November 29, 2023
The mini-Super Tuesday Democratic Party primaries and caucuses have cemented Senator John F. Kerry’s position as the frontrunner for his party’s presidential nomination.
Kerry won the contests in Missouri, Arizona, Delaware, New Mexico and North Dakota.
Senator John Edwards won in South Caroline, keeping his hopes alive, at least for a few days.
Retired General Wesley Clark had a narrow victory over Edwards and Kerry in Oklahoma, also delaying his departure from the race.
The former frontrunner and Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean, was defeated in all seven contests.
The 2000 vice-presidential nominee, Senator Joe Lieberman, was also defeated and announced his withdrawal from the race.
Senator John Kerry has won the Democratic New Hampshire primary.
Kerry polled 39% against his opponents Howard Dean, Wesley Clark, John Edwards and Joe Lieberman.
His win makes him the party’s frontrunner for this year’s nomination.
The seven Democratic Party presidential candidates have met in debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, in the aftermath of the Iowa caucuses which delivered a convincing victory to Massachusetts Senator John Kerry.
Gen. Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, Sen. John Edwards (N.C.), Sen. John Kerry (Mass.), Sen. Joseph Leiberman (Conn.), Rep. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), and the Rev. Al Sharpton participated in the debate.
Moderators were Brit Hume of Fox News, Peter Jennings of ABC News, Tom Griffith of WMUR, and John Distaso of The Union Leader.
This recording was taken from the FOX news channel coverage.
Senator John Kerry has won the Democratic Party’s Iowa caucus.
Kerry polled 37.6% of the vote. Senator John Edwards came second with 31.8%, whilst Howard Dean polled 18.0% and Richard Gephardt 10.6%.
The candidates each gave election night speeches. Howard Dean’s extraordinary speech could best be classified as a “non-concession concession speech”.