U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination, 2004

The U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination, 2004 is the series of primaries and caucuses that decides which pair of candidates represent the Democrats in the 2004 Presidential election for President and Vice President.

On March 11, after meetings with Democratic superdelegates in Washington and with former opponents Howard Dean and John Edwards, U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts accumulated the 2,162 delegates required to clinch the nomination. Kerry is now officially acknowledged as the nominee by the Democratic National Committee website.
If something happens to Mr. Kerry before the election, the Democratic National Committee will likely be the main body involved in choosing an alternate nominee - most likely Mr. Kerry's Vice Presidential running mate. Mr. Kerry and his running mate, Sen. Edwards, were formally nominated by the Democratic Party on July 28, 2004 at the Democratic National Convention in Kerry's hometown of Boston, Massachusetts; Kerry gave his acceptance speech the next day. See 2004 presidential campaign of John Kerry for more on Mr. Kerry's platform and views.

Table of contents

1 Candidates
2 Vice Presidential candidates
3 State-by-state results
4 See also
5 External links

5.1 General references
5.2 News articles

Candidates

Filed:
- Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts
- Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio
- Reverend Al Sharpton of New York has endorsed John Kerry, but is still campaigning for delegates and has not yet formally withdrawn.
- Political activist Lyndon LaRouche of Virginia is also running as a nominal Democrat, although the Democratic party will not award LaRouche convention delegates.
Withdrew:
- Senator Bob Graham of Florida (October 7, 2003)
- Former Senator Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois (January 15, 2004) endorsed Howard Dean
- Representative Richard Gephardt of Missouri (January 20, 2004) endorsed John Kerry
- Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut (February 3, 2004)
- Retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas (February 11, 2004) endorsed John Kerry
- Former Governor Dr. Howard Dean of Vermont (February 18, 2004) endorsed John Kerry on March 25, 2004
- Senator John Edwards of North Carolina (March 3, 2004) endorsed John Kerry
Declined:
- Al Gore (Former Vice President and Democratic candidate in the U.S. presidential election, 2000)
- Hillary Clinton (US Senator and former First Lady)
- Tom Daschle (Senate Minority Leader)
- Russ Feingold (US Senator)
- Joseph Biden (US Senator)
- Christopher Dodd (US Senator)
- Gray Davis (Former Governor of California)
- Bill Bradley (Former US Senator and candidate for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. presidential election, 2000)
- Gary Hart (Former US Senator and candidate for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. presidential election, 1988)

Vice Presidential candidates

Senator John Edwards of North Carolina was designated by presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry as his Vice Presidential choice on July 6, 2004.

Among those considered in the running for the post, but ultimately not selected by Kerry included:

- Representative Dick Gephardt of Missouri.
- Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa.
- Retired General Wesley Clark of Arizona.
- Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware.
- Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois.
- Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico (March 7, 2004)

State-by-state results

There are 4,322 total delegates to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, of which 802 are so-called "superdelegates" who are not bound by any particular state's primary or caucus votes (which even include some of the (former) candidates themselves) and can change their votes at any time. A candidate needs 2,162 delegates to become the nominee. Except for the Northern Mariana Islands and Midway Atoll, all states, territories, and other inhabited areas of the United States offer delegates to the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

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2004 Democratic primaries and caucuses
Carol Moseley Braun Wesley Clark Howard Dean John Edwards Richard Gephardt John Kerry Dennis Kucinich Joseph Lieberman Al Sharpton

