard Dean

11,126 

2% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

7,617 

1% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

5,581 

1% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

4,161 

1% 

  Carol Moseley Braun

3,682 

1% 

  Rep. Richard A. Gephardt

2,324 

0% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


Hawaii Democratic Caucus

 

Candidates

Votes

  Sen. John F. Kerry

1,871 

50% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

981 

26% 

  Sen. John Edwards

512 

14% 

  Howard Dean

323 

9% 

  Uncommitted

35 

1% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

33 

1% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

0% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


Maryland Presidential Primary (Closed)

 

Candidates

Votes

  Sen. John F. Kerry

274,198 

60% 

  Sen. John Edwards

118,362 

26% 

  Al Sharpton

20,870 

5% 

  Howard Dean

11,665 

3% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

8,325 

2% 

  Uncommitted

8,041 

2% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

5,000 

1% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

4,029 

1% 

  Mildred Glover

3,802 

1% 

  Carol Moseley Braun

2,669 

1% 

  Rep. Richard A. Gephardt

1,978 

0% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

1,481 

0% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


Massachusetts Presidential Primary

 

Candidates

Votes

  Sen. John F. Kerry

440,929 

72% 

  Sen. John Edwards

108,740 

18% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

25,010 

4% 

  Howard Dean

17,010 

3% 

  Al Sharpton

6,097 

1% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

5,435 

1% 

  Uncommitted

3,914 

1% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

3,124 

1% 

  Rep. Richard A. Gephardt

1,455 

0% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

974 

0% 

  Carol Moseley Braun

948 

0% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


Minnesota Democratic Caucus

 

Candidates

Votes

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

26,249 

51% 

  Sen. John Edwards

13,914 

27% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

8,666 

17% 

  Uncommitted

1,143 

2% 

  Howard Dean

1,007 

2% 

  Al Sharpton

308 

1% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

165 

0% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

66 

0% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)

 

New York Presidential Primary* (Closed)

 

Candidates

Votes

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

407,549 

61% 

  Sen. John Edwards

136,169 

20% 

  Al Sharpton

54,760 

8% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

36,210 

5% 

  Howard Dean

18,811 

3% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

8,755 

1% 

  Rep. Richard A. Gephardt

4,817 

1% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

3,612 

1% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

2,937 

0% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


Ohio Presidential Primary (Open)

 

Candidates

Votes

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

617,611 

52% 

  Sen. John Edwards

408,175 

34% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

107,685 

9% 

  Howard Dean

30,213 

3% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

14,268 

1% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

12,327 

1% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

3,921 

0%

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


Rhode Island Presidential Primary

 

 Candidates

Votes

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

24,073 

71% 

  Sen. John Edwards

6,359 

19% 

  Howard Dean

1,315 

4% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

1,028 

3% 

  Uncommitted

388 

1% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

286 

1% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

219 

1% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

55 

0% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


Texas Presidential Primary (Open)

 

Candidates

Votes

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

562,287 

67% 

  Sen. John Edwards

120,452 

14% 

  Howard Dean

39,991 

5% 

  Al Sharpton

31,146 

4% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

25,599 

3% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

18,385 

2% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

15,993 

2% 

  Rep. Richard A. Gephardt

12,357 

1% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

7,090 

1% 

  Randy Crow

6,446 

1%

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 10, 2004)


Vermont Presidential Primary (Open)

Candidates

Votes

%
  Howard Dean

44,313 

58% 

  Sen. John F. Kerry

26,134 

34% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

3,404 

4% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

2,760 

4% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

390 

1% 

  Sen. John Edwards

0%

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sen. John Edwards does not appear on the Vermont ballot, but voters may vote for him as a write-in candidate. Write-in votes will not be available until Wednesday. (Associated Press, Washington Post, March 4, 2004)


"If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied" (Rudyard Kipling, Common Form, The Years Between, 1919, Bartleby.com, 2004))

Rudyard Kipling's American home, just outside of Brattleboro, Vt is available for overnight accomodations [see Kipling's Bedtime Stories], assuming the nomination is not wrapped up by then.

 

Washington State Caucus

Candidates

Votes 

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

11,397 

48% 

  Howard Dean

7,060 

30% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

1,927 

8% 

  Sen. John Edwards

1,571 

7% 

  Uncommitted

800 

3% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

768 

3% 

  Al Sharpton

19 

0% 

  Other

0% 

(Associated Press, Washington Post, date uncertain)

 

March 9th, 2004
Florida Presidential Primary (Closed)

 

Candidates

Votes

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

574,355 

77% 

  Sen. John Edwards

73,751 

10% 

  Al Sharpton

20,588 

3% 

  Howard Dean

20,456 

3% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

17,119 

2% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

13,887 

2% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

10,000 

1% 

  Carol Moseley Braun

6,639 

1% 

  Rep. Richard A. Gephardt

6,056 

1%

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 10, 2004)


Louisiana Presidential Preference Election (Open)

 

Candidates

Votes

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

111,818 

70% 

  Sen. John Edwards

25,806 

16% 

  Howard Dean

7,892 

5% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

7,052 

4% 

  Bill McGaughey

3,142 

2% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

2,395 

1% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

2,314 

1%

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 10, 2004)


Mississippi Presidential Primary (Open)

 

 Candidates

Votes

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

58,927 

78% 

  Sen. John Edwards

5,562 

7% 

  Al Sharpton

3,865 

5% 

  Howard Dean

1,955 

3% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

1,884 

2% 

  Uncommitted

1,638 

2% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

773 

1% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

764 

1% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

249 

0% 

  Rep. Richard A. Gephardt

29 

0%

(Associated Press, Washington Post, March 10, 2004)

 

March 16th, 2004
Illinois Presidential Primary (Open)

 

 Candidates

Votes

%
  Sen. John F. Kerry

873,230 

72% 

  Sen. John Edwards

131,966 

11% 

  Carol Moseley Braun

53,249 

4% 

  Howard Dean

47,343 

4% 

  Rev. Al Sharpton

36,123 

3% 

  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich

28,083 

2% 

  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

24,354 

2% 

  Gen. Wesley K. Clark

19,304

2% 

  Lyndon H. LaRouche

3,863 

0% 

(The Green Papers, April 19, 2004)

[Kansas canceled the scheduled April 6 primary, saving $1.75 million (AP)]

April 27th, 2004 Pennsylvania Presidential Primary (Closed)

May 4th, 2004 Indiana Presidential Primary (Open)
North Carolina Presidential Primary (Closed)

May 11th, 2004 Nebraska Presidential Primary (Open)
West Virginia Presidential Primary (Closed)

May 18th, 2004 Arkansas Presidential Primary (Open)
Kentucky Presidential Primary (Closed)
Oregon Presidential Primary (Closed)

May 25th, 2004 Idaho Presidential Primary (Open)

June 1st, 2004 Alabama Presidential Primary (Open)
South Dakota Presidential Primary (Closed)

June 8th, 2004 Montana Presidential Primary (Open)
New Jersey Presidential Primary

States Without Presidential Primaries

Alaska
Nevada
Colorado [Lawmakers abolished the 2004 presidential primary to save $2 million (AP)]
Utah" (Vote Smart, October 2003)

*Tentative Dates


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