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2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 16 March 2004
Convention: Friday 14 May - Saturday 15 May 2004
Republicans
CandidatePopular
Vote
Delegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor Vote
Bush, George W.583,575  100.0%60  82.2%73 100.0%
Uncommitted 13  17.8% 
(available)   
Total583,575  100.0%73 100.0%73 100.0%

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Illinois Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

 
 

The Popular Vote above is based on official returns from the 16 March Primary. This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Results from an official source: http://www.elections.state.il.us/elecinfo/pages/VoteTotalsList.asp?office=PRESIDENT&Election=15. Last update 22 May 2004.

Results of the 16 March 2004 Delegate Selection Primary:

Contest
 Total
Delegates
BushUncommitted
CD1220
CD2220
CD3220
CD4220
CD5220
CD6440
CD7220
CD8440
CD9220
CD10440
CD11440
CD12330
CD13440
CD14440
CD15440
CD16440
CD17330
CD18440
CD19440


Reference: http://www.elections.state.il.us/elecinfo/pages/downloads/pdf/04DelCanGuide.pdf

   

Tuesday 16 March 2004: 60 of Illinois' 73 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be directly elected in the Illinois Presidential Primary.

This is a so-called "Loophole" primary (a Delegate Selection Primary combined with an Advisory "beauty contest" presidential preference vote). The popular vote in the Illinois Republican Primary will have nothing whatsoever to do with the presidential preference of the 60 separately elected National Convention delegates.

Each of the State's 19 congressional districts is assigned 2 to 4 National Convention delegates- the number of delegates assigned to each district being based on the relative strength of that district's vote for the Republican presidential nominee in the 2000 general election: a total of 60 district delegates to be directly elected by the voters and individually listed on the ballot with their presidential preferences indicated.

  • CD 1: 2
  • CD 2: 2
  • CD 3: 2
  • CD 4: 2
  • CD 5: 2
  • CD 6: 4
  • CD 7: 2
  • CD 8: 4
  • CD 9: 2
  • CD 10: 4
  • CD 11: 4
  • CD 12: 3
  • CD 13: 4
  • CD 14: 4
  • CD 15: 4
  • CD 16: 4
  • CD 17: 3
  • CD 18: 4
  • CD 19: 4
 

Friday 14 May - Saturday 15 May 2004: The Illinois Republican Party Convention convenes and chooses the remaining 10 at-large delegates.

  • Illinois' 10 at-large delegates are chosen by the State's Republican Party Convention will go to the Republican National Convention officially 'Unpledged'.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Illinois's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.


Congressional District  

Illinois has 102 counties and 19 congressional districts: 71 counties are wholly within a given congressional district and 31 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 11: Grundy, Kankakee and LaSalle
  • CD # 12: Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, St.Clair and Union
  • CD # 14: Kane, Kendall and Lee
  • CD # 15: Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Moultrie, Piatt and Vermilion
  • CD # 16: Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson and Winnebago
  • CD # 17: Calhoun, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Macoupin, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and Warren
  • CD # 18: Brown, Cass, Logan, Marshall, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Peoria, Putnam, Schuyler, Scott, Stark and Tazewell
  • CD # 19: Bond, Clay, Clinton, Effingham, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Marion, Massac, Pope, Richland, Washington and Wayne

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Adams: CDs 17 & 18
  • Bureau: CDs 11, 14 & 18
  • Christian: CDs 19 & 17
  • Cook: CDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 13 [CDs # 1, # 2, # 3, # 4, # 5, # 7 and # 9 are wholly within Cook County]
  • DeKalb: CDs 14 & 16
  • DuPage: CDs 6, 13 & 14
  • Edwards: CDs 15 & 19
  • Fayette: CDs 17 & 19
  • Gallatin: CDs 15 & 19
  • Greene: CDs 17 & 19
  • Henry: CDs 14 & 17
  • Jersey: CDs 17 & 19
  • Knox: CDs 17 & 18
  • Lake: CDs 8 & 10
  • Lawrence: CDs 15 & 19
  • Livingston: CDs 11 & 15
  • Macon: CDs 15, 17 & 18
  • Madison: CDs 12 & 19
  • McHenry: CDs 8 & 16
  • McLean: CDs 11 & 15
  • Montgomery: CDs 17 & 19
  • Pike: CDs 17 & 18
  • Saline: CDs 15 & 19
  • Sangamon: CDs 17 & 19
  • Shelby: CDs 17 & 19
  • Wabash: CDs 15 & 19
  • White: CDs 15 & 19
  • Whiteside: CDs 14, 16 & 17
  • Will: CDs 11 & 13
  • Williamson: CDs 12 & 19
  • Woodford: CDs 11 & 18


 


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