TheGreenPapers.com: Preview Week of 23 to 29 May 2004
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events - Sunday 23 through Saturday 29 May 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 23 May 2004 ========================= Minnesota Democratic State Convention (began Saturday 22 May) This the final step in allocating Minnesota's 86 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The State Convention chooses 2 unpledged add-on delegates. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/MN-D.phtml ========================= North Carolina Republican State Convention (began Thursday 20 May) This the final step in allocating North Carolina's 67 delegates to the Republican National Convention. The State Convention meets to choose 25 at-large delegates. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/NC-R.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 25 May 2004 ========================= Idaho Primaries Polls close at 8 PM local time (0200 UTC re: Mountain Time; 0300 UTC re: Pacific Time) ------------------------- Idaho Democratic Presidential Primary While the Idaho Secretary of State Elections Division lists John Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., and Al Sharpton on the ballot as candidates, the delegates from Idaho to the Democratic National Convention are actually being chosen via a Caucus/Convention procedure already underway. Therefore, the results of the Idaho Presidential Primary of Tuesday 25 May 2004 are not being used by the Democratic Party and any votes cast therein are merely advisory. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/ID-D.phtml ------------------------- Idaho Republican Presidential Primary 26 of Idaho's 32 delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the vote statewide in the Idaho Presidential Primary. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/ID-R.phtml ------------------------- Idaho - State and Local Primaries for the U.S. Senate Class 3 Seat and 2 U.S. House Seats Contested races: Congress of the United States--- U.S. House of Representatives: CD 1: Republican (incumbent) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/ID.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 27 May 2004 ========================= Washington Republican State Convention The State convention elects 38 (27 district and 11 at-large) delegates. These delegates will attend the Republican National Convention officially Unpledged to any presidential candidate. This the final step in allocating Washington's 41 delegates to the Republican National Convention. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/WA-R.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 29 May 2004 ========================= Mississippi Democratic State Convention This the final step in allocating Mississippi's 41 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The State Convention chooses 1 unpledged add-on delegate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/MS-D.phtml ========================= Washington Democratic Congressional District Caucuses 49 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the caucus results in each of the State's 9 congressional districts http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/WA-D.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap of the past week ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday May 19, 2004 Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland. The legislative committee holding hearings on whether or not the House of Representatives, the lower house of Connecticut's General Assembly, should impeach Governor John Rowland (R-Connecticut) has subpoenaed the Governor to be a witness in public hearings scheduled for Monday 7 June at 10 o'clock a.m. Governor Rowland has not yet decided whether or not he will honor the subpoena and appear before the committee at that time; his attorneys have already made informal arguments in public- though not yet formally to the committee- that a legislative subpoena, as opposed to a mere "invitation to testify", violates the Separation of Powers implied by the State's Constitution. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/CT.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday May 18, 2004 ========================= ARKANSAS Primaries ------------------------- ARKANSAS Democratic Presidential Primary. Results: Kerry: 66%, Uncommitted: 24%, LaRouche: 6%, Kucinich: 5%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/AR-D.phtml ------------------------- ARKANSAS Republican Presidential Primary. Results: Bush: 97%, Uncommitted: 3%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/AR-R.phtml ------------------------- ARKANSAS State and Local Primaries for the U.S. Senate Class 3 and 4 U.S. House Seats. All incumbents (Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln, 3 Democratic House Members, and 1 Republican House Member) received their party's nomination. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/AR.phtml ========================= KENTUCKY Primaries ------------------------- KENTUCKY Democratic Presidential Primary. Results: Kerry: 60%, Edwards: 15%, Uncommitted: 9%, Lieberman: 5%, Dean: 4%, Clark: 3%, Sharpton: 2%, Kucinich: 2%, LaRouche: 1%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/KY-D.phtml ------------------------- KENTUCKY Republican Presidential Primary. Results: Bush: 93%, Uncommitted: 7%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/KY-R.phtml ------------------------- KENTUCKY State and Local Primaries for the U.S. Senate Class 3 and 6 U.S. House Seats. All incumbents running for re-election (Republican Senator Jim Bunning, 2 Democratic House Members, and 4 Republican House Members) received their party's nomination. Democratic Congressman Ken Lucas, CD 4, is not running for re-election. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/KY.phtml ========================= OREGON Primaries ------------------------- OREGON Democratic Presidential Primary. Results: Kerry: 81%, Kucinich: 17%, LaRouche: 2%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/OR-D.phtml ------------------------- OREGON Republican Presidential Primary. President George Bush ran unopposed. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/OR-R.phtml ------------------------- OREGON State and Local Primaries for the U.S. Senate Class 3 seat, 5 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Treasurer. All incumbents (Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, 4 Democratic House Members, 1 Republican House Member, the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and State Treasurer) ran for and received their party's nomination. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/OR.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 11 May 2004 - (Belated) Reform Party Update Reform Party endorses Ralph Nader for President The Reform Party's endorsement gives Ralph Nader Presidential ballot access in 7 states: Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, and South Carolina. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/T04/Re-Endorsement.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming 2004 Federal and Statewide Primary and Runoff Elections http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/events.phtml?format=chronological ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 1 June 2004 ========================= Alabama - Primary (Senate Class 3, 7 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/AL.phtml ========================= New Mexico - Primary (3 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NM.phtml ========================= South Dakota - (Primary Senate Class 3, Special Election House At-Large; Primary House At-Large) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/SD.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 8 June 2004 ========================= Montana - Primary (Governor; Lieutenant Governor, U.S. House At-Large, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Auditor, Superintendent of Public Instruction) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/MT.phtml ========================= New Jersey - (13 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NJ.phtml ========================= Iowa - Primary (Senate Class 3, 5 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/IA.phtml ========================= Maine - Primary (2 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/ME.phtml ========================= South Carolina - Primary (Senate Class 3, 6 U.S. House Seats) If no candidate receives 50% or more of the vote in the 8 June primary, a 22 June runoff election will be held between the two top vote getters. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/SC.phtml ========================= Virginia - Primary (11 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/VA.phtml ========================= North Dakota - Primary (U.S. Senate Class 3, Governor/Lieutenant Governor, U.S. House At-Large, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioner of Agriculture, Tax Commissioner, Commissioner of Insurance, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Public Service Commissioner) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/ND.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 22 June 2004 ========================= Utah - State Primary (Senate Class 3, Governor/Lt. Governor, 3 U.s. House Seats, Attorney General, Treasurer; Auditor http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/UT.phtml ========================= South Carolina - Runoff from 8 June Primaries (if necessary) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/SC.phtml |