California Republican Delegation 2004

The Green Papers
2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

California Republican
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 2 March 2004

Candidate	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Popular Vote	Hard Total	Floor Vote
Bush, George W.	`2,216,047 100.0%`	`170 98.3%`	`173 100.0%`
(write-in/others)	`304 0.0%`
Uncommitted		`3 1.7%`
(available)
Total	`2,216,351 100.0%`	`173 100.0%`	`173 100.0%`

Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary, Polls close 8:00p PST (0400 UTC)
Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All (by district and statewide)

173 total delegates - 10 base at-large / 159 re: 53 congressional districts / 3 party / 1 bonus

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California Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

George Bush, being the only candidate on the ballot, will receive all of California's pledged delegates. Write-in candidates include: Bill Wyatt: 90; Blake Ashby: 56; Bradley J. Barton: 22; Doc Castellano: 12; Nancy Warrick: 95; Richard Allen Holtz: 17; Richard P. Bosa: 12.

The Popular Vote above is based on official returns from the California Secretary of State for the 2 March Primary. This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Offiical results from the California Secretary of State: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_primary/contents.htm.

References: http://www.cagopdelegation.com, STANDING RULES AND BYLAWS OF THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY

Tuesday 2 March 2004: 170 of 173 of California's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's California Presidential Primary.

159 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 53 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all 3 of that district's National Convention delegates.
11 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 1 bonus delegates) are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the California's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.