District of Columbia 2004 General Election

The Green Papers: District of Columbia 2004 General Election

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District of Columbia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 14 September 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
Governor:	0
Senators:	0
2002-2010 Representatives:	0	(0.00% of 435)
2000 Census:	574,096	(0.20% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	411,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	354,410
Capital:	Washington, DC
Tuesday 14 September 2004 polls close 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 8:00p EST (0100 UTC)

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District of Columbia 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats Republicans Third Parties



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details.

		Democrat	202,970	89.18%	Senator John Kerry (3 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Senator John Edwards
		Republican	21,256	9.34%	President George W. Bush • Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
		Independent	1,485	0.65%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo
		Green	737	0.32%	David Keith Cobb • Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche
		--scatter--	506	0.22%	Write in, if any
		Libertarian	502	0.22%	Michael Badnarik • Vice President: Richard Campagna
		Socialist Workers	130	0.06%	James Harris • Vice President: Margaret Trowe The Board of Elections and Ethics reports 1,883 under votes and 624 over votes.
Total			227,586	100.00%

Mayor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Home Rule

		Democrat			Mayor Anthony A. "Tony" Williams • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
	A coalition called "Save Our City" registered a notice of intention to recall Mayor Anthony A. "Tony" Williams with the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics on Tuesday 20 January 2004. The recall initiative will appear on the 2 November 2004 ballot if the petitioners collect signatures from 10% of the of the registered votes district-wide and 10% of the registered voters in 5 of the 8 wards. The petitioners have 180 days to gather signatures once the petitions are published.

Delegate to the House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2004. Home Rule

		Democrat			Territorial Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 • First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
		Democrat	202,027	91.33%	Territorial Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton
		Republican	18,296	8.27%	Michael Andrew Monroe
		--scatter--	890	0.40%	Write in, if any
Total			221,213	100.00%
	Non-voting Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. A candidate must receive a majority of the popular vote in order to be elected as Delegate to the House. A runoff election is scheduled in the event that no candidate receives the requisite majority.