Kansas Democratic Delegation 2004

The Green Papers
2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Kansas Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Local Unit Caucuses: Saturday 13 March 2004¹
District Caucuses: Saturday 3 April 2004
State Convention: Saturday 24 April 2004

Candidate	Regional Caucus Delegates Elected	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Regional Caucus Delegates Elected	Hard Total	Floor Vote
Kerry, John F.	`289 71.9%`	`32. 78.0%`	`41. 100.0%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`41 10.2%`
Edwards, John	`35 8.7%`
Dean, Howard	`27 6.7%`	`1. 2.4%`
Uncommitted	`7 1.7%`	`8. 19.5%`
Clark, Wesley K.	`3 0.7%`
(available)
Total	`402 100.0%`	`41. 100.0%`	`41. 100.0%`

Voter Eligibility: Modified Open Caucus
Delegate Selection: Caucus/Convention

41 total delegate votes - 22 district / 7 at large; 4 Pledged PLEOs; 7 Unpledged PLEOs; 1 Unpledged add-on

States Chronologically States Alphabetically Democratic Convention Kansas Republican

Kansas Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

26 May 2004 Unpledged delegate preference update: Kerry: 1. Unpledged delegates appear in the "Soft Unpledged" column.

The results of the 13 March 2004 caucuses were obtained from the Kansas Democratic Party.

Media reports state that about 2,000 registered Democrats participated in the caucuses.

Results from a media source http://morningsun.net/stories/031404/loc_20040314019.shtml

Here's how we compute the delegate count (from the results of the 13 March caucuses. Note that the first time national delegates are selected is at the 3 April 2004 district caucuses):

A candidate must receive 15% or more of the total popular vote to qualify for delegates. Discard votes cast for those candidates who do not meet the threshold.
Allocate Congressional District delegates from the qualified vote in each district. Allocate Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates using the state-wide qualified vote.
In each jurisdiction (CD and statewide):

Total qualified vote = total votes cast for the qualifying candidates in the jurisdiction.
Allocation = (delegates for the jurisdiction) × (candidate's popular vote) ÷ (total qualified vote).
Assign each candidate the WHOLE NUMBER of delegates.
If delegates remain, allocate each of the remaining delegates to those candidates with the LARGEST REMAINDERS.

Contest				Kerry			Kucinich			Edwards			Dean			Uncommitted			Clark
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	94	74	5	74	5.000	5	5			13			0			2			0
CD2	106	79	6	79	6.000	6	13			8			5			1			0
CD3	112	86	6	68	4.744	5	14			9			18	1.256	1	0			3
CD4	90	68	5	68	5.000	5	9			5			4			4			0
PLEO	402	289	4	289	4.000	4	41			35			27			7			3
At-Large	402	289	7	289	7.000	7	41			35			27			7			3
Delegates			33			32									1

12 March 2003: The GOP-controlled Senate passed a bill to cancel the primary and return to the caucus system. Republican House Speaker Doug Mays said the reason was twofold: Bush likely will be nominated again and the state is facing a $750 million shortfall. (FOX news)

Reference: http://www.ksdp.org/2004KansasDelegateSelectionPlan.pdf

Saturday 13 March 2004 - Local Unit (first tier) Caucuses

402 delegates are selected at 50 Local Unit Conventions held in either a state senate district or a congressional district. The Local Unit delegates elect the District Level delegates. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated District Level delegates.

CD 1: 12 local unit conventions, 94 district level delegates
CD 2: 14 local unit conventions, 106 district delegates
CD 3: 12 local unit conventions 112 district delegates
CD 4: 12 local unit conventions, 90 district delegates

The District Conventions must certify the list of elected delegates with the State Party by 16 March 2004.

Saturday 3 April 2004: 33 of 41 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of today's Kansas District (second tier) Caucuses. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level.

22 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the caucus results in each of the State's 4 congressional districts.

