De Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen 2004

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zondag, maart 28, 2004
The story so far…
Voor de lezers die geen zin of tijd hebben om het hele archief van dit weblog nog eens door te spitten (al kan ik dat iedereen van harte aanraden: sinds half september van 2003 heb ik het dagelijkse verkiezingsnieuws bijgehouden), hier een handig overzicht van Reuters met de highlights van de verkiezingen van mei 2002 tot nu. Ik laat het maar onvertaald, er staan weinig ingewikkelde dingen in:

2002
May 31
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean entered the presidential race.
Aug. 7
Vice President Dick Cheney said he would run for a second term with Bush.
Dec. 1
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for president.
Dec. 15
Former Vice President and presidential candidate Al Gore said he would not make another run for the White House.

2003
Jan. 2
North Carolina Sen. John Edwards announced he would seek the Democratic nomination.
Jan. 6
Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri said he would seek the Democratic nomination. Gephardt later withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 20, 2004 after finishing a poor fourth in the Iowa caucuses.
Jan. 13
Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who unsuccessfully sought the vice presidency on Gore's ticket in 2000, announced he would seek the Democratic nomination.
Jan. 21
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for president.
Feb. 17
Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio said he would seek the Democratic nomination.
Feb. 18
Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois announced she would seek the Democratic nomination. Braun quit the race on Jan. 15, 2004, and endorsed Howard Dean.
Feb. 27
Florida Sen. Bob Graham announced he would seek the Democratic nomination. Graham later dropped his bid on Oct. 6, 2003, after he trailed in the polls and struggled to raise money.
Sept. 17
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, the former commander of NATO, announced he would seek the Democratic nomination.
Oct. 15
Dean smashed the Democratic Party's record for fund raising in a single three-month period, raising $14.8 million in July, August and September.
Nov. 8
Dean announced he would not accept public financing during the 2004 presidential primaries.
Nov. 10
Kerry fired his campaign manager and longtime adviser Jim Jordan.
Nov. 14
Kerry said he would forgo public financing for the Democratic Party presidential primaries.
Dec. 9
Former Vice President Al Gore announced his endorsement for Dean.
Dec. 11
Bush made his final fund-raising appearance of a record-breaking year in which he raised more than $110 million since June for his uncontested primary race.

2004
Jan. 6
Former Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey endorsed Dean.
Dean broke his own party record for fund raising, collecting more than $15 million in the last quarter of 2003.
Jan. 13
Dean won Washington, D.C., nonbinding primary.
Jan. 18
Former President Jimmy Carter offered words of praise for Dean, but kept his promise not to endorse anyone in the Democratic race.
Jan. 19
Kerry won the Iowa caucuses.
Jan. 20
Gephardt dropped his presidential bid.
Jan. 27
Kerry won the New Hampshire primary.
Jan. 28
Howard Dean fired his campaign manager and appointed Roy Neel, a former Gore aide, to the position.
Feb. 3
Kerry won primaries in Missouri, Delaware and Arizona and caucuses in North Dakota and New Mexico.
Edwards won South Carolina primary.
Clark won Oklahoma primary.
Lieberman dropped his presidential bid.
Feb. 6
Gephardt endorsed Kerry.
Feb. 7
Kerry won caucuses in Washington state and Michigan.
Feb. 8
Kerry won Maine caucuses.
Feb. 10
Kerry won Virginia and Tennessee primaries.
Clark dropped his presidential bid.
Feb. 12
Clark endorsed Kerry.
Feb. 14
Kerry won Washington, D.C., and Nevada caucuses.
Feb. 17
Kerry won Wisconsin primary.
Feb. 18
Dean dropped his presidential bid.
Feb. 22
Ralph Nader, the Green Party presidential candidate in 2000, announced he would run for the White House again, this time as an independent.
Feb. 24
Kerry won the Utah primary and the Hawaii and Idaho caucuses.
March 2
Kerry won primaries in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Rhode Island and caucuses in Minnesota.
Dean won the Vermont primary.
March 3
Edwards dropped his presidential bid.
March 8
Kerry won primary in American Samoa.
March 9
Kerry won primaries in Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana.
March 13
Kerry won the Kansas caucuses.
March 15
Sharpton endorsed Kerry.
March 16
Kerry won the Illinois primary.
March 20
Kerry won caucuses in Wyoming and Alaska.
March 25
Dean endorsed Kerry.
Democrats including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter raised about $11 million for Kerry at a fund-raiser stressing party unity.




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