Kerry-Edwards California Visits
from March 2, 2004 through Nov. 2, 2004  See Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.
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JK 3/29  Sacramento, San Francisco.  (Overnight in SF).  3/30 La Jolla, San Diego, Beverly Hills.
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THK 4/22  Los Angeles.  4/23  ???.  4/24 Montecito.
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JK 5/5  Los Angeles.  5/6 Colton.
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THK 6/6  Mill Valley, Hillsborough.
JK 6/8  Simi Valley, Los Angeles.  6/9 Hollywood Hills.
JK 6/23  San Francisco, San Jose.  6/24 San Jose, Anaheim, Los Angeles.
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JE 7/16  Los Angeles.  7/17 El Segundo, Newport Beach.
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JK 8/12  Carson.
JK 8/26  Santa Monica.  8/27 Daly City, San Francisco.
EE 8/30  Burbank, Santa Monica.
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THK 9/27  San Diego.  9/28 Point Loma, Irvine Beverly Hills.
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Kerry/Edwards in California
In the eight months leading up to Election Day, Sen. Kerry, wife Teresa, Sen. Edwards and wife Elizabeth did a total of at least 20 fundraisers in California.
JK JE THKsolo EEsolo
Visits Days Visits Days Visits Days Visits
Days
Final two weeks (Oct. 19-Nov. 2, 2004): - - - - - - -
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Final month (Oct. 2-Nov. 2, 2004): - - 1 1 - - -
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Eight months (March 2-Nov. 2, 2004): 6 11 2 3 3
4+
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Prior to March 2, 2004:
N O V E M B E R
O C T O B E R
October 12
-JE appears on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" in Burbank, CA.
-JE attends a fundraiser at Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, CA.  ($)
JE makes an unannounced stop by the UNITE HERE Local 2 picket line at the Sheraton Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA.
S E P T E M B E R
September 27-28
Sept. 27
-THK fundraiser at the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego, CA. ($)
Sept. 28
THK meets privately with a small group of military wives/moms at Con Pane Rustic Breads & Cafe in Point Loma (San Diego), CA.
-THK fundraiser at hotel in Irvine, CA.  ($)
-THK fundraiser at a private home in Beverly Hills, CA.  ($)
A U G U S T
August 30
-EE holds a discussion with military families at the home of Emilio and Joanne Gonzalez in Burbank, CA.
-EE attends a Kerry-Edwards Victory 2004 fundraising reception at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, CA.  ($)
(sequence of these events not clear)

August 26-27
Aug. 26
-JK attends a Kerry-Edwards Victory Fund reception at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel's Starlight Ballroom in Santa Monica, CA.  ($)
Aug. 27
-JK holds a town hall meeting at Westmoor High School in Daly City, CA.
-JK attends a DNC fundraiser at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, CA.  ($)

August 12 (after August 11 event in Henderson, NV by bus to California)
-JK delivers speech “A Stronger America Begins at Home: The Path to Prosperity,” kicking off a two-week focus on the economy, at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson, CA. -note President Bush also in So. California today.

J U L Y
July 16-17
July 16
Arrives LAX mid-morning.
-JE early evening Kerry-Edwards Victory 2004 reception at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.  ($)
-JE keynote address at Southwest Voter Registration Education Project 30th Anniversary dinner at the Universal City Hilton and Towers in Los Angeles, CA.
July 17
JE stop at at the Good Stuff Restaurant in El Segundo, CA.
-JE Kerry-Edwards Victory 2004 luncheon at the Balboa Bay Club & Resort in Newport Beach, CA.  ($)
J U N E
June 23-24
June 23
-JK attends fundraiser at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, CA.  ($)
-JK addresses the SEIU 2004 Convention on his vision of health care technology at Moscone Center West in San Francisco, CA.
-JK attends fundraiser at the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. ($)
June 24
-JK makes remarks on plan to strengthen America through technology and innovation at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA.
-JK addresses AFSCME's 36th Convention at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.
-JK and THK attend a DNC fundraiser dinner at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA.  ($)
-JK attends concert to benefit the Kerry Victory Committee 2004 featuring Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Neil Diamond, Willie Nelson at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA. ($)

June 8-9  (Sen. Kerry cancelled planned campaign activities for June 7-11 following the death of President Reagan)
June 8
-JK pays respects to former President Ronald Reagan at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA.
-from news accounts... Impromptu walk around the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, CA.
June 9
-JK attends graduation of daughter Alexandra from the American Film Institute Conservancy in Hollywood Hills, CA.

June 6
-THK fundraiser at Mill Valley Community Center in Mill Valley, CA. ($)
-THK fundraiser at private home in Hillsborough, CA.  ($)

M A Y
May 5-6
May 5
-JK participates in a Cinco de Mayo celebration on education opportunity at Woodrow Wilson High School in Los Angeles, CA.
Also today, JK and THK private meeting with Cardinal Roger Mahoney at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, CA.
May 6
-JK talks about his plan to make sure every classroom has a quality teacher at Colton High School in Colton, CA.
A P R I L
April 22, 24 (very likely April 23 too, but not confirmed)
April 22
-THK talks to students from Allesandro Elementary School at an Earth Day event at Franklin Canyon Park in Los Angeles, CA.
April 23???
April 24
-THK fundraiser at the home of Robert and Carole Lieff in Montecito, CA.  ($)
M A R C H
March 29-30
Overnight March 28 in Sacramento, CA.
March 29
JK unscheduled visit with children celebrating Cesar Chavez Day at Cal State Sacramento in Sacramento, CA.
-JK tours, addresses students at the Charles A. Jones Skills & Business Education Center in Sacramento, CA.
-JK attends John Kerry for President luncheon at home of developer Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis and publisher Markos Kounalakis in Sacramento, CA.  ($)
To San Francisco, CA.
-JK attends John Kerry for President reception at Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA.  ($)
Overnight in San Francisco, CA.
March 30
Flight to San Diego, CA.
-JK attends John Kerry for President luncheon at the vacation home of supermarket magnate Ron Burkle in La Jolla, CA.  ($)
-JK rallies at UC San Diego in San Diego, CA.
Flight to Los Angeles, CA.
-JK attends John Kerry for President reception at the home of supermarket magnate Ron Burkle in Beverly Hills, CA.  ($)
Flight to MA.
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