IDAHO | 4 Electoral Votes |
With Idaho securely in the Republican column some attention turned to neighboring Nevada. As Kerry State Director Jim Grossman noted in an Oct. 10, 2004 e-mail, "We are sending lots of volunteers south, some for an event next weekend in Elko and some for the next few weeks in Reno and even Las Vegas... Even if you can't travel, you can make phone calls down there."
The 0.52% (3,084 votes) obtained
by the Constitution Party candidate Michael Peroutka was his third best
performance percentage wise.
Bush-Cheney '04 | Kerry-Edwards 2004 |
Organization details... | details... |
BC'04 State
Chair: Gov. Dirk Kempthorne
Idaho Republican Party
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State Director: Jim Grossman
Idaho Democratic Party
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Travel
BUSH-CHENEY | KERRY-EDWARDS |
July
17, 2004 - Teresa Heinz Kerry spoke a fundraising luncheon at
the home of Alan and Melinda Blinken in Ketchum, ID.
($) -more than 300,000 according to news accounts.
In addition, the Kerrys spent time at their vacation home in Ketchum March 17-24 and August 14-17, 2004. |
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Newspaper Endorsements source: Editor & Publisher
BUSH
Times-News (Twin Falls) Coeur d'Alene Press |
KERRY
Idaho Statesman (Boise; state's largest paper "with reluctance and regret") > Bonner County Daily Bee |
Third Party and Independent
Nader Ballot Access
Nader needed to collect
5,016 valid signatures to appear on the ballot. Secretary of State
Ben Ysura announced on Aug. 24 that supporters had submitted only 4,388
signatures verified by county clerks, and Nader would not appear on the
ballot. On Sept. 13 supporters went to the Fourth Judicial District
Court, arguing that close to 900 signatures had been improperly disqualified.
A hearing was held on Oct. 6, 2004, and Judge Deborah Bail ruled against
Nader on technical grounds. Nader's attorney pressed forward with
the suit, but on Oct. 19, shortly before another hearing was to be held
they dropped the lawsuit and filed papers for him to appear on the ballot
as a write-in candidate.
State Coordinators
Nader: Jonathan Howard
Badnarik: Mikel Chapman
Cobb: Matthew Denney
More Candidate Visits
NADER-CAMEJO
Sept. 5, 2004 - Ralph
Nader spent the evening in Boise, holding a press conference, delivering
a campaign speech, and doing a fundraising pitch and book signing at Boise
State University. He concluded with dinner and meeting volunteers.
also: According to a Nov. 1, 2004 Nader press release the campaign "dispatched a team of Corporate Crimebusters" to Idaho as well as Montana, Wyoming and Utah. The release states that "they held mock debates among Nader, Bush and Kerry, and met with students at the University of Idaho and Boise State."
COBB-LaMARCHE
Aug. 8, 2004 - David
Cobb spoke to a small group at City Park in Coeur d'Alene.
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