TheGreenPapers.com: Commentary; Preview Week of 6 to 12 June 2004
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 5 June 2004 We express our condolences to Mrs. Nancy Reagan, the family, and the friends of former President Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the Unitied States of America, who passed away today at the age of 93. Ronald Wilson Reagan 6 February 1911 - 5 June 2004 1981-1989: 40th President of the United States 1967-1975: 33rd Governor of California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 2 June 2004 - Commentary CLEAR SHOT ACROSS THE BOW How the Case of Jose Padilla strains American Civil Liberties by RICHARD E. BERG-ANDERSSON, TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/PCom/?20040602-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events - Sunday 6 June through Saturday 12 June 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 6 June 2004 ========================= Hawaii Republican State Convention (began Friday 4 June) This the final step in allocating Hawaii's 20 delegates to the Republican National Convention. Congressional District Caucuses made up of the State Convention delegates from each of Hawaii's 2 congressional districts choose 6 district delegates (3 per congressional district). The State Convention as a whole chooses 11 at-large delegates. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/HI-R.phtml ========================= Puerto Rico Democratic Caucus 51 pledged National Convention delegates are allocated according to the Presidential Preferences expressed at the Puerto Rico Senatorial District Caucuses. 33 Senatorial district (Puerto Rico has no congressional districts) delegates are allocated according to the vote in each of Puerto Rico's 8 Senatorial Districts. 11 at-large and 7 Pledged PLEO delegates are allocated according to the islandwide vote. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/PR-D.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 7 June to Tuesday 8 June 2004 ========================= Indiana Republican State Convention This the final step in allocating Indiana's 55 delegates to the Republican National Convention. The State Convention chooses 25 (10 base at-large plus 15 bonus) delegates to the Republican National Convention. These 25 delegates are not required to reflect the results of the Tuesday 4 May 2004 primary voting and will go to the Convention officially "Unpledged" to any Presidential candidate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/IN-R.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 8 June 2004 NOTE: The Presidential Primaries held on 8 June are the last of the 2004 Primaries in the several States used as part of the process of allocating delegates to the Major Parties' National Conventions among the contenders for each Party's presidential nomination. Any Primaries held during the remainder of the calendar year 2004 after 8 June will be used solely to determine nominees for State and Local offices (including Members of Congress- U.S. Senators and Representatives). ========================= Iowa Polls close at 9 PM local time (0200 UTC) NOTE: IOWA has already allocated delegates to both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions through a caucus/convention process. Thus, there is no Presidential Primary in IOWA on 8 June. ------------------------- Iowa State Primary (Senate Class 3, 5 U.S. House Seats) Contested races: Congress of the United States--- U.S. House of Representatives (109th Congress): CD 1: Democrat CD 5: Democrat http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/IA.phtml ========================= Maine Polls close at 8 PM local time (0000 UTC) NOTE: MAINE has already allocated delegates to both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions through a caucus/convention process. Thus, there is no Presidential Primary in MAINE on 8 June. ------------------------- Maine State Primary (2 U.S. House Seats) There are no contested races for any of the Major Offices [U.S. House of Representatives (109th Congress)] up for election in 2004. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/ME.phtml ========================= Montana Polls close at 8 PM local time (0200 UTC) ------------------------- Montana Democratic Primary 15 of 21 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Montana Presidential Primary. All of the delegates are allocated based on the primary results statewide as Montana has only a single at-large congressional seat. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/MT-D.phtml ------------------------- Montana Republican Primary This is an Advisory Primary or so-called "beauty contest" in which the presidential primary has no affect on the allocation of Republican National Convention delegates. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/MT-R.phtml ------------------------- Montana State Primary (Governor; Lieutenant Governor, U.S. House At-Large, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Auditor, Superintendent of Public Instruction) Contested races: State Offices--- Governor: Democrat, Republican Lieutenant Governor: Democrat, Republican Secretary of State: Democrat, Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction: Republican http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/MT.phtml ========================= New Jersey Polls close at 8 PM local time (0000 UTC) ------------------------- New Jersey Democratic Primary 107 of 129 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Jersey Presidential Primary: 70 of these delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of 20 "delegate districts", each of which will consist of two of the State's 40 Legislative Districts paired together; in addition, 37 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/NJ-D.phtml ------------------------- New Jersey Republican Primary 49 of 52 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be directly elected in the New Jersey Presidential Primary, in which delegates are listed on the ballot as slates pledged to a presidential contender. This is a 'Loophole' type primary in which there is also a presidential preference vote- a so-called "beauty contest"- atop the ballot, the results of which have no effect on the allocation of National Convention delegates. