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P2004 Calendar. Highlights on the Road to the White House |
| 2002 | 2003 | Jan04 | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan2005 |
| Mon. Mar. 1 | |
| Tues. Mar. 2 | Primaries: California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont. Caucuses: Minnesota, American Samoa. |
| Wed. Mar. 3 | Sen. John Edwards announces his withdrawal from the campaign. |
| Thurs. Mar. 4 | First Bush-Cheney TV ads run. |
| Fri. Mar. 5 | |
| Sat. Mar. 6 | |
| Sun. Mar. 7 | |
| Mon. Mar. 8 | |
| Tues. Mar. 9 | Primaries: Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi. Primary/Caucus: Texas. |
| Wed. Mar. 10 | (DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe expected the Democratic nomination would be settled by March 10). |
| Thurs. Mar. 11 | |
| Fri. Mar. 12 | |
| Sat. Mar. 13 | Caucuses: Kansas. |
| Sun. Mar. 14 | |
| Mon. Mar. 15 | Rev. Al Sharpton endorses Sen. John Kerry but says he will continue
to campaign for delegates to the
Democratic National Convention. (release) |
| Tues. Mar. 16 | Primary: Illinois.
-Sen. John Kerry receives the number of delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination and kicks off his general election campaign at a rally in Charleston, WV. (remarks) |
| Wed. Mar. 17 | |
| Thurs. Mar. 18 | |
| Fri. Mar. 19 | |
| Sat. Mar. 20 | -President Bush holds his first full-fledged campaign rally in 2004
at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. (remarks)
-Caucuses: Guam, Wyoming. |
| Sun. Mar. 21 | |
| Mon. Mar. 22 | |
| Tues. Mar. 23 | |
| Wed. Mar. 24 | |
| Thurs. Mar. 25 | Democratic National Committee's "Democrats United Celebration" in Washington, DC. |
| Fri. Mar. 26 | |
| Sat. Mar. 27 | |
| Sun. Mar. 28 | |
| Mon. Mar. 29 | |
| Tues. Mar. 30 | |
| Wed. Mar. 31 | Bush-Cheney '04, Inc. and the Republican National Committee announce a complaint with the Federal Election Commission charging that 527 groups and the Kerry campaign are engaging in "a massive conspiracy to corrupt the federal campaign finance system." The 67-page complaint states that "Senator Kerry is now the largest direct beneficiary of illegal soft money in history." |