Kerry-Edwards Pennsylvania Visits
from March 2, 2004 through Nov. 2, 2004  See Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.
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JK 3/14  Bethlehem.
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JK 4/16  Pittsburgh, Philadelphia.
JK 4/26  bus tour...  Canonsburg, Beaver County.
JK 4/29  Philadelphia, Harrisburg.
May
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JK 5/10  Edinboro, Erie.
JK 5/20  Philadelphia.
June
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JK 6/12  Pittsburgh.
July
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JK 7/6  Pittsburgh.  7/7 JK,THK,JE,EE  Fox Chapel.
JK 7/15  Philadelphia, Lansdowne.
JK 7/27  Philadelphia.
JK, JE 7/30  bus tour... Scranton, Harrisburg.  7/31  Greensburg.
August
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JK 8/24  Philadelphia.  8/25  Philadelphia.
THK 8/25  New Castle, Ambridge.
September
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JE 9/1  Hughestown, Kingston.  9/2  Norristown.
JK 9/6  Cannonsburg.
THK 9/6  Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Breinigsville.  9/7  Easton, Bethelehem, Reading.  9/8  Harrisburg, York, Lancaster.
JK 9/10  Allentown.
THK 9/14  Erie, Scranton.
THK 9/16  Pittsburgh, State College.
JE 9/19  Philadelphia, Phoenixville, Johnstown.
EE 9/21  Plumsteadville, Jeannett, Millvale.
JK 9/24  Philadelphia.
JE  9/28  Pittsburgh.
October
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JE 10/1  Erie.
THK 10/3  Greensburg.  10/4  Pittsburgh.
JK 10/4  Philadelphia.
JE 10/8  Scranton.
EE 10/11  Pittsburgh.
EE 10/14  Lancaster, Brownsville.
JE 10/18  Haverford, Philadelphia.
JK 10/19  Wilkes Barre
JK 10/20  Pittsburgh.
EE 10/21  Erie.
THK 10/21  Yardley.  10/22  Washington.
EE 10/24  Pittsburgh, Harrisburg.
JK 10/25  Philadelphia.
JE 10/26  Reading, Wilkes Barre.
THK 10/27  Harrisburg, Allentown.  10/28  Pittsburgh, Brookhaven, Philadelphia.
EE 10/31  Philadelphia.
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THK 11/1  Scranton, Lancaster.  11/2  Pittsburgh.
Kerry/Edwards in Pennsylvania
Important Note: The above calendar and totals below do not include times when Sen. Kerry or the Kerrys stayed at their residence in Fox Chapel (near Pittsburgh) and did not do any public events.  Those days are indicated to the extent known in the details below.
JK JE THKsolo EEsolo
Visits Days Visits Days Visits Days Visits
Days
Final two weeks (Oct. 19-Nov. 2, 2004): 3 3 1 1 3 6 3
3
Final month (Oct. 2-Nov. 2, 2004): 4 4 3 3 4 8 5
5
Eight months (March 2-Nov. 2, 2004): 19 22 9 11 8
14 
 6
 6
N O V E M B E R
November 1, 2004
THK holds Get Out the Vote rally at Scranton High School auditorium in Scranton, PA.
-THK holds Get Out the Vote rally at Teamsters Local Union #771 in Lancaster, PA.
November 2, 2004
-THK and Chris and Andre Heinz vote at Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA.
 
O C T O B E R
October 31, 2004
-EE holds a GOTV rally at the Oak Lane Diner in Philadelphia, PA.
 
October 27, 2004
THK holds a GOTV rally at AFSCME Council 13 in Harrisburg, PA.
-THK holds a GOTV rally at UAW Local 667 in Allentown, PA.
October 28, 2004
-THK receives endorsements of local Republicans on behalf of her husband at campaign headquarters on Ross Street in Pittsburgh, PA.
-THK receives endorsements of local Republicans on behalf of her husband at Brookhaven Community Center in Brookhaven, PA.
-THK visits with African American ward leaders at Zanzibar Blue in Philadelphia, PA.

October 26, 2004
-JE holds a community gathering at Sovereign Center in Reading, PA.
-JE rallies at Wilkes University's Marts Center in Wilkes Barre, PA.
 

