West Virginia Democratic Delegation 2004

The Green Papers
2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

West Virginia Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 11 May 2004¹
State Democratic Executive Committee: Saturday 19 June 2004

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Hard Total	Floor Vote
Kerry, John F.	`175,065 69.2%`	`28. 71.8%`	`39. 100.0%`
Edwards, John	`33,950 13.4%`
Lieberman, Joe	`13,881 5.5%`
Dean, Howard	`10,576 4.2%`
Clark, Wesley K.	`9,170 3.6%`
Kucinich, Dennis J.	`6,114 2.4%`
LaRouche, Lyndon H., Jr.	`4,083 1.6%`
Uncommitted		`11. 28.2%`
(available)
Total	`252,839 100.0%`	`39. 100.0%`	`39. 100.0%`

Voter Eligibility: Modified Open Primary, Polls close 7:30p EDT (2330 UTC)
Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary

39 total delegate votes - 18 district / 6 at large; 4 Pledged PLEOs; 10 Unpledged PLEOs; 1 Unpledged add-on

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West Virginia Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

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

The Popular Vote above is based on official returns from the 11 May Primary. This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

WEST VIRGINIA Primary Returns from an official source

Here's how we compute the delegate count:

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			Edwards
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del	Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	81,879	56,126	6	56,126	6.000	6	10,159
CD2	76,042	53,212	6	53,212	6.000	6	10,109
CD3	94,918	65,727	6	65,727	6.000	6	13,682
At-Large	252,839	175,065	6	175,065	6.000	6	33,950
PLEO	252,839	175,065	4	175,065	4.000	4	33,950
Delegates			28			28

Reference: http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/DSP/WV-D.doc

Tuesday 11 May 2004: 28 of 39 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's West Virginia Presidential Primary. 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.

18 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 3 congressional districts.

CD 1: 6
CD 2: 6
CD 3: 6

In addition, 10 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 6 at-large National Convention delegates
- 4 Pledged PLEOs

Saturday 19 June 2004: The West Virginia State Democratic Executive Committee meets.

The remaining 11 National Convention delegates consist of

10 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

4 Democratic National Committee members
4 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 2 Representatives)
1 Governor
1 Distinguished Party Leader

1 Unpledged "add-on" (selected by the State Democratic Executive Committee ).

These 11 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Delegation to the National Convention

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

Role	(unknown)	Kerry	(total)
Pledged District	1	17	18
Pledged PLEO	0	4	4
Pledged At-Large	0	6	6
Total Pledged	1	27	28
Alternate Pledged District	3	0	3
Alternate Pledged PLEO	0	0	0
Alternate Pledged At-Large	1	1	2
Total Alternates	4	1	5
Unpledged			11
Pages			0

Role(s)	Preference	Name	Residence
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Belinda Biafore	Fairmont, WV
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Hon. Thais Blatnik	Wheeling, WV
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Stephen Cook	Morgantown, WV
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Hon. Glen Gainer	Parkersburg, WV
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Timothy Manchin	Fairmont, WV
Pledged District 1	Kerry	Charlene Marshall	Morgantown, WV
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Hon. Bonnie Brown	So. Charleston, WV
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Oshel Craigo	Winfield, WV
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Hon. Cathy Gatson	Charleston, WV
Pledged District 2	Kerry	James Humphreys	Charleston, WV
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Natalie Tennant	Charleston, WV
Pledged District 2	Kerry	Erik Wells	Charleston, WV
Pledged District 3	Kerry	Woodrow Berry	Huntington, WV
Pledged District 3	Kerry	Deborah Chapman	Huntington, WV
Pledged District 3	Kerry	Hon. Mary Pearl Compton	Union, WV
Pledged District 3	Kerry	Betty Farmer	Union, WV
Pledged District 3	(unknown)	Shirley Love	Oak Hill, WV
Pledged District 3	Kerry	Hon. William Wooton	Beckley, WV
Pledged PLEO	Kerry	Hon. Barbara Evans Fleishauer	Morgantown, WV
Pledged PLEO	Kerry	Hon. Barbara Hatfield	So. Charleston, WV
Pledged PLEO Delegation Chair	Kerry	Hon. Joe Manchin	Charleston, WV
Pledged PLEO	Kerry	Kenneth Perdue	So. Charleston, WV
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Sharon Smith Banks	Institute, WV
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Elaine Harris	St. Albans, WV
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Margaret Jarvis	Poca, WV
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Stephen McElroy	Charleston, WV
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Cecil Roberts	Miami, WV
Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Kellie Shamblin	So. Charleston, WV
Alternate Pledged District	(unknown)	Anthony Barberio	Clarksburg, WV
Alternate Pledged District	(unknown)	Truman Chafin	Williamson, WV
Alternate Pledged District	(unknown)	Nadine Joy Randolph	Ravenswood, WV
Alternate Pledged At-Large	(unknown)	Libby Stout	Clarksburg, WV
Alternate Pledged At-Large	Kerry	Phyllis Riffe White	Gilbert, WV
Unpledged Add-on		Anita Maroney	Charleston, WV
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Alan Mollohan	Washington, DC
Unpledged Congressman		Hon. Nick Rahall	Beckley, WV
Unpledged Distinguished Party Leader		Hon. Robert Byrd	Washington, DC
Unpledged DNC Member		Jim Bowen	Charleston, WV
Unpledged DNC Member		Nick Casey	Charleston, WV
Unpledged DNC Member		Alice Germond	Washington, DC
Unpledged DNC Member		Emilie Holroyd	Princeton, WV
Unpledged DNC Member		Marie Prezioso	Charleston, WV
Unpledged Governor		Hon. Bob Wise	Charleston, WV
Unpledged Senator		Hon. John Rockefeller	Washington, DC

Congressional Districts

West Virginia has 55 counties and 3 congressional districts: all 55 counties are wholly within a given congressional district and no county is divided among more than one congressional district.

CD 1: Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Wetzel and Wood.
CD 2: Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Hampshire, Hardy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Morgan, Pendleton, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Upshur and Wirt.
CD 3: Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, Webster and Wyoming.

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