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from March 2, 2004 through Nov. 2, 2004  See Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.
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JE 7/23  Milwaukee.  7/24  Milwaukee.


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JK 8/2  Milwaukee.  bus tour...8/3  Beloit, (Monroe, Gratiot, Shullsburg, Benton, Cuba City).
EE 8/14  Milwaukee.  8/15  Milwaukee, Green Bay.
JE 8/22  Milwaukee.  8/23  Racine, Oshkosh, La Crosse.
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JE bus tour...  9/3  Green Bay, (Shawano, Wittenberg), Wausau, Stevens Point. Overnight in Stevens Point.  9/4 (Briggsville), Newport, (Columbus), Waukesha. Overnights in Sheboygan. 
9/5  Day off Sheboygan.  9/6 Oak Creek.
EE 9/13  Racine, Madison, Eau Claire.
JK (Overnight in Milwaukee on 9/13),  9/14  Milwaukee.
JK 9/15  Madison.
EE 9/26  Milwaukee, De Pere.
JK 9/26  Mount Horeb.  9/26-9/29 debate prep. in Spring Green.








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EE 10/9  La Crosse.
JE (Overnight in Milwaukee on 10/9). 10/10  Milwaukee, West Allis.
JK 10/15 bus tour...  Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Appleton.
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Kerry/Edwards in Wisconsin
Every day from October 25 to Election Day at least one of the four Democratic principals was doing an event somewhere in Wisconsin.  Sen. Kerry did three bus tours in the state, and Sen. Edwards also did a bus tour.  In late September Kerry spent three and a half days preparing for the first presidential debate in Spring Green.  On Election Day itself Sen. Kerry made his last campaign stop in the morning in La Crosse before heading to Boston. 

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N O V E M B E R
November 2
-JK meets with GOTV volunteers in the parking lot of Baus House in La Crosse, WI.  ...final stop before heading to Boston.
Overnights November 1 in La Crosse, WI

November 1
-JK holds a rally with Bon Jovi at the corner of Water and State streets in Milwaukee, WI.

November 1
-EE greets voters and volunteers at Victory '04 headquarters (404 South Barstow Street) in Eau Claire, WI.   visit continued from Oct. 31
 

O C T O B E R
October 31
-EE holds a GOTV event at Starlight Ballroom in Stevens Point, WI.   visit continues to Nov. 1
 
October 30
-JK attends a Fresh Start for America rally at Roosevelt Middle School in Appleton, WI.
Overnights October 29 in Appleton, WI
 
October 29
-JE rallies at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Mitchell Hall Gymnasium in La Crosse, WI.
Overnights October 28 in Onalaska, WI.

October 28
-JK attends a Fresh Start for America rally with special guest Bruce Springsteen at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, WI.

October 27
-EE holds a town hall meeting at Fox Valley Technical College in Oshkosh, WI.
-EE holds a town hall meeting at Beulah Brinton Community Center in Milwaukee, WI.

October 26
-JK speech on national security at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's Phoenix Sports Center in Green Bay, WI.
October 25  Overnights October 25 in Green Bay, WI
-JK attends an evening Fresh Start for America rally in the parking lot at Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Green Bay, WI.
October 25

-JE rallies at Festival Park in Racine, WI.
October 22
-JK speech at the Helene Zelazo Center of the Performing Arts at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI.
Overnights October 21 in Milwaukee, WI

October 21
-EE holds a town hall meeting at UAW Local 72 Hall in Kenosha, WI.

October 19
-JE rallies at McPhee Physical Education Center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in Eau Claire, WI.

October 15
Sen. Kerry does a bus tour in Wisconsin.
-Delivers a speech on creating and keeping good-paying jobs in Cooley Auditorium at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, WI.
Stop with Olympians Julie Foudy and Abby Wambach at a girls' soccer practice in Brown Deer Park (northern Milwaukee), WI.
-Attends a "KE '04 Brat Fry" and rally at Fountain Park in Sheboygan, WI.
Stops to greet supporters by the roadside in Reedsville, WI.  [Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
-Attends a Rally for a Stronger America on the Lawn at Alexander Gymnasium at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.

October 10
JE attends services at the Greater New Birth Baptist Church in Milwaukee, WI
JE appears on the Sunday morning news shows (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX) from Milwaukee, WI.  (before or after church?)
-JE speaks to a group of working women at The Little Cafe in West Allis (Milwaukee), WI.
Overnights October 9 in Milwaukee, WI.

October 9
-EE talks with voters at the Historic Downtown La Crosse Days Festival at Southside Oktoberfest Grounds (Intersection of 2nd and La Crosse St.) in La Crosse, WI.
 

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September 26
-EE attends morning church services in Milwaukee, WI.
-EE discussion with local women about the economy, jobs and the middle-class squeeze at the home of Skip Schaeuble in De Pere (Green Bay), WI.