October 25, 2004

-JK attends a Fresh Start for America rally with former President Clinton (first public appearance since surgery) at Love Park in Philadelphia, PA.

October 24, 2004
-EE attends church at Mr. Ararat Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, PA.
-EE hosts a town hall discussion at Downey Middle School in Harrisburg, PA.

October 21, 2004
-THK holds a conversation on health care at Yardley Community Centre in Yardley (Bucks County), PA.
October 22, 2004
-THK speaks to the Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP at Holiday Inn Meadowlands in Washington, PA.

October 21, 2004
-EE holds a town hall meeting at UE Local 506 Union Hall in Erie, PA.

October 20, 2004
-JK holds a "Fresh Start for America" rally at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

October 19, 2004
-JK conversation with workers and speech at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes Barre, PA.

October 18, 2004
-JE holds a town hall meeting on health care at Haverford College' Field House in Haverford, PA.
-JE rallies at Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 hall in Philadelphia, PA.

October 14, 2004
-EE holds a town hall discussion on health care at Crispus Attucks Community Center in Lancaster, PA.
-EE holds a town hall discussion at Sons of Italy Lodge #731 in Brownsville, PA.

October 11, 2004
-EE holds a town hall discussion at the South Side Market House in Pittsburgh, PA.

October 8, 2004
-JE holds a rally at the Scranton Cultural Center in Scranton, PA.

October 4, 2004
JK meets with stem cell activists upon arriving at Philadelphia airport.
-JK meets with several hundred African American clergy and leaders, including Jesse Jackson, at First District Plaza in Philadelphia, PA.

October 4, 2004
-THK holds a conversation on Health Care at Teamsters Temple 249 Local Hall in Pittsburgh, PA.
October 3, 2004
-THK keynotes the annual Westmoreland County Democratic Dinner at 4 Points Sheraton in Greensburg, PA.

October 1, 2004
-JE rallies at Liberty Park in Erie, PA.

S E P T E M B E R
September 28, 2004
-JE town hall meeting at Carnegie Mellon University's Wiegand Gymnasium in Pittsburgh, PA.

September 24, 2004
-JK speech on "Fighting the War on Terrorism" at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.
-JK attends Rally for a Stronger America at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.

September 21, 2004
-EE holds a health care discussion at the Municipal Building in Plumsteadville, PA.
-EE holds a roundtable discussion at Denunzio's in Jeannette, PA.
EE visits with flood victims at Millvale Community Center in Millvale, PA.

September 19, 2004
-JE addresses Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia, PA.
-JE speaks at a campaign block party on Second Avenue in Reeves Park in Phoenixville, PA.
-JE evening rally at Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, PA.

September 16, 2004
-THK meets with African-American community leaders at Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, PA.
-THK attends a get out the vote rally at Penn State University in State College, PA.

September 14, 2004
-THK discusses health care at Maritime Museum in Erie, PA.
-THK discusses health care at Lackawanna College in Scranton, PA.

September 10, 2004
-JK attends Rally for a Stronger America at Allentown Fairgrounds in Allentown, PA.

September 6, 2004
-THK marches in the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade on the Boulevard of the Allies in Pittsburgh, PA.
-THK speaks at a Labor Day rally at Festival Pier in Philadelphia, PA.
-THK joins the Lehigh Valley Labor Council at a Labor Day Picnic at Timbertown Park in Breinigsville, PA.
September 7, 2004
-THK joins community leaders for brunch at the Williams Family Restaurant in Easton, PA.
-THK hosts a healthcare roundtable at Van Bittner Hall/USWA Local 2599 in Bethlehem, PA.
-THK meets with community leaders at Reading Area Community College's Yocum Library in Reading, PA.
September 8, 2004
-THK at St. Moritz restaurant in Harrisburg, PA.
-THK at the Valencia Ballroom in York, PA.
-THK hosts a healthcare roundtable at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA.

September 4, 2004
After day campaigning in Ohio via motorcade to Fox Chapel, PA.
September 5, 2004
Day off at the estate at Fox Chapel, PA.  -celebrates daughter Alexandra's birthday
September 6, 2004
-JK holds a front porch discussion at the home of Dale and Jody Rhome in Cannonsburg, PA.

