Mini-Tuesday
Mini-Tuesday is the name given to the first day on which multiple states hold U.S. presidential primary elections. Mini-Tuesday is new to the 2004 Presidential election and came about when several states which formerly held their primaries on Super Tuesday pushed the dates up to February 3. Mini-Tuesday is also called Super Tuesday I (with the March Super Tuesday called Super Tuesday II, in reference to their respective chronological order).
In 2004, U.S. presidential primary elections occured in Missouri, South Carolina, Arizona, Oklahoma and Delaware. Presidential caucuses were held in New Mexico and North Dakota. The Republican primaries and caucuses were virtually uncontested as incumbent President George W. Bush faced no substantial opposition. The Democratic primaries and caucuses were contested between retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas, former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and the Reverend Al Sharpton of New York.
2004 Results
Missouri
Kerry handily won the biggest prize of the day by securing 51% of the vote in Missouri. Edwards placed second with 25%. All other candidates were in the single digits.
Democratic Results:
Republican Results:
Libertarian Results:
Source: Missouri Department of State
South Carolina
In a major victory, Edwards took his birth state of South Carolina, garnering 45% of the vote to Kerry's 30%.
Results:
Source: The Green Papers
Arizona
Kerry made a strong showing in Arizona by winning the support of 43% of voters. Clark placed second with 27%. Arizona was the only state primary in which Dean acquired any delegates. His 14% share of the vote netted him just one delegate.
Results:
Source: Arizona Department of State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma was the most hotly contested state of Mini-Tuesday 2004. Clark needed it to stay in the race, while Edwards wanted it so that he could walk away with two victories. In the end, both candidates got 30% of the vote, with Clark slightly ahead of Edwards. Kerry also placed strongly with 27%.
Democratic Results:
Republican Results:
Source: Oklahoma Department of State
Delaware
Lieberman took second place in Deleware with 11% of the vote. However, as this was insufficient to gain him any delegates, he dropped out of the race after a bad showing in the other primaries. Kerry carried the state with 50% of the vote and all thirteen delegates.
Results:
Source: The Green Papers
Caucuses
In both New Mexico and North Dakota, Kerry placed first by a wide margain and Clark came in second to score a small number of delegates. Additionally, Dean achieved moderate success in New Mexico by netting 18% of the vote and three delegates.
Referenced By
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