Bush-Cheney Michigan Visits
from March 2, 2004 through Nov. 2, 2004  See Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.
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GWB 8/5  Saginaw.
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GWB 8/16  Traverse City.
DC, LC 8/24  Waterford.
GWB, LB 8/30  Taylor.
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GWB 9/13  bus tour: Muskegon, Holland, Battle Creek.
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DC, LC 10/15  bus tour: Berrien Springs, (St. Joseph), Kalamazoo, (Allegan), Grand Rapids.
DC, LC 10/20  Clio, Traverse City.
GWB, LB 10/27  Pontiac.  (Overnight in Rochester, MI). 
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GWB, LB 10/30  Grand Rapids.
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N O V E M B E R
November 1
-LB remarks at Victory 2004 rally at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Macomb Community College in Clinton Township, MI.
O C T O B E R
October 31
-DC and LC participate in a Victory 2004 rally at Romulus High School in Romulus, MI.  [suburban Detroit]
 
October 30
-GWB and LB hold a Victory 2004 rally at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, MI.
24th visit as president

October 29
-DC and LC attend a Victory 2004 rally at The Summit at the Capital Centre in Dimondale, MI.  [just SW of Lansing]

October 28
-GWB holds a Victory 2004 rally at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, MI
October 27  (Overnights in Rochester - suburban Detroit, MI).
-GWB and LB hold a rally with Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA) at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, MI.
23rd visit as president

October 20
-DC and LC participate in a Bush-Cheney '04 roundtable discussion at Big Boy Restaurant in Clio, MI.
-DC and LC participate in a Victory 2004 rally at Grand Traverse Civic Center in Traverse City, MI.

October 15
Vice President Cheney and Mrs. Cheney do a Bush-Cheney '04 bus tour through southwestern Michigan
Tour starts in South Bend, IN.
-Bush-Cheney '04 roundtable discussion at Hopper's Family Restaurant in Berrien Springs, MI.
Unscheduled stop at the Curious Kids' Museum in St. Joseph, MI.
-Bush-Cheney '04 town hall meeting at Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds' County Center Building in Kalamazoo, MI.
Unsheduled stop at campaign phone center in Allegan, MI.
-Victory 2004 rally at DeltaPlex Entertainment and Expo Center in Grand Rapids (Walker), MI.

October 6
-GWB at a Victory 2004 rally at Oakland Community College-Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills, MI.
22nd visit as president
S E P T E M B E R
September 23
-LB delivers remarks at a Victory 2004 luncheon  in Bloomfield Hills, MI.  (Raises $250,000).

September 21
-DC and LC participate in a Bush-Cheney '04 roundtable discussion at Finley's Restaurant in Lansing, MI.

September 13

President Bush does a bus tour in southwestern Michigan.
-"Focus on Health with President Bush" at the Muskegon County Airport in Muskegon, MI.
Stops at Captain Sundae on Douglas Avenue, greets people there and has a "Tommy Turtle" sundae, in Holland, MI.
-Victory 2004 rally at Ottawa County Fairgrounds in Holland, MI.
-Victory 2004 rally at C.O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, MI.
21st visit as president

September 9
-LB tours and delivers remarks at a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at Mahar Tool Supply headquarters in Saginaw, MI.

A U G U S T
August 30
-GWB and LB remarks at a rally at Heritage Park in Taylor, MI.  Overnights in Dearborn, MI.
20th visit as president
August 24
-DC and LC attend a Victory 2004 rally at Kettering High School in Waterford, MI.

August 16
-GWB makes remarks at a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center in Traverse City, MI.
19th visit as president

August 11
-DC and LC attend a Bush-Cheney '04 rally at Lake View High School in Battle Creek, MI.

August 9
-LB delivers remarks at a Victory 2004 rally at the Boys and Girls Club in Royal Oak, MI.

August 5
-GWB headlines Bush-Cheney '04 rally at Wendler Arena in Saginaw, MI.
18th visit as president

J U L Y
July 30
-GWB on the second stop of "Heart and Soul of America" tour (new stump speech) speaks at Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, MI.
17th visit as president

July 23
Arriving in Detroit, GWB meets his 300th Freedom Corps greeter, Eric Rasmussen.
-GWB addresses the 2004 National Urban League Conference at the Cobo Center in Detroit, MI.
16th visit as president

July 16
-DC and LC attend a Bush-Cheney '04 rally with Sen. John McCain at Lansing Center in Lansing, MI.

July 13
-GWB, accompanied by daughter Barbara, makes remarks at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI.  [first visit by a sitting president to the Upper Peninsula since 1911].  15th visit as president

July 7
-GWB meets with Michigan judicial nominees at Oakland County International Airport in Waterford (near Pontiac), MI.
-GWB attends RNC Victory 2004 reception at the home of C. Michael Kojaian in Bloomfield Hills, MI.  (Raises $2.5 million).
14th visit as president

J U N E
June 25
-DC accompanied by LC delivers remarks on the improving U.S. economy at Duro-Last Roofing, Inc. in Saginaw, MI.

June 4
-DC delivers remarks and accepts, on behalf of President Bush, endorsement from the Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM) Annual Convention at the Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI.

M A Y
May 3
President and Mrs. Bush do a "Yes, America Can" bus tour in Michigan. -first bus tour
-Arrival, boards bus at South Bend Regional Airport in South Bend, IN.
(interviews with local media on the bus).
-GWB and LB "Ask President Bush" event at Niles Senior High School in Niles, MI.
-GWB and LB remarks at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI.
-GWB rallies at Jerome Duncan Ford Theatre at Freedom Hill, w/ country music star Travis Tritt, in Sterling Heights (Detroit suburb), MI.
Overnight in Troy, MI.  -first overnight campaign trip
13th visit as president
A P R I L
April 30
-LC featured speaker at the Macomb County Lincoln Dinner in Chesterfield Township, MI.
M A R C H
 

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