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2004 Republican Party presidential primaries

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From January 19 to June 8, 2004, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 2004 United States presidential election. Incumbent President George W. Bush was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2004 Republican National Convention held from August 30 to September 2, 2004, in New York City.

2004 Republican Party presidential primaries
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2,509 delegates (1,736 pledged and 773 unpledged) to the Republican National Convention
1,255 (majority) votes needed to win
 
Candidate George W. Bush Uncommitted Bill Wyatt
Home state Texas California[3]
Delegate count 2,509 0[a] 0
Contests won 49 0 0
Popular vote 7,853,863[1] 91,926[2] 10,937[4]
Percentage 98.1% 1.2% 0.1%
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Republican presidential primary, 2004
  George W. Bush
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Previous Republican nominee

George W. Bush

 Republican nominee

George W. Bush

Primary race overview

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Incumbent President George W. Bush announced in mid-2003 that he would campaign for re-election; he faced no major challengers. He then went on, throughout early 2004, to win every nomination contest, including a sweep of Super Tuesday, beating back the vacuum of challengers and maintaining the recent tradition of an easy primary for incumbent Presidents (the last time an incumbent was seriously challenged in a presidential primary contest was when Senator Ted Kennedy challenged Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination in 1980).

Bush won every state with comfortable margins: his worst performance was in New Hampshire, where he received 79.8% of the vote. The only human challenger to receive over 5% of the vote in any state was Bill Wyatt from California, who received 10% of the vote in Oklahoma in a minor upset. "Uncommitted" also received over 5% of the vote in Massachusetts (8.7%), Rhode Island (12.4%) and Texas (7.5%).

Bush managed to raise US$130 million in 2003 alone, and expected to set a national primary fund-raising record of $200 million by the time of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.

Several states and territories canceled their respective Republican primaries altogether, citing Bush being the only candidate to qualify on their respective ballot, including Connecticut,[5] Florida,[6] Mississippi,[7] New York,[8] Puerto Rico,[9] and South Dakota.[10]

Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, an opponent of the war in Iraq, Bush's tax cuts, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and much of Bush's social agenda, considered challenging Bush in the New Hampshire primary in the fall of 2003. He decided not to run, after the capture of Saddam Hussein in December 2003.[11] He would later change his party affiliation to Democratic and run in that party's 2016 presidential primaries.[12][13]

As of the 2024 presidential election, Bush is the last incumbent president, Democrat or Republican, to win all the delegates going into the national convention.

Candidates

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Nominee

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Candidate Most recent office Home state Campaign

Withdrawal date

Popular

vote

Contests won Running mate
George W. Bush   President of the United States
(2001–2009) 		 
Texas 		 
(Campaign • Positions)
Secured nomination: March 10, 2004 		7,853,863
(98.01%) 		49 Dick Cheney

Challengers

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On the ballot in two or more primaries

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  • William Tsangares[14] ran for president under the pseudonym "Bill Wyatt." The then-43-year-old T-shirt maker left the Democratic Party to become a Republican after Democrats voted for the war in Iraq, an action he saw as a betrayal. Tsangares traveled 12,000 miles and spent an estimated $20,000 on his presidential campaign. He managed to get on the ballot in New Hampshire, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, and even the Democratic Primary ballot in Arizona. He finished tenth in the New Hampshire primary with 0.23% of the vote (153 votes), placed second in Missouri, where he received 1,268 votes (1.03%). However, a minor upset occurred on Mini-Tuesday when Tsangares won just over 10% of the vote in Oklahoma and 4% in Louisiana. He also received 233 votes (0.10%) in the Arizona Democratic primary.
  • Blake Ashby, a Republican entrepreneur frustrated with the explosion of debt under President Bush, ran as a protest candidate in the Republican primaries. On the ballot in New Hampshire and Missouri, he spent approximately $20,000 on his campaign, visiting New Hampshire and campaigning in his home state of Missouri and participated in the C-Span Minor Candidates Forum [15] He finished seventh in New Hampshire with 264 votes [16] and third in Missouri with 981 votes.


Candidate home state total votes %
Uncommitted
–
 91,926 1.1%
(others) various 49,281 0.8%
Bill Wyatt California 10,847 0%
Blake Ashby Missouri 1.145 0%

On the ballot in one primary

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All but one of the following were on the ballot only in the state of New Hampshire.

Declined to be candidates

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Candidate Home state total votes %
Richard Bosa New Hampshire 841 1.2%
John Buchanan Georgia 836 1.2%
John Rigazio New Hampshire 803 1.2%
Robert Haines New Hampshire 579 0.9%
Michael Callis New Hampshire 388 0.6%
Millie Howard Ohio 239 0.4%
Tom Laughlin California 154 0.2%
Jim Taylor 124 0.2%
Mark "Dick" Harnes 87 0.1%
Cornelius E. O'Connor, 77 0.1%
George Gostigian, 52 0.1%
Jack Fellure West Virginia 14[17] 0

Results

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There were 2,509 total delegates to the 2004 Republican National Convention, of which 650 were so-called "superdelegates" who were not bound by any particular state's primary or caucus votes and could change their votes at any time. A candidate needs 1,255 delegates to become the nominee. Except for the Northern Mariana Islands and Midway Atoll, all states, territories, and other inhabited areas of the United States offer delegates to the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Contested primaries

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For brevity, states that did not hold a contest or had Bush as the only option on the ballot are omitted. Only candidates who placed third or better in a primary are included.

