Vermont--Details

VERMONT

3 Electoral Votes

The outcome of the presidential race was a foregone conclusion in Vermont, but Democrats and Republicans did organize trips to neighboring New Hampshire, a battleground state. The Kerry campaign had a coordinator on the ground and sent Elizabeth Edwards in to do a couple of events in October.

Bush-Cheney '04	Kerry-Edwards 2004
Organization details... Vermont Republican Party Chairman: Jim Barnett Exec. Director: Office:	details... KE State Coordinator: Robyn Schmidek Vermont Democratic Party Chairman: Scudder Parker Exec. Director: Jon Copans Office:

Travel

October 12, 2004
-After doing a couple of events in NH, Elizabeth Edwards did a DNC fundraiser at a private home in Charlotte, VT, then spoke at a rally, following fmr Gov. Howard Dean and Sen. Pat Leahy, at Union Station in Burlington, VT.

Newspaper Endorsements

BUSH KERRY
Burlington Free Press (Oct. 26)
Rutland Herald (Oct. 26)
Times Argus [Barre-Montpelier] (Oct. 30) >
Brattleboro Reformer (Oct. 30)
Bennington Banner (Oct. 30)

Nader
The Vermont Green Party was one of two state Green parties that broke with the Green Party of the United States and decided not to list David Cobb and Pat LaMarche on the ballot as its presidential and vice presidential candidates. At a September 2004 meeting "after lengthy debate and through a democratic vote" members endorsed, but did not nominate Ralph Nader and Peter Camejo.

Nader pursued the independent route. On Sept. 17, 2004 the Nader campaign reported it had turned in "1,278 verified signatures from more than 50 towns in Vermont," qualifying Nader for the ballot as an independent. (To appear on the ballot as for president as an independent or under a party label not officially organized in Vermont, a candidate needed to file petitions with 1,000 signatures, verified by town clerks, in the office of the Secretary of State, between Sept. 3 and Sept. 17, 2004).
Vermont State Coordinator: Ashley A. Smith.

The 2004 Campaign on the Web--Vermont


Republican Party of VT	VT Democratic Party


VT Green Party	VT Libertarian Party	Constitution Party of VT	VT Progressive Party


Jim Douglas (R) inc.	Peter Clavelle (D)	Hardy Macia (L)	Peter Diamondstone (LU)


Jack McMullen (R)	Pat Leahy (D) inc.	Ben Mitchell (LU)