TheGreenPapers.com - Democratic National Convention - Preview Week of 1-7 August 2004
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events - Sunday 1 through Saturday 7 August 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 3 August 2004 ========================= Michigan - Primary (15 U.S. House Seats) Polls close at 8 PM local time (0000 UTC re: the Eastern Time Zone; 0100 UTC re: the Central Time Zone) Contested Major Races for Congress of the United States (109th Congress): for U.S. House of Representatives--- CD 7: Democrats, Republicans CD 8: Democrats CD 9: Democrats CD 11: Democrats http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/MI.phtml ========================= Missouri - Primary (Senate Class 3, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 9 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer) Polls close at 7 PM local time (0000 UTC) Contested Major Races for Statewide Elective Office-- for Governor: Democrats (incumbent), Libertarians, Republicans for Lieutenant Governor: Democrats, Republicans for Attorney General: Republicans for Treasurer: Democrats, Republicans for Congress of the United States (109th Congress): for United States Senate (Class 3 seat): Democrats, Republicans (incumbent) for U.S. House of Representatives--- CD 2: Democrats CD 3: Democrats, Republicans CD 4: Republicans CD 5: Democrats, Republicans CD 6: Democrats CD 7: Democrats CD 8: Democrats, Republicans (incumbent) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/MO.phtml ========================= Kansas - Primary (Senate Class 3, 4 U.S. House Seats) most polls close at 7 PM in the Central Time Zone and 6 PM in the Mountain Time Zone (0000 UTC) Contested Major Races for Congress of the United States (109th Congress): for United States Senate: Democrats, Republicans (incumbent) for U.S. House of Representatives-- CD 3: Republicans CD 4: Democrats http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/KS.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 5 August 2004 ========================= Tennessee - Primary (9 U.S. House Seats) Polls close at 8 PM in the Eastern Time Zone and 7 PM in the Central Time Zone (0000 UTC) Contested Major Races for Congress of the United States (109th Congress): for U.S. House of Representatives--- CD 1: Democrats, Republicans (incumbent) CD 2: Democrats, Republicans (incumbent) CD 3: Democrats, Republicans (incumbent) CD 4: Democrats (incumbent), Republicans CD 6: Democrats (incumbent), Republicans http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/TN.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap of the past week ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 26 July - Thursday 29 July 2004 44th Quadrennial Democratic Party National Convention FleetCenter-- Boston, Massachusetts ------------------------- The Green Papers Democratic National Convention Page http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/D.phtml ------------------------- Official Democratic National Convention website: http://www.dems2004.org/ ========================= Monday 26 July 2004 ------------------------- Democratic National Convention - Preview Commentary IN THIS CORNER, THE CHALLENGER... Democrats seek to clearly define both their candidate and themselves by Richard E. Berg-Andersson, TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCom/?20040726-0 ------------------------- Democratic Presidential Candidate Governor Howard Dean released his delegates on Monday 26 July and encouraged them to vote for Senator John Kerry for Presidnet Senator John Edwards for Vice President on the first ballot. Governor Dean has 103.5 delegate votes distributed as follows-- Michigan: 24, Washington: 24, Wisconsin: 14, New Hampshire: 9, Vermont: 9, Maine: 7, New Mexico: 4, Arizona: 3, District of Columbia: 3, Democrats Abroad: 2.5, Iowa: 2, Kansas: 1, and Pennsylvania: 1. ========================= Tuesday 27 July 2004 ------------------------- Democratic National Convention - Day 1 Commentary THE BATTLE IS JOINED As they open their Convention, Democrats take their first swings at President Bush while yet extolling Senator Kerry's virtues by Richard E. Berg-Andersson, TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCom/?20040727-0 ========================= Wednesday 28 July 2004 ------------------------- Democratic National Convention - Day 2 Commentary CONTINUING TO DEFINE WHAT IS A 2004 DEMOCRAT Party elders and unsuccessful presidential contenders are featured on the Convention's second day by Richard E. Berg-Andersson, TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCom/?20040728-0 ========================= Thursday 29 July 2004 ------------------------- Democratic National Convention - Day 3 Commentary ANSWERING ROLL CALL Kerry formally is given his Prize while his running mate speaks by Richard E. Berg-Andersson, TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCom/?20040729-0 ------------------------- Democratic Roll Call Vote Kerry: 4,253, Kucinich: 43, Not Voting: 26. