2004 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2004 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary

| popular_vote2 = 33,403

| percentage2 = 14.53%

| delegate_count2 = 4

| image2 = File:John Edwards, official Senate photo portrait (cropped).jpg

| map_image =

| map_size =

| candidate2 = John Edwards
(withdrawn)

| color2 = e50100

| home_state2 = North Carolina

| delegate_count1 = 45

| country = Kentucky

| election_date = {{Start date|2004|05|18}}

| previous_election = 2000 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary

| previous_year = 2000

| next_election = 2008 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary

| next_year = 2008

| elected_members = OR

| outgoing_members = AR

| votes_for_election = 49 pledged delegates to the
2004 Democratic National Convention

| percentage1 = 60.10%

| image1 = File:John F. Kerry (cropped).jpg

| candidate1 = John Kerry

| color1 = 00539f

| home_state1 = Massachusetts

| popular_vote1 = 138,175

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

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| image3 = File:Uncommitted Delegates portrait.svg

| candidate3 = Uncommitted

| colour3 = 000000

| delegate_count3 = 0

| popular_vote3 = 21,199

| percentage3 = 9.22%

| home_state3 = {{color|grey|N/A}}

}}{{ElectionsKY}}The 2004 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary was held on May 18 in the U.S. state of Kentucky as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

Results

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|+ style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.2em 0.4em;" |2004 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary{{Cite web|url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2004/Primary%20Election/STATEwidebyoffice.txt|title=KENTUCKY STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS REPORT OF "OFFICIAL" ELECTION NIGHT TALLY RESULTS|last=|first=|date=2004-06-09|website=Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526001950/http://elect.ky.gov:80/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2000-2009/2004/Primary%20Election/STATEwidebyoffice.txt |archive-date=2012-05-26 |access-date=2020-03-23}}

! style="text-align:left;" |Candidate

!Votes

!%

!Delegates{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P04/KY-D.phtml#0518|title=Kentucky Democratic Delegation 2004|website=www.thegreenpapers.com|access-date=2020-03-23}}

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| style="text-align:left;" |John Kerry

|138,175

|60.10

| style="text-align:center;" |45

style="text-align:left;" |John Edwards (withdrawn)

|33,403

|14.53

| style="text-align:center;" |4

style="text-align:left;" |Uncommitted

|21,199

|9.22

| style="text-align:center;" |0

style="text-align:left;" |Joe Lieberman (withdrawn)

|11,062

|4.81

| style="text-align:center;" |0

style="text-align:left;" |Howard Dean (withdrawn)

|8,222

|3.58

| style="text-align:center;" |0

style="text-align:left;" |Wesley Clark (withdrawn)

|6,519

|2.84

| style="text-align:center;" |0

style="text-align:left;" |Al Sharpton (withdrawn)

|5,022

|2.18

| style="text-align:center;" |0

style="text-align:left;" |Dennis Kucinich

|4,508

|1.96

| style="text-align:center;" |0

style="text-align:left;" |Lyndon LaRouche

|1,806

|0.79

| style="text-align:center;" |0

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!Total

!229,916

!100%

!49

References

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Kentucky

Democratic primary

2004