Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004

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The Democratic Party presidential primaries of 2004 were the series of state-by-state contests in which Democratic voters selected their party’s nominee—ultimately John Kerry—to challenge incumbent President George W. Bush in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Democratic Party presidential primary
United States presidential primary
concludingEvent Democratic National Convention
surface form: 2004 Democratic National Convention
conventionCity Boston, Massachusetts
conventionEndDate 2004-07-29
conventionStartDate 2004-07-26
country United States of America
surface form: United States
debateSeries Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 2004 Democratic primary debates
electionYear 2004
electorate registered Democratic voters and Democratic-leaning participants in open primaries
endTime 2004-07-29
firstContest Iowa Democratic caucuses 2004
surface form: 2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses
followedBy Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008
follows Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2000
frontRunnerAfterIowa John Kerry
frontRunnerAtStart Howard Dean
generalElectionDate 2004-11-02
historicalSignificance resulted in nomination of John Kerry to challenge incumbent President George W. Bush
incumbentPresident George W. Bush
incumbentPresidentParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
majorCandidate Al Sharpton
Carol Moseley Braun
Dennis Kucinich
Howard Dean
Joe Lieberman
John Edwards
John Kerry
Richard Gephardt
Wesley Clark
mediaNarrative initial surge of Howard Dean followed by consolidation around John Kerry
nominee John Kerry
notableIssue Iraq War
economic policy and jobs
health care
terrorism and national security
opponentInGeneralElection George W. Bush
partOf 2004 United States presidential election
party Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
popularVoteRunnerUp John Edwards
popularVoteWinner John Kerry
purpose to select the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2004
runningMateOfNominee John Edwards
secondContest New Hampshire Democratic primary 2004
surface form: 2004 New Hampshire Democratic primary
startTime 2004-01-19
SuperTuesdayDate 2004-03-02
SuperTuesdayDescription Day on which multiple key Democratic primaries were held in 2004
votingSystem state-by-state primaries and caucuses
winner John Kerry

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Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign electionPhase Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004
Wesley Clark 2004 presidential campaign electionPhase Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 follows Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004
Wesley Clark candidateInElection Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004
this entity surface form: 2004 United States presidential election Democratic primaries
Richard Gephardt candidateInElection Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004
this entity surface form: 2004 Democratic presidential primaries
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004 debateSeries Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 2004 Democratic primary debates
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2004 concurrentWith Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2004