Sen. Kerry spends 3 1/2 days doing debate prep. in Spring Green, WI.
September 26
Flight to Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, WI; arrives afternoon and greeted at the airport by supporters.
Stops at the Main Street Pub & Grill, watches some of the Green Bay Packers versus Indianapolis Colts football game, has a Leinenkugel's beer and a cheeseburger, and buys a round; afterwards makes a stop at Schubert's Old Fashioned Cafe Bakery in Mount Horeb, WI.
Overnight at the House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, WI.
September 27
-Town hall meeting at River Valley Middle School in Spring Green, WI.
Debate prep. at House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, WI.
September 28
Debate prep. at House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, WI.
September 29
Debate prep. at House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, WI.  to Florida.

September 15
-JK attends a Rally for a Stronger America at 919 Alliant Energy Center Way in Madison, WI.

September 14
-JK holds a town meeting highlighting his commitment to fight for America's seniors at St. Ann’s Intergenerational Care Facility in Milwaukee, WI.
Overnights September 13 in Milwaukee, WI.

September 13
-EE discusses health care at St. Luke's Memorial Hospiital in Racine, WI.
-EE tours and discusses stem cell research at UW-Madison's Waisman Center, then stops in at the Memorial Union, in Madison, WI.
-EE campaigns in Eau Claire, WI.

Sen. Edwards does a two-day "A Stronger America Begins at Home" Wisconsin bus tour.
September 3
Note: For the stops he pulls over to the side of the road, gets up on a pickup truck w/ a PA system, and gives brief speeches.
-Attends rally at Bay Beach Park in Green Bay, WI.
Stops in Shawano and Wittenberg, WI.
-Holds at town hall meeting at The Chatter Box in Wausau, WI.
-Holds rally at Pfiffner Pioneer Park in Stevens Point, WI.
Overnights in Stevens Point.
September 4
Stop in Briggsville, WI.
-Town hall meeting with rural and small town families at a dairy farm in Newport (near Wisconsin Dells), WI.
Stop in Columbus, WI.
-Rally at the fairgrounds of the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, WI.
Overnights in Sheboygan.
September 5
Day off with family at Blue Harbor Resort (indoor waterpark); overnights in Sheboygan.
September 6
-Attends a front porch discussion at the home of Craig and Katie Tinsen at Libby Court in Oak Creek (suburban) Milwaukee, WI.
 

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August 25
JK stops to visit Green Bay West High School football team practice in Green Bay, WI.
-JK front porch visit at the home of Sue Laabs, an unemployed single mom, in Green Bay, WI.


August 22
-JE hosts a block party at Humboldt Park in Milwaukee, WI.
August 23
-JE holds a town hall at Memorial Hall in Racine, WI.
-JE holds a worker roundtable at Delta Family Restaurant in Oshkosh, WI.
-JE rallies at Riverside Park Fountain in La Crosse, WI.

August 14
-EE does a women's healthcare tour and discussion at St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee, WI.
August 15
-EE attends church at Christian Faith Fellowship in Milwaukee, WI.
-EE hosts a women's healthcare event at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay, WI.

Sen. Kerry continues post-Convention "Believe in America" tour.
August 2
Crosses Lake Michigan on Lake Express High Speed Ferry from Muskegon, MI to Milwaukee, WI.
-Attends a Believe in America rally at Pere Marquette Park in Milwaukee, WI.
Overnights in Milwaukee, WI.
August 3
-Town hall meeting at Edwards Pavilion & Sports Complex-Teflar Park in Beloit, WI.
Unannounced stops at Baumgartner's Cheese Store & Tavern ("Wisconsin's Oldest Cheese Store") at the Huber Brewery in Monroe, WI.  [Green County]
Unannounced stops in Gratiot, Shullsburg and Benton, WI.  [Lafayette County]
Unannounced stop, rally in Cuba City, WI.  [Grant County]   -on May 7 the Bush campaign caravan went through the town without stopping.
...to Dubuque, IA.

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July 23
-JE fundraiser at 1451 Renaissance Place in Milwaukee, WI.  ($)
July 24
-JE rally at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Milwaukee, WI.

Sen. Kerry does a “Celebrating the Spirit of America” bus tour through Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, July 2-4, 2004.
July 2
Arrives in state after a stop in Cloquet (Carlton County), MN....
Stops in Superior (Douglas County) to shake hands; at Amnicon Falls State Park (Douglas County); in Spooner (Washburn County); and at the Norske Nook Restaurant and Bakery in Rice Lake (Barron County), WI.
-Rally at Evergreen Stock Farm in Bloomer (Chippewa County), WI.
July 3
-Tours Dejno Acres Farm, then leads a conversation with family farmers and community members, Independence (Trempealeau County), WI.
Stops for trap shooting at the Gun Slick Trap Club in Holmen (La Crosse County); at the Dairy Queen in Boscobel (Grant County); and in Lancaster (Grant County), WI.

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M A Y
May 27
-JK rallies with Wisconsin veterans and families at ShopKo Hall in Green Bay, WI.
A P R I L
April 8
-JK holds town hall meeting on fiscal responsibility, with Gov. Doyle, at YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee-Northside Branch, Milwaukee, WI.
-from news accounts... Private meeting with ministers, Milwaukee, WI.
M A R C H
 

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