2004 Arizona Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2004 Arizona Democratic presidential primary File:Joe Lieberman official portrait 2 (cropped) (cropped).jpg 150x150px 33,555 14.04% Image:John Edwards, official Senate photo portrait (cropped).jpg John Edwards e50100 North Carolina 0 16,596 6.95% Joe Lieberman Vermont 8E2791 Connecticut 0 15,906 6.66% NH DE 64 pledged delegates to the2004 Democratic National Convention File:2004 Arizona Democratic presidential primary - Results by county.svg 3 e7cf1e Arizona Massachusetts presidential no 2000 Arizona Democratic presidential primary 2000 2008 Arizona Democratic presidential primary 2008 2004 02 03 File:John F. Kerry (cropped).jpg John Kerry 00539f 30 Howard Dean 101,809 42.61% File:General Wesley Clark official photograph (cropped).jpg Wesley Clark 039042 Arkansas 22 63,256 26.47% File:HowardDeanDNC-cropped.jpg 200px Election results by county #00539f John Kerry #039042 Wesley ClarkThe 2004 Arizona Democratic presidential primary took place on February 3, 2004, as part of the 2004 United States Democratic presidential primaries. The delegate allocation is Proportional. the candidates are awarded delegates in proportion to the percentage of votes received and is open to registered Democrats only. A total of 55 (of 64) delegates are awarded proportionally. A 15 percent threshold is required to receive delegates. Frontrunner John Kerry won the primary with former general Wesley Clark coming second. In 2003 the Arizona primary had been moved up from February 24 on Tuesday February 3, 2004 by Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano in order to give the state more influence in the nomination contest. https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2004-01-29-arizona-usat_x.htm Ariz. hosts first primary test out West 2008-03-24 2004-01-29 USA Today Martin Kasindorf Campaign The candidates began campaigning in Arizona in September 2003 and by the time of the primary had spent 2.5 million dollars on television adverts in the state. Arizona was the first primary in the Western United States and as such was regarded as the first chance to see how the candidates appealed among Hispanic voters. Howard Dean was the early favourite for the primary but by the time of the primary he had lost ground to both Wesley Clark and John Kerry. Kerry surged strongly in the polls after he had established himself as the strong frontrunner for the nomination in Iowa and New Hampshire. Exit polls showed Kerry did well among the half of voters who made up their minds in the last week before the primary. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/related/8421 Kerry wins Arizona primary 2008-03-24 2004-02-03 Arizona Daily Star Endorsements Wesley Clark got the endorsement of former Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona Paul Johnson http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FFDB53E57F40C97&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Dean coming to Arizona to get Babbitt's endorsement 2008-03-24 2003-12-12 Arizona Daily Star while Kerry got the endorsements of several state officials. Howard Dean received the endorsement of former Governor Bruce Babbitt. However Governor Janet Napolitano avoided endorsing any of the candidates and only endorsed John Kerry after the primary was finished on March 1. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/related/220090 Napolitano endorsing Obama 2008-03-24 2008-01-11 Arizona Daily Star Joe Lieberman made the most visits of any of the candidates to Arizona and this helped him to get the endorsement of Phoenix newspaper, The Arizona Republic. Polling Candidate 22 December 2003 9 January 2004 24 January 2004 29 January 2004 1 February 2004 John Kerry 6% 3% 24% 29% 42% Wesley Clark 15% 34% 21% 22% 28% Howard Dean 26% 27% 10% 13% 15% John Edwards 1% 3% 15% 8% 7% Joe Lieberman 9% 6% 7% 3% 6% Dick Gephardt - 6% - - - Dennis Kucinich 1% - - 2% 1% Al Sharpton - - - 1% - Carol Moseley Braun - 1% - - - Source: Arizona - 2004 Presidential Polls Statewide results United States presidential primary election in Arizona, 2004http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Electionshttps://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/primaries/pages/dates/02/03/ CNN CNN.com 2004 PrimariesPartyCandidateVotesPercentageDelegates Democratic John F. Kerry 101,809 42.6%30 Democratic Wesley Clark 63,256 26.5% 22 Democratic Howard Dean 33,555 14.0% 3 Democratic John Edwards 16,596 7.0% 0 Democratic Joe Lieberman 15,906 6.7% 0 Democratic others 7,820 3.3% 0 Totals 100.00% 54 Voter turnout % — Reaction John Kerry welcomed the results saying "I am stunned by the results and truly honored and humbled by the confidence that so many voters in Arizona have shown me today". Analysis On Mini Tuesday, John F. Kerry won the Arizona Primary election with about 43% of the vote. He also won every congressional district and county, except Greenlee County which voted for Clark. The largest turnouts in the state came from Maricopa County and Pima County. Exit polls showed he did well among older voters, Hispanics and veterans. He defeated his rivals among liberals, moderates and conservatives. See also Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2004 References Arizona Category:2004 Arizona elections 2004