TheGreenPapers: Preview week of 7 March 2004; Review week of 14 March 2004
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events - Sunday 14 March through Saturday 20 March 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 16 March 2004 ========================= ILLINOIS PRIMARIES The polls close at 7 PM local time (Central Standard) [0100 UTC] ------------------------- ILLINOIS Democratic Primary 156 of 186 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Illinois Presidential Primary. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/IL-D.phtml ------------------------- ILLINOIS Republican Primary 60 of 73 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be directly elected in the Illinois Presidential Primary. [NOTE: This is a so-called "Loophole" primary (that is, 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.] http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/IL-R.phtml ------------------------- ILLINOIS - State Primary Contested races: United States Senate (Class 3 seat): Democrat, Republican U.S. House of Representatives (109th Congress): CD 2: Democrat (incumbent) CD 5: Democrat (incumbent) CD 6: Democrat CD 7: Democrat (incumbent) CD 8: Democrat, Republican (incumbent) CD 12: Democrat (incumbent) CD 15: Democrat http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/IL.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 20 March 2004 ========================= Alaska Democratic Precinct Caucuses and District Caucuses These caucuses are the first step in allocating Alaska's 18 delegates. Alaska's National Convention delegates are first allocated on Saturday 22 May 2004 at the State Convention. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/AK-D.phtml ========================= Wyoming Democratic County Caucuses These caucuses are the first step in allocating Wyoming's 19 delegates. Wyoming's National Convention delegates are first allocated beginning on Saturday 15 May at the State Convention. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/WY-D.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 20 March - Saturday 24 April 2004 ========================= North Carolina Republican District Conventions These caucuses will begin allocating North Carolina's 39 district delegates. 25 at-large delegates will be allocated during the 20-23 May 2004 State Convention. Note: North Carolina's Presidential Primaries were cancelled due to the originally co-scheduled State/Congressional Primaries having been postponed on 9 February 2004 (because the state's redistricting plan failed to comply with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965) to a date which would have made it too late to allocate National Convention delegates at the same time as the state Primaries. North Carolina will use a caucus/convention process in 2004. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/NC-R.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 20 March 2004 (tentative date) ========================= Guam Democratic Territorial Convention A Territorial Convention made up of all interested voters meets to choose 6 of Guam's 11 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (together representing 3 of Guam's 5 delegate votes at the National Convention). Note: The date of the first-tier caucus might be moved to about 10 April. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/GM-D.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap of the week of 7 March 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 8 March 2004 American Samoa Democratic Presidential Territorial Convention Senator John Kerry wins the American Samoa caucuses. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/AS-D.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 9 March 2004 ------------------------- Senator Kerry wins the Democratic Primaries in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. President Bush, in the same states, receives the number of delegates necessary for re-nomination. Mississippi and Texas hold state primaries. ========================= All 4 U.S. Congressmen from Mississippi receive their party's nomination for re-election. ========================= In Texas, all 16 Republican Congressmen and 14 of the 16 Democratic Congressman receive their party's nomination for re-election. Democratic Congressman Jim Turner (CD 2) is not running for re-election and Democratic Congressman Chris Bell (CD 25, ran for re-election in CD 2) lost his party's nomination to Al Green. In CD 28, Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez appears to claim a narrow win over Henry Cuellar. Vote count as of 13 March 2004 AM: Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez: 24,334 votes (50.13%); Henry Cuellar: 24,208 votes (49.87%). Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, 6 Republican contests appear to be headed to a 13 April 2004 Runoff election between the 2 top vote-getters - CD 1 Republican: Louie Gohmert: 41.79% vs. John Graves: 29.96%. CD 10 Republican: Ben Streusand: 28.18% vs. Michael T. McCaul: 24.06%. CD 15 Republican: Alexander Hamilton: 41.74% vs. Michael D. Thamm: 36.52%. CD 17 Republican: Arlene Wohlgemuth: 41.26% vs Dot Snyder: 30.54%. CD 28 Republican: James "Jim" F. Hopson: 48.65% vs Francisco "Quico" Canseco: 22.58%. Railroad Commissioner Republican: Railroad Commissioner Victor G. Carrillo: 281,195 votes (49.59%) vs. Robert Butler: 133,260 votes (23.50%). The state canvass should be complete by 27 March 2004. ========================= Refer to the pages below for additional details: Florida http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/FL-D.phtml Democratic Primary (177 delegates) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/FL-R.phtml Republican Primary (109 delegates) Louisiana http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/LA-D.phtml Democratic Primary (60 delegates) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/LA-R.phtml Republican Primary (45 delegates) Minnesota http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/MN-R.phtml Republican BPOU Conventions begin Mississippi http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/MS-D.phtml Democratic Primary (33 delegates) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/MS-R.phtml Republican Primary (35 delegates) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/MS.phtml Mississippi State (4 U.S. House Seats) Nevada http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/NV-R.phtml Republican County Conventions North Carolina http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/NC-D.phtml Democratic Precinct Meetings Texas http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/TX-D.phtml Democratic Primary (127 delegates) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/TX-R.phtml Republican Primary (135 delegates) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/TX.phtml Texas State (32 U.S. House Seats) Washington http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/WA-R.phtml Republican Precinct Caucuses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 13 March 2004 Senator John Kerry wins the Kansas caucuses. Iowa http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/IA-D.phtml Democratic County Conventions Nevada http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/NV-D.phtml Democratic County Conventions Kansas http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/KS-D.phtml Democratic Local Unit Caucuses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference Pages ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Parties' Presidential Nomination Process (Democrats, Republicans) http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/ Elections for Statewide offices and Congress http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G04/ |