Total Delegates¹ -- 60 167.5 559 -- 2573.5 40 -- 26

Superdelegates¹ -- -- 53 23 -- 381 2 -- 5

Jan. 14 District of Columbia²
(primary) 12% -- 43% -- -- -- 8% -- 34%
Jan. 19 Iowa³
(caucus) -- -- 18%
(5) 32%
(10) 11% 38%
(30) 1% -- --
Jan. 27 New Hampshire
(primary) -- 12%⁴ 26%
(9) 12% -- 38%⁴
(13) 1% 9% --
Feb. 3 (Mini Tuesday) Arizona
(primary) -- 27%
(14) 14%
(3) 7% -- 43%
(38) 2% 7% --
Delaware
(primary) -- 9%⁴ 10% 11% 1%⁴ 50%
(14) 1% 11% 6%
(1)
Missouri
(primary) -- 4% 9% 25%
(26) 2% 51%
(48) 1% 4% 3%
New Mexico
(caucus) -- 21%
(8) 16%
(4) 11% 1%⁴ 42%
(14) 6% 3% --
North Dakota
(caucus) -- 24%
(5) 12% 10% 1% 51%⁴
(9) 3% 1% --
Oklahoma
(primary) -- 30%
(15) 4% 30%
(13) 1%⁴ 27%
(12) 1% 7%⁴ 1%
South Carolina
(primary) -- 7% 5% 45%
(27) -- 30%
(17) -- 2% 10%
(1)
Feb. 7 Michigan
(caucus) -- 7% 17%
(24) 13%
(6) 1%⁴ 52%
(91) 3% -- 7%
(7)

Washington
(caucus) -- 3% 30%
(29) 7% -- 48%⁴
(47) 8% -- --
Feb. 8 Maine
(caucus) -- 4% 27%⁴
(9) 8% -- 45%
(15) 16% -- --
Feb. 10

Tennessee
(primary) 1%⁴ 23%
(18) 4% 26%
(20) -- 41%
(31) 1% 1% 2%
Virginia
(primary) -- 9% 7% 27%
(29) -- 52%
(53) 1% 1% 3%
Feb. 14 District of Columbia²
(caucus) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
1%⁴ 17%⁴
(3) 10% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
47%
(9) 3% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
20%
(4)
Nevada
(caucus) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
17%
(2) 10% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
63%
(18) 7% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
1%
Feb. 17 Wisconsin
(primary) -- 2% 18%
(13) 34%
(24) -- 40%
(30) 3% -- 2%
Feb. 24 Hawaii
(caucus) -- 1%⁴ 7%⁴ 13%⁴ -- 47%⁴
(12) 31%⁴
(8) -- --
Idaho³
(caucus) -- -- 11% 22%
(6) -- 54%
(12) 6% -- --
Utah
(primary) -- 1%⁴ 4% 30%
(3) -- 55%
(5) 7% 1%⁴ --
Mar. 2 (Super Tuesday) California
(primary) 1%⁴ 2%⁴ 4% 20%
(82) 1%⁴ 64%
(288) 5% 2%⁴ 4%
Connecticut
(primary) -- 1%⁴ 4% 24%
(14) -- 58%
(35) 3% 5% 3%
Georgia
(primary) -- 1%⁴ 2% 42%
(32) -- 47%
(37) 1% 1%⁴ 6%
Maryland
(primary) 1%⁴ 1%⁴ 3% 26%
(13) -- 60%
(26) 2% 1%⁴ 5%
Massachusetts
(primary) -- 1%⁴ 3% 18%
(13) -- 72%
(80) 4% 1%⁴ 1%
Minnesota
(caucus) -- -- 2% 27%
(22) -- 51%
(41) 17%
(9) -- 1%
New York
(primary) -- 1%⁴ 3% 20%
(54) 1%⁴ 61%
(174) 5% 1%⁴ 8%
(8)
Ohio
(primary) -- 1%⁴ 3% 34%
(55) 1%⁴ 52%
(81) 9%
(4) 1%⁴ --
Rhode Island
(primary) -- 1%⁴ 4% 19%
(4) -- 71%
(17) 3% 1%⁴ --
Vermont
(primary) -- 3%⁴ 53%⁴
(9) 6%⁴ -- 31%⁴
(6) 4% -- --
Mar. 9 American Samoa
(caucus) -- -- -- -- -- 83%
(6) 17% -- --
Florida
(primary) 1% 1% 3% 10%
(3) 1% 77%
(119) 2% 2% 3%
Louisiana
(primary) -- 4% 5% 16%
(10) -- 70%
(42) 1% -- --
Mississippi
(primary) -- 2% 3% 7% -- 78%
(33) 1% 1% 5%
Texas
(primary) -- 2% 5% 14%
(11) 1% 67%
(62) 2% 3% 4%
Mar. 13 Kansas
(caucus) -- 1% 7%
(1) 9% -- 72%
(32) 10% -- --
Mar. 16 Illinois
(primary) 4% 2% 4% 11%
(2) -- 72%
'''(154) 2% 2% 3%
Mar. 20 Alaska
(caucus) -- -- 11% 3% -- 48%
(8) 27%
(5) -- --
Wyoming
(caucus) -- -- 3% 5% -- 77%
(13) 6% -- 1%
Mar. 27 Expatriates⁵
(caucus) -- 10% 19%
(2.5) 9% -- 56%
(4.5) 5% -- 1%
Apr. 13 Colorado
(caucus) -- -- 2% 1% -- 64%
(39) 13%
(4) -- --
Apr. 17 North Carolina
(caucus) -- -- 6% 52%
(57) -- 27%
(29) 12%
(4) -- 3%
Virgin Islands
(caucus) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--
(3) -- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--
Apr. 24 Guam
(caucus) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
77%
(3) -- bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--
Apr. 27 Pennsylvania
(primary) -- -- 10%
(1) 10% -- 74%
(120) 4% -- --
May 4

