2004 United States presidential election

The next U.S. presidential election is scheduled to occur November 2, 2004. The U.S. house election, 2004 is scheduled for the same date, as is a U.S. senate election, 2004 (the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate is elected simultaneously with the President).

Timeline

• May 31, 2002 - Vermont Governor Howard Dean filed to form 2004 campaign
• December 1, 2002 - John Kerry, Senator from Massachusetts announced his plans to form exploratory committee for possible 2004 Presidential run on NBC's Meet The Press. Kerry anticipated formal announcement "down the road some months".
• December 16, 2002 - Former United States Vice President and 2000 Presidential candidate Al Gore announced on the CBS program 60 Minutes that he would not seek election to the Presidency in 2004. Gore had been widely expected to run.
• January 2, 2003 - Senator John Edwards of North Carolina announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination.
• January 4, 2003 - Richard Gephardt, the U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader, announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination.
• January 5, 2003 - Reverend Al Sharpton of New York announced his bid to run for President.
• January 7, 2003 - Tom Daschle, the United States Senate Minority Leader, announced that he will not run for President in 2004. Daschle had been widely expected to run.
• January 13, 2003 - Senator Joseph Lieberman from Connecticut announced his candidacy.
• January 22, 2003 - A campaign to draft Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs was launched at jobs4president.org. The site was announced on Slashdot, overloading the server within ten minutes. Before the owners of the site could bring the site back up, Jobs declined interest in running.
• February 17, 2003 - Gary Nolan, former syndicated talk radio host, filed papers to form exploratory committee for a presidential run.
• February 18, 2003 - Carol Moseley-Braun, former Senator from Illinois, announced her intention to run for the Democratic nomination
• February 19, 2003 - Dennis Kucinich, Representative from Ohio, filed papers to form exploratory committee for a presidential run.
• February 27, 2003 - Senator Bob Graham of Florida announced his candidacy.
• March 3, 2003 Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut announced that he would not run for the 2004 Democratic party presidential nomination.

Important future dates

• January 19, 2004 - Iowa Caucus
• January 27, 2004 - New Hampshire primary
• February 3, 2004
  • First date for Democratic primaries and caucuses other than New Hampshire and Iowa
  • South Carolina primary
• May 28-May 31, 2004 - Libertarian National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia
• July 26-July 29, 2004 - Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts
• August 30-September 2, 2004 - Republican National Convention in New York City, New York
• November 2, 2004 - General election.

Candidates

• Democrats

• • Announced
    • Howard Dean, former Governor from Vermont
    • John Edwards, Senator from North Carolina
    • Richard Gephardt, U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader, Representative from Missouri
    • Bob Graham, Senator from Florida
    • John Kerry, Senator from Massachusetts
    • Dennis Kucinich, Representative from Ohio
    • Joseph Lieberman, Senator from Connecticut
    • Carol Moseley-Braun, former Senator from Illinois
    • Al Sharpton, Reverend from New York
  • Considering
    • Joseph Biden, Senator from Delaware
    • Wesley Clark, retired General and former NATO commander
    • Bob Graham, Senator from Florida
    • Gary Hart, former Senator from Colorado

• Republicans
  • Presumed
    • George W. Bush, President of the United States
• Libertarians
  • Announced
    • Michael Badnarik, former State House candidate from Texas
    • David Hollist, from California
    • Ken Krawchuk, former candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania
    • Gary Nolan, Talk radio host
  • Considering
    • Carla Howell, former candidate for Governor and U.S. Senate from Massachusetts
    • Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico
    • Ed Thompson, former Mayor of Tomah, Wisconsin
• Greens
  • Considering
    • Cynthia McKinney, former Congresswoman from Georgia
    • Ralph Nader, consumer rights advocate and '96 and '00 nominee

See also: President of the United States, U.S. presidential election, 2004