The District of Columbia held a primary on January 13, 2004 and caucuses on February 14, 2004 during the 2004 Democratic presidential primary season. Delegates were only allocated in the February 14 caucuses.
Non-binding primary
The primary was held on January 13, 2004, a week before the Iowa caucuses. Early favorite Howard Dean won the primary. Polling two months before had him leading civil rights activist Al Sharpton 45% to 11%. Then his poll numbers went down considerably, to 27% to 5%. The other candidates, John Kerry, John Edwards, Wesley Clark, Dick Gephardt and Joe Lieberman, were not on the ballot. Dean benefited from the endorsement of popular councilman Jack Evans. Following the primary, Carol Moseley Braun dropped out of the race and endorsed Dean.
Results 2004 District of Columbia Democraticpresidential primaryCandidatePopular voteCountPercentageHoward Dean18,13242.65%Al Sharpton14,63934.43%Carol Moseley Braun4,92411.58%Dennis Kucinich3,4818.19%Lyndon LaRouche5221.23%Florence Walker2570.60%Aurther Jackson2410.57%Vermin Supreme1490.35%Harry Braun850.20%Jeanne Chebib460.11%Lucian Wojciechowski400.09%Total42,516100%
Caucuses
The District of Columbia caucuses were held on February 14, 2004. John Kerry won the caucuses.
Results 2004 District of Columbia Democraticpresidential caucusesCandidatePopular votePledgeddelegatesCountPercentageJohn Kerry4,27846.88%9Al Sharpton1,82419.99%4Howard Dean1,59617.49%3John Edwards92710.16%0Dennis Kucinich3033.32%0Wesley Clark (withdrawn)931.02%0Write-ins550.60%0Joe Lieberman (withdrawn)310.34%0Uncommitted190.21%0Total9,126100%16
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