Indiana
(primary) -- 6% 7% 11% -- 73%
(62) 2% -- --
May 11 Nebraska
(primary) -- -- 7% 14% -- 73%
(24) 2% -- 2%
West Virginia
(primary) -- 3% 4% 13% -- 70%
(28) 2% 6% --
May 18 Arkansas
(primary) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
66%
(29) 5% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--
Kentucky
(primary) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
3% 4% 14% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
60%
(44) 2% 5% 2%
Oregon
(primary) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
81%
(38) 17%
(4) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--
Jun. 1 Alabama
(primary) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
75%
(47) 4% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--
South Dakota
(primary) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
6% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
82%
(14) 2% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--
Jun. 6 Puerto Rico
(caucus) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--
(51) -- --
Jun. 8 Montana
(primary) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
4% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
9% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
68%
(15) 11% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--
New Jersey
(primary) bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
92%
(106) 4% bgcolor="#FFE8E8"
--

Color Key: 1st place
  (delegates earned)   2nd place
  (delegates earned)   3rd place
  (delegates earned)     Withdrawn

Notes:

¹ As of March 11, 2004; total delegate count includes "superdelegates," delegates not assigned directly from primary or caucus results. State delegate counts include only those delegates assigned as a result of the state primary or caucus.

² January 14 is a non-binding primary (no delegates apportioned). Ten of D.C.'s pledged delegates are awarded at ward-level caucuses on February 14; the other six are awarded based on the February 14 results in a convention on March 6.

³ Only local delegates were selected at the Iowa and Idaho caucuses. National delegates are to be selected later.

⁴ These figures are based on correctly-rounded percentages based on complete counts directly from the state parties and from the Washington Post. These figures differ slightly from those reported in most major media outlets (including some linked at the bottom of the page), where percentages have been slightly mis-stated for some candidates in some elections (either by applying inconsistent rounding or by inconsistently excluding minor candidates or candidates who had dropped out).

⁵ Expatriate Democrats hold a caucus for Americans living around the world. The 2004 caucus is set to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The official organization is Democrats Abroad.

External links

General references

CNN: Election 2004
The New Republic Online: The TNR Primary
The Green Papers Online: 2004 Presidential Primaries At a Glance, Democratic Delegate Allocation

News articles

No Democratic candidate gets 50 percent in online primary - Associated Press, June 27, 2003
Debate Bares Democrats' Great Divide - Washington Post, May 5, 2003
Democrats discuss Iraq early in debate - Associated Press, May 4, 2003