Missouri Democratic primary, 2004

The 2004 Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary on February 3, 2004 determined the recipient of the state's 88 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States. It was an open primary.^[1]

Endorsements

Several major endorsements, such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, helped John Kerry to clinch the primary. John Edwards got former speaker of the house Jim Kreider and Buchanan County Auditor Susan Montee as endorsements. Governor Howard Dean got the endorsement of Chairman and CEO of King Hershey Richard A. King.

Polling

Candidate	22 January 2004	29 January 2004	29 January 2004	1 February 2004
John Kerry	25%	37%	44%	56%
John Edwards	9%	11%	14%	17%
Howard Dean	6%	7%	9%	9%
Wesley Clark	3%	6%	5%	6%
Al Sharpton	1%	2%	2%	4%
Joe Lieberman	2%	6%	5%	3%
Dennis Kucinich	1%	-	1%	-
Dick Gephardt	3%	-	1%	-

Source: Missouri - 2004 Presidential Polls

Results

On Mini Tuesday, John Kerry won once again, winning with a majority of over 50%. He won every congressional district and county except Knox County and Lawrence County which Edwards won. Howard Dean received 9%, Clark gets 4%, and several other candidates.

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Kerry, John F.	211,745	50.6%	51
Edwards, John	103,088	24.6%	23
Dean, Howard	36,288	8.7%
Clark, Wesley K.	18,340	4.4%
Lieberman, Joe	14,727	3.5%
Sharpton, Alfred C. "Al"	14,308	3.4%
Gephardt, Richard "Dick"	8,281	2.0%
Kucinich, Dennis J.	4,875	1.2%
Uncommitted	4,311	1.0%	14
Moseley Braun, Carol	1,088	0.3%
LaRouche, Lyndon H., Jr.	953	0.2%
Penna, Fern	335	0.1%
Total	418,339	100.0%	88

See also

• Missouri Republican primary, 2004
• Missouri Democratic primary, 2008

References

1. ^ Missouri Democratic Delegation 2004

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