2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries information
2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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January 14 to June 8, 2004
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4,322 delegates to the Democratic National Convention
2,162 delegates needed to win
Candidate
John Kerry
John Edwards
Home state
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Delegate count
2,573½
559
Contests won
52
2
Popular vote
9,930,497
3,162,337
Percentage
61.0%
19.4%
Candidate
Howard Dean
Wesley Clark
Home state
Vermont
Arkansas
Delegate count
167½
60
Contests won
1
1
Popular vote
903,460
547,369
Percentage
5.55%
3.4%
John Kerry
John Edwards
Howard Dean
Wesley Clark
Previous Democratic nominee
Al Gore
Democratic nominee
John Kerry
From January 14 to June 8, 2004, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 2004 United States presidential election.
Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2004 Democratic National Convention held from July 26 to July 29, 2004, in Boston, Massachusetts. Kerry went on to lose the general election on November 2, 2004, to incumbent Republican President George W. Bush.
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