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Kerry wins Hawaii caucus; Kucinich surprises with strong second
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Feb 25, 2004 04:20pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, February 25, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Kerry wins Hawaii caucus; Kucinich surprises with strong second
The Honolulu Advertiser
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry won over the majority of Hawai'i Democrats in last night's presidential preference poll, taking about 46 percent of the votes, according to preliminary results. Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, considered a longshot candidate, took second place in the poll with 30 percent.
With more than 90 percent of the poll votes counted, Massachusetts Sen. Kerry is expected to receive 12 of Hawai'i's 20 pledged votes in the Democratic National Convention in Boston this summer. Kucinich is projected to receive the remaining eight votes.
Hawai'i Democratic Party chairman Alex Santiago said close to 4,000 people voted in the preference poll. He said it was a "record turnout" compared to the 2000 poll that drew about 1,200 members. Santiago estimated that more than 500 Hawai'i voters have registered in the past two weeks, which he attributed to "anti-Bush sentiment." He said there are an estimated 23,000 registered Democrats in the state.
Hawai'i Democrats have 20 pledged delegate votes out of a national total of 3,520 pledged votes in the Democratic National Convention. The state's Democratic presidential preference polling usually has been included in — and overshadowed by — a Super Tuesday that includes larger states, such as California and New York. Hawai'i Democrats decided this year to move up the polling a week in hopes of garnering more national attention.
Bart Dame, co-chairman of the Kucinich campaign here, was "ecstatic," and said the final numbers were better than he expected. "We knew we were getting delegates prior to his visit but we didn't know by how much of a margin," he said. "I think there's no question that when he came the next time we knew we had about 800 to 900 people who went out to hear him and we knew that was just the tip of the iceberg." |
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