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Election 2004

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The 2004 primary season was short lived. The Democrats looked more like Republicans, quickly settling on a candidate Senator John Kerry. We will give a weekly summary of the campaign as well as show polls and other ongoing information on the campaign and on candidates. We hope this will become part of the historic record.

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Weekly View of the Elections

9/30/ First Debates between Bush and Kerry. Kerry seems more in command of issues and Bush did not seem to be on top of his game Initial poll show Kerry the winner .

7/29

7/28- Democrats nominate Senator John Kerry

7/6 Kerry selects John Edwards to become Vice Presidential candidate

6/28 US hands over power to provisional government in Iraq

6/5 President Reagan Dies

5/7 Rumsfield Appears Before Congress on Iraqi prison abuse

4/8- National Security Advisor Rice appears before 9/11 commission

3.25 Richard Clarke appears before the 9/11 commission

3/11/ Bush campaign begins negative ads against Senator Kerry

3/10/2004- Kerry overhead with open Mike claiming opposition are liars

3/4/2004 Bush campaign begins television ads

3/2/2004 Kerry sweeps Super Tuesday nomination race effectively ends

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