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/NJ-R.phtml ------------------------- New Jersey State Primary (13 U.S. House Seats) Contested races: Congress of the United States--- U.S. House of Representatives (109th Congress): CD 1: Republican CD 5: Democrat CD 13: Democrat (incumbent) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NJ.phtml ========================= North Dakota Polls close at 9 PM local time (0200 UTC re: Central Time / 0300 UTC re: Mountain Time) NOTE: NORTH DAKOTA has already allocated delegates to both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions through a caucus/convention process. Thus, there is no Presidential Primary in NORTH DAKOTA on 8 June. ------------------------- North Dakota State Primary There are no contested races for any of the Major Offices [U.S. House of Representatives (109th Congress) or any State Office (Governor/Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, Tax Commissioner, Insurance Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction and 1 Public Service Commissioner [of 3])] up for election in 2004. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/ND.phtml ========================= South Carolina Polls close at 7 PM local time (2300 UTC) NOTE: SOUTH CAROLINA has already allocated delegates to both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions (the Democrats via a Party-run Presidential Primary back on 3 February 2004, the Republicans through a caucus/convention process). Thus, there is no Presidential Primary in SOUTH CAROLINA on 8 June. ------------------------- South Carolina State 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. Contested races: Congress of the United States--- U.S. Senate (Class 3 seat): Democrat, Republican U.S. House of Representatives (109th Congress): CD 1: Republican (incumbent) CD 4: Democrat, Republican CD 6: Republican http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/SC.phtml ========================= Virginia Polls close at 7 PM local time (2300 UTC) NOTE: VIRGINIA has already allocated delegates to both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions (the Democrats via a Presidential Primary back on 10 February 2004, the Republicans through a caucus/convention process). Thus, there is no Presidential Primary in VIRGINIA on 8 June. ------------------------- Virginia State Primary (11 U.S. House Seats) Contested races: Congress of the United States--- U.S. House of Representatives (109th Congress): CD 8: Democrat (incumbent) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/VA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 10 June - Saturday 12 June 2004 ========================= Idaho Republican State Convention This the final step in allocating Idaho's 32 delegates to the Republican National Convention. 3 National Convention delegates are chosen by the State Convention as a whole. These 3 delegates will go to the Republican National Convention officially "Unpledged" to any Presidential candidate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/ID-R.phtml ========================= Montana Republican State Convention This the final step in allocating Montana's 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention. 25 National Convention delegates are chosen by the State Convention as a whole. These delegates will go to the Republican National Convention officially "Unpledged" to any Presidential candidate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/MT-R.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 11 June 2004 ========================= Iowa Republican State Convention District Caucuses Each of Iowa's 5 congressional districts are assigned 3 National Convention delegates. A total of 15 district delegates will be chosen by the Congressional District Caucuses. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/IA-R.phtml ========================= Wisconsin Democratic Administrative Committee This the final step in allocating Wisconsin's 87 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The State Convention chooses 2 unpledged add-on delegates. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/WI-D.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 12 June 2004 ========================= Alabama Democratic State Democratic Executive Committee Meeting This the final step in allocating Alabama's 62 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The State Convention chooses 1 unpledged add-on delegate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/AL-D.phtml ========================= Arkansas Republican State Convention The Presidential Preferences of Arkansas National Convention delegates was determined by the Tuesday 18 May 2004 state primary. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/AR-R.phtml ========================= Indiana Democratic State Convention This the final step in allocating Indiana's 81 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The State Convention chooses 2 unpledged add-on delegates. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/IN-D.phtml ========================= Iowa Republican State Convention This the final step in allocating Iowa's 32 delegates to the Republican National Convention. The State Convention chooses the remaining 14 (10 base at-large plus 4 bonus) delegates to the Republican National Convention. These delegates will go to the Convention officially "Unpledged" to any Presidential candidate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/IA-R.phtml ========================= Oregon Democratic State Convention This the final step in allocating Oregon's 58 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The State Convention chooses 1 unpledged add-on delegate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/OR-D.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap of the past week ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 3 June 2004 President George W. Bush announces the resignation of CIA Director George Tenet. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/Hx/BushAdministration.html#gtenet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 1 June 2004 ========================= ALABAMA Primaries ------------------------- Alabama Democratic Primary. Results: Kerry: 75%, Uncommitted: 18%, Kucinich: 4%, LaRouche: 3%. No candidate received 50% or more of the vote in the Republican contest for U.S. House CD 5. The two top vote getters, Gerald "Gerry" Wallace (45.18%) and Stephen P. Engel (40.20%), will proceed to a 22 June runoff. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/AL-D.phtml ------------------------- Alabama Republican Primary. Results: Bush: 93%, Uncommitted: 7%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/AL-R.phtml ------------------------- Alabama State and Local Primaries. All incumbents, Republican Senator Richard Shelby, 5 Republican Congressman, and 2 Democratic Congressman were renominated. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/AL.phtml ========================= NEW MEXICO Primaries ------------------------- New Mexico Republican Primary. President George W. Bush ran uncontested. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/NM-R.phtml ------------------------- New Mexico State and Local Primaries. Results: All 3 Congressmen, 2 Republicans and 1 Democrat, were renominated. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NM.phtml ========================= SOUTH DAKOTA Primaries ------------------------- South Dakota Democratic Primary. Results: Kerry: 82%, Uncommitted: 6%, Dean: 6%, LaRouche: 4%, Kucinich: 2%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/SD-D.phtml ------------------------- South Dakota Republican Primary. Results: President George W. Bush was the only candidate to qualify for the primary. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P04/SD-R.phtml ------------------------- South Dakota Special Election for U.S. House of Representatives seat for the remainder of 108th Congress. Results: Stephanie Herseth (Democrat): 51%, Larry Diedrich (Republican): 49%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/SD.phtml#H00 ------------------------- South Dakota State and Local Primaries. Democratic Senator Tom Daschle was renominated. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/SD.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 30 May 2004 ========================= WHY ARE THEY ALL HERE, ANYWAY? an historical analysis of the apportionment of delegate votes at the National Conventions of the two major parties (updated for 2004). http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/Hx/NatDelegates2004.html ========================= Libertarian National Convention Michael Badnarik (of the State of Texas) wins Libertarian Party Nomination for President on Third Ballot taken at Party's Atlanta Convention. In addition, the Libertarian party nominated Richard Campagna, of the State of Iowa, for Vice President. Round 1 of Presidential Nomination Voting. No candidate received a majority of the vote. (808 delegates credentialed; majority = 405 votes). Results- Aaron Russo: 258, Michael Badnarik: 256, Gary Nolan: 246, Jeffrey Diket: 4, Drew Carey: 3, Dave Hollist: 1, None of the above: 10. Round 2 of Presidential Nomination Voting. No candidate received a majority of the vote. (808 delegates credentialed; majority = 405 votes). Results- Aaron Russo: 285, Michael Badnarik: 249, Gary Nolan: 244, None of the above: 5. Gary Nolan, as the candidate with the least number of votes, is dropped from the ballot for Round 3... Mr. Nolan spoke to the Convention and asked his delegates to support Mr. Badnarik. Round 3 of Presidential Nomination Voting. Michael Badnarik nominated for President. (808 delegates credentialed; majority = 405 votes). Results- Michael Badnarik: 423 (nominated), Aaron Russo: 344, None of the above: 11. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/T04/Li-Nom.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 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 29 June 2004 ========================= Alabama - Run-off from 1 June Primaries (U.S. House CD 5) No candidate received 50% or more of the vote in the 1 June 2004 primary. The two top vote getters, Gerald "Gerry" Wallace (45.18%) and Stephen P. Engel (40.20%), will proceed to a 22 June runoff. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/AL.phtml |