Legend:   1st place
(popular vote) 		2nd place
(popular vote) 		3rd place
(popular vote) 		Candidate has
withdrawn 		Candidate unable to
appear on ballot
Date Pledged delegates Contest  
George W. Bush 		BW
Bill Wyatt 		 
Jack Fellure 		 
Other 		 
Uncommitted 		 
Total votes cast
January 27 29 New Hampshire 79.8%
29 delegates
53,962 votes 		0.2%
153 votes 		Not on ballot 20.0%
13,718 votes[b] 		Not on ballot 67,833 votes
February 3
Mini-Tuesday 		57 Missouri 95.1%
57 delegates
117,007 votes 		1.0%
1,268 votes 		Not on ballot 0.8%
981 votes[c] 		3.1%
3,830 votes 		123,086 votes
26 North Dakota 99.1%
26 delegates
2,002 votes 		Not on ballot 0.7%
14 votes 		0.2%
4 votes[d] 		Not on ballot 2,020 votes
41 Oklahoma 90.0%
41 delegates
59,577 votes 		10.0%
6,635 votes 		Not on ballot 66,198 votes
February 10 52 Tennessee 95.4%
52 delegates
94,557 votes 		Not on ballot 4.6%
4,504 votes 		99,061 votes
February 17 37 Wisconsin 99.2%
37 delegates
158,677 votes 		Not on ballot 0.8%
1,207 votes 		159,884 votes
March 2
Super Tuesday 		41 Massachusetts 90.6%
41 delegates
62,773 votes 		Not on ballot 0.7%
455 votes[e] 		8.7%
6,050 votes 		69,278 votes
18 Rhode Island 84.9%
18 delegates
2,152 votes 		Not on ballot 2.7%
69 votes[f] 		12.4%
314 votes 		2,535 votes
March 9 45 Louisiana 96.1%
45 delegates
69,205 votes 		3.9%
2,805 votes 		Not on ballot 72,010 votes
135 Texas 92.5%
135 delegates
635,948 votes 		Not on ballot 7.5%
51,667 votes 		2,535 votes
March 16 60 Illinois 100%
60 delegates
583,575 votes 		Not on ballot Not on ballot 583,575 votes
May 18 35 Arkansas 97.1%
35 delegates
37,234 votes 		Not on ballot 2.9%
1,129 votes 		38,363 votes
43 Kentucky 92.5%
43 delegates
108,603 votes 		Not on ballot 7.5%
8,776 votes 		117,379 votes
28 Oregon 94.9%
28 delegates
293,806 votes 		Not on ballot 5.1%
15,700 votes 		309,506 votes
May 25 26 Idaho 89.5%
26 delegates
110,800 votes 		Not on ballot 10.5%
12,993 votes 		123,793 votes
June 1 45 Alabama 92.8%
45 delegates
187,038 votes 		Not on ballot 7.2%
14,449 votes 		201,487 votes
Totals votes from contested states 718 16 contests 95.3%
718 delegates
2,576,916 votes 		0.4%
10,861 votes 		0.000%
14 votes 		0.53%
15,227 votes 		5.2%
120,619 votes 		2,723,637 votes
Convention roll call 100%
2,509 delegates 		0%

Counties carried

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Republican presidential primary, 2004 results by county (exceptions: Minnesota, Maryland, Nebraska & North Dakota – at-large)
  George W. Bush
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "State by State Summary 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions".
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Jan 27, 2004".
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - William J. "Bill" Wyatt".
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Jan 27, 2004".
  5. ^ "Connecticut Republican Allocation - 2004". The Green Papers. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "Florida Republican Allocation - 2004". The Green Papers. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Mississippi Republican Allocation - 2004". The Green Papers. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "New York Republican Allocation - 2004". The Green Papers. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  9. ^ "Puerto Rico Republican Allocation - 2004". The Green Papers. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  10. ^ "South Dakota Republican Allocation - 2004". The Green Papers. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  11. ^ Chafee, Lincoln, Against the Tide: How A Compliant Congress Empowered A Reckless President, p.119-120
  12. ^ DelReal, Jose A. (June 3, 2015). "Lincoln Chafee announces long-shot presidential bid". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  13. ^ "Rhode Island's Chafee enters 2016 Democratic contest". Boston Herald. Associated Press. June 3, 2015. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  14. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - William J. "Bill" Wyatt".
  15. ^ "Blake Ashby | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  16. ^ "Republican President of the United States - NHSOS". sos.nh.gov. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  17. ^ "Bush big winner in North Dakota". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. February 5, 2004. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

Notes

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  1. ^ While there were technically 773 delegates that went to the convention unnbound, they presumably cast their support for the president
  2. ^
    • 4.2% for John Kerry (write-in, 2,819 votes)
    • 2.7% for Howard Dean (write-in, 1,789 votes)
    • 6.6% for other on-ballot candidates (4,444 votes)
    • 6.8% for other write-ins (4,666 votes)
  3. ^ All for Blake Ashby
  4. ^ All for Ed Schafer (not running)
  5. ^ Various write-ins
  6. ^ Various write-ins
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