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/D.phtml#roll ------------------------- Democratic Delegate Allocation The final adjustments to our Democratic delegate count are based on the numbers announced from the chair during the Presidential roll call vote: Puerto Rico: -1 vote for a total of 57 delegate votes and Virginia: +1 vote for a total of 98 delegate votes. At the conclusion of the roll call there were 4,322 delegate votes with 2,162 (a majority) needed to nominate. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/D-Alloc.phtml ========================= Friday 30 July 2004 ------------------------- Democratic National Convention - Day 4 (final day) Commentary THE SKIPPER TAKES COMMAND John Kerry claims his Party by RICHARD E. BERG-ANDERSSON, TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCom/?20040730-0 ========================= Saturday 31 July 2004 ------------------------- Democratic National Convention - Wrap Up Commentary ORDER OF BATTLE Did the Kerry/Edwards campaign do what it had to do at the Convention? by RICHARD E. BERG-ANDERSSON, TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCom/?20040731-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 27 July 2004 ========================= Oklahoma - Primary (Senate Class 3, 5 U.S. House Seats, Corporation Commissioner [term expiring in 2004]) Results: All incumbents running for re-election (1 out of 2 Democratic U.S. House Members, all 4 Republican U.S. House Members, and the Republican Corporation Commissioner [term expiring in 2004]) received their party's nomination for re-election. Republican Senator Don Nickles is not running for re-election. Congressman Brad Carson (Democrat CD 2) ran for and received his party's nomination for the Class 3 Senate seat. Since all winners in statewide elections received 50% or more of the vote, there will be no runoff elections for statewide offices on Tuesday 24 August. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/OK.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 22 July 2004 ========================= North Carolina Richard Vinroot Withdraws from Republican Governor's Runoff. When no candidate receives 40% of the vote in the 20 July Republican Primary for Governor, the two leading candidates would normally compete in a Tuesday 17 August 2004 runoff. However, on 22 July Richard Vinroot, who came in second place with 29.95%, withdrew from the race giving the nomination to Patrick J. Ballatine who came in first place with 30.40%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NC.phtml#Gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 August 2004 ========================= Colorado - Primary (Senate Class 3, 7 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/CO.phtml ========================= Connecticut - Primary (Senate Class 3, 5 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/CT.phtml ========================= Georgia - Primary Runoff Since no candidate received 50% or more of the vote in the primary, the two highest vote getters will participate in a 10 August runoff election. Runoff elections: U.S. Senate (Democrat), U.S. House CD 6 (Republican), U.S. House CD 8 (Republican). http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/GA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 17 August 2004 ========================= Wyoming - Primary (1 U.S. House Seat) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/WY.phtml ========================= North Carolina - Second Primary Since no candidate received 40% or more of the vote in the 20 July primary, the 2 top vote getters will participate in an 17 August runoff election. Runoff elections: U.S. House CD 5 (Republican), U.S. House CD 10 (Republican), Superintendent of Public Instruction (Democrat). http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NC.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 24 August 2004 ========================= Alaska - Primary (Senate Class 3, U.S. House At-Large) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/AK.phtml ========================= Oklahoma - Runoff (if necessary) Should no candidate receive 50% or more of the vote in the 27 July primary, the 2 top vote getters will proceed to a 24 August runoff election. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/OK.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 30 August - Thursday 2 September 2004 ========================= 38th Republican National Convention http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/R.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 31 August 2004 ========================= Florida - Primary (Senate Class 3, 25 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/FL.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 4 September 2004 ========================= Guam - Primary Election (Delegate to the House of Representatives) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/GM.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 7 September 2004 ========================= Nevada - Primary (Senate Class 3, 3 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/NV.phtml ========================= Arizona - Primary (Senate Class 3, 8 U.S. House Seats) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G04/AZ.phtml |