September 1, 2004
-JE front porch visit (actually backyard visit) with several workers laid off from the Techneglas plant in Pittston, hosted by Mike Scalzo at Washington Terrace and Division Street in Hughestown, PA.
-JE holds Rally for a Stronger America at Kirby Park in Kingston, PA.
September 2, 2004
-JE hosts a town hall at the George Washington Carver Community Center in Norristown, PA.

A U G U S T
August 25, 2004
-THK discusses health care costs at the crisis shelter of Lawrence County in New Castle, PA.
-THK attends the opening of the Beaver County Kerry-Edwards campaign office in Ambridge, PA.
August 24, 2004
-JK attends a Victory Fund reception at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA.  ($)
August 25, 2004
JK closed breakfast meeting with African-American leaders in Philadelphia, PA.
-JK holds a town meeting at Steamfitters Local 420 Union in Philadelphia, PA.
 
J U L Y
July 30, 2004
On two-week post-Convention "Believe in America" tour...
-Kerry and Edwards rally at Courthouse Square in Scranton, PA.
-Kerry and Edwards rally at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, PA.
July 31, 2004
-Kerry and Edwards rally at Greensburg Train Station in Greensburg, PA.

July 27, 2004
On "America's Freedom Trail" tour heading to Boston and the Convention...
-JK rallies on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA.

July 15, 2004
Arrives at Old International Terminal, Philadelphia, PA.
-JK addresses the 95th Annual NAACP Convention at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
-JK kicks off "Front Porch Tour: Hometown Values for a Stronger America" at the home of Bill and Mary Kay Bowden in Lansdowne, PA.

July 6, 2004
-JK announces selection of Sen. John Edwards as his running mate in a rally at Market Square in downtown Pittsburgh, PA.
Event in Indianapolis, IN.
-Kerrys and Edwardses overnight at the farm in Fox Chapel, PA.
July 7, 2004
-Kerrys and Edwardses do a photo op at the farm in Fox Chapel, PA.

July 1, 2004
no public events  - residence in Fox Chapel, PA.

J U N E
June 30, 2004
no public events  - residence in Fox Chapel, PA.

June 12, 2004
no public events  - residence in Fox Chapel; with Teresa Heinz Kerry visits the Lewis and Clark exhibit at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA.
June 13, 2004
no public events - residence in Fox Chapel, PA.

M A Y
May 20, 2004
Arrives from DC at Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA.
-JK holds roundtable discussion with students, parents and teachers and talks with GEAR UP students at Edison High School in Philadelphia, PA.

May 10, 2004
Arrives at Erie International Airport, Erie, PA.
-JK delivers speech on his plan to reduce health care costs for all Americans at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in Edinboro, PA.
-JK greets Erie-area supporters before departing at Erie International Airport in Erie, PA.
May 9, 2004
-no public events.  Home in Fox Chapel and attends Mass with Teresa Heinz Kerry at St. Scholastica Catholic Church, Aspinwall (near Pittsburgh), PA.

A P R I L
April 29, 2004
-JK remarks at the National Conference of Black Mayors' 30th Annual Convention at Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, PA.
-JK does John Kerry for President reception at City Hall in Philadelphia, PA. ($)
Flight to Harrisburg, PA. (greeted by veterans)
-JK does John Kerry for President reception at the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA. ($)

April 26, 2004
JK on "Jobs First Express - On the Road to a Stronger Economy" Tour (April 26-28) of WV, PA, OH and MI
-Tours All-Clad Metalcrafters in Canonsburg, PA.
Stops at Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe in Beaver County, PA.
to Youngstown, OH.

April 16, 2004
-JK "Change Starts with U: Kerry Campus Tour" with rocker Jon Bon Jovi and former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA.
-JK does John Kerry for President fundraiser at the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA. ($)
Flight to Philadelphia.  (greeted by veterans).
-JK rally with Gov. Ed Rendell at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
-JK does John Kerry for President reception and young professionals reception at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. ($)

M A R C H
March 14, 2004
JK attends Mass at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church in Bethlehem, PA.
-JK town meeting at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, PA.
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