CD 1: 5
CD 2: 6
CD 3: 6
CD 4: 5

In addition, 11 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on statewide caucus preferences.
- 7 at-large National Convention delegates
- 4 Pledged PLEOs

Saturday 24 April 2004 - State Convention

The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of

7 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

5 Democratic National Committee members
1 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 1 Representative)
1 Governor
0 Distinguished Party Leaders

1 Unpledged "add-on" (selected during the State Convention).

These 8 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Delegation to the National Convention

Kansas Delegation (as posted by dems2004.org, 4 July 2004)

Role	Dean	Kerry	(total)
Pledged District	1	21	22
Pledged PLEO	0	4	4
Pledged At-Large	0	7	7
Total Pledged	1	32	33
Alternate Pledged District	0	4	4
Alternate Pledged PLEO	0	0	0
Alternate Pledged At-Large	1	1	2
Total Alternates	1	5	6
Unpledged			8
Pages			2

Role(s)	Preference	Name	Residence
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Megan Challender	Manhattan, KS
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Cathleen Gordon	Colby, KS
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Christopher Gordon	Colby, KS
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Timothy Peterson	Monument, KS
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Donald Reif	Hoisington, KS
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Crystal Gatewood	Columbus, KS
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Timothy Graham	Lawrence, KS
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Barbara Meyer	Manhattan, KS
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Mark Peterson	Pittsburg, KS
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Hon. Lawrence Wilson	Topeka, KS
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Hon. Carolyn Wims-Campbell	Topeka, KS
Pledged District 3	Kerry	Becky Fast	Lawrence, KS
Pledged District 3	Kerry	Hon. Jacqueline Johnson	Mission Hills, KS
Pledged District 3	Kerry	Tom Kanatzar	Kansas City, KS
Pledged District 3	Dean	Lori Learned	Lawrence, KS
Pledged District 3	Kerry	William Roy	Lenexa, KS
Pledged District 3	Kerry	Tom Thompson	Mission, KS
Pledged District 4	Kerry	Hon. Donald Betts	Wichita, KS
Pledged District 4	Kerry	Cecilia Blackwell	Wichita, KS
Pledged District 4	Kerry	Jill Docking	Wichita, KS
Pledged District 4	Kerry	E. L. Lee Kinch	Derby, KS
Pledged District 4	Kerry	Hon. Judith Loganbill	Wichita, KS
Pledged PLEO	Kerry	Hon. Anthony Hensley	Topeka, KS
Pledged PLEO	Kerry	Dan Lykins	Topeka, KS
Pledged PLEO	Kerry	Hon. Carol Marinovich	Kansas City, KS
Pledged PLEO	Kerry	Hon. Pat Huggins Petty	Kansas City, KS
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Beth Bradrick	Pittsburg, KS
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Roger Frischenmeyer	Hutchinson, KS
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Kathy Greenlee	Lawrence, KS
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Pat Lehman	Wichita, KS
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Ellen Neufeld	Inman, KS
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Rehan Reza	Topeka, KS
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Jesse Solis	Emporia, KS
Alternate Pledged District	Kerry	Jason Dilts	Wichita, KS
Alternate Pledged District	Kerry	Alyce Edwards	Kansas City, KS
Alternate Pledged District	Kerry	Lloyd Hull	Topeka, KS
Alternate Pledged District	Kerry	Phyllis Winckler	Sylvan Grove, KS
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Jim Harrington	Liberal, KS
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Dean	Mary Taylor	Roeland Park, KS
Unpledged Add-on		Hon. John Moore	Topeka, KS
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Dennis Moore	Lenexa, KS
Unpledged DNC Member		Chris Gallaway	Alexandria, VA
Unpledged DNC Member		Lawrence Gates	Overland Park, KS
Unpledged DNC Member		Teresa Krusor	Winfield, KS
Unpledged DNC Member		Larry Tenopir	Topeka, KS
Unpledged DNC Member		Constance Wray	Louisburg, KS
Unpledged Governor Delegation Chair		Hon. Kathleen Sebelius	Topeka, KS
Page		Joshua Criswell	Kansas City, KS
Page		Autumn Scheid	Wichita, KS

¹ Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.