2004 Illinois Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2004 Illinois Democratic presidential primary Illinois 2000 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 2000 2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 2008 presidential no 2004 03 16 AK 186 Democratic National Convention delegates (156 pledged, 30 unpledged)The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote KS 160x160px John Kerry 00539f Massachusetts 155 873,230 71.72% 160x160px John Edwards(withdrawn) e50100 North Carolina 1 131,966 10.84% File:Illinois Presidential Primary Results 2004.png 280px Results by county Kerry: #679fd7 60–70% #4187cd 70–80% #336aa2 80–90% The 2004 Illinois Democratic -presidential primary was held on March 16 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election. Results 2004 Illinois Democratic primaryhttps://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/IL-D.phtml#0316 Illinois Democratic Delegation 2004 www.thegreenpapers.com live https://web.archive.org/web/20031031215511/http://www.thegreenpapers.com:80/P04/IL-D.phtml 2003-10-31 2020-03-21CandidateVotes%DelegatesJohn Kerry873,23071.72155John Edwards (withdrawn)131,96610.841Carol Moseley Braun (withdrawn)53,2494.370Howard Dean (withdrawn)47,3433.890Al Sharpton (withdrawn)36,1232.970Dennis Kucinich28,0832.310Joe Lieberman (withdrawn)24,3542.000Wesley Clark (withdrawn)19,3041.590Lyndon LaRouche3,8630.320Total1,217,515100%156 Analysis The Illinois primary occurred after Super Tuesday, which by that point most major candidates contesting John Kerry for the nomination had dropped out.Eanes Zachery 2024-03-05 After Super Tuesday 2004, then N.C. Sen. John Edwards ended his presidential campaign https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2024/03/05/20-years-ago-john-edwards-drops-out-of-presidential-race 2025-02-23 Axios en However, John Edwards received a decent share of the vote in southern Illinois as a result of his appeal to rural voters, despite having withdrawn from the race.Nagourney Adam 2003-05-22 Edwards Makes Rural Voters A Focus of His '04 Campaign https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/us/edwards-makes-rural-voters-a-focus-of-his-04-campaign.html 2025-02-23 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 References Illinois Democratic presidential primary 2004