| Election Name: | 2004 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary |
| Percentage1: | 69.24% |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2008 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Elected Members: | AR |
| Votes For Election: | 39 Democratic National Convention delegates (28 pledged, 11 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote |
| Outgoing Members: | NE |
| Candidate1: | John Kerry |
| Color1: | 00539f |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Popular Vote1: | 175,065 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Candidate3: | Joe Lieberman (withdrawn) |
| Color3: | 8E2791 |
| Color2: | e50100 |
| Home State2: | North Carolina |
| Popular Vote2: | 33,950 |
| Percentage2: | 13.43% |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
| Delegate Count1: | 28 |
| Home State3: | Connecticut |
| Popular Vote3: | 13,881 |
| Percentage3: | 5.49% |
| Delegate Count3: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 280px |
| Candidate2: | John Edwards (withdrawn) |
The 2004 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary was held on May 11 in the U.S. state of West Virginia as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kerry | 175,065 | 69.24 | 28 | |
| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 33,950 | 13.43 | 0 | |
| Joe Lieberman (withdrawn) | 13,881 | 5.49 | 0 | |
| Howard Dean (withdrawn) | 10,576 | 4.18 | 0 | |
| Wesley Clark (withdrawn) | 9,170 | 3.63 | 0 | |
| Dennis Kucinich | 6,114 | 2.42 | 0 | |
| Lyndon LaRouche | 4,083 | 1.61 | 0 | |
| Total | 252,839 | 100% | 28 |
| County | Kerry | Edwards | Lieberman | Dean | Clark | Kucinich | LaRouche | Margin | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||
| Barbour | 1,585 | 70.57% | 259 | 11.53% | 122 | 5.43% | 86 | 3.83% | 105 | 4.67% | 50 | 2.23% | 39 | 1.74% | 1,326 | 59.04% | 2,246 | |
| Berkeley | 2,981 | 67.12% | 579 | 13.04% | 247 | 5.56% | 273 | 6.15% | 182 | 4.10% | 84 | 1.89% | 95 | 2.14% | 2,402 | 54.09% | 4,441 | |
| Boone | 4,491 | 75.08% | 764 | 12.77% | 223 | 3.73% | 167 | 2.79% | 147 | 2.46% | 109 | 1.82% | 81 | 1.35% | 3,727 | 62.30% | 5,982 | |
| Braxton | 2,215 | 68.13% | 464 | 14.27% | 142 | 4.37% | 131 | 4.03% | 126 | 3.88% | 110 | 3.38% | 63 | 1.94% | 1,751 | 53.86% | 3,251 | |
| Brooke | 3,174 | 70.58% | 512 | 11.39% | 258 | 5.74% | 210 | 4.67% | 150 | 3.34% | 147 | 3.27% | 46 | 1.02% | 2,662 | 59.20% | 4,497 | |
| Cabell | 8,941 | 69.35% | 2,080 | 16.13% | 753 | 5.84% | 310 | 2.40% | 348 | 2.70% | 344 | 2.67% | 116 | 0.90% | 6,861 | 53.22% | 12,892 | |
| Calhoun | 841 | 65.04% | 192 | 14.85% | 53 | 4.10% | 67 | 5.18% | 52 | 4.02% | 60 | 4.64% | 28 | 2.17% | 649 | 50.19% | 1,293 | |
| Clay | 1,467 | 66.29% | 288 | 13.01% | 110 | 4.97% | 101 | 4.56% | 130 | 5.87% | 72 | 3.25% | 45 | 2.03% | 1,179 | 53.28% | 2,213 | |
| Doddridge | 363 | 68.88% | 56 | 10.63% | 22 | 4.17% | 15 | 2.85% | 34 | 6.45% | 29 | 5.50% | 8 | 1.52% | 307 | 58.25% | 527 | |
| Fayette | 4,865 | 69.09% | 987 | 14.02% | 322 | 4.57% | 369 | 5.24% | 282 | 4.00% | 123 | 1.75% | 94 | 1.33% | 3,878 | 55.07% | 7,042 | |
| Gilmer | 937 | 62.63% | 220 | 14.71% | 82 | 5.48% | 61 | 4.08% | 75 | 5.01% | 92 | 6.15% | 29 | 1.94% | 717 | 47.93% | 1,496 | |
| Grant | 232 | 70.09% | 49 | 14.80% | 12 | 3.63% | 12 | 3.63% | 15 | 4.53% | 6 | 1.81% | 5 | 1.51% | 183 | 55.29% | 331 | |
| Greenbrier | 3,470 | 65.07% | 878 | 16.46% | 274 | 5.14% | 224 | 4.20% | 198 | 3.71% | 114 | 2.14% | 175 | 3.28% | 2,592 | 48.60% | 5,333 | |
| Hampshire | 1,387 | 63.68% | 318 | 14.60% | 139 | 6.38% | 96 | 4.41% | 87 | 3.99% | 45 | 2.07% | 106 | 4.87% | 1,069 | 49.08% | 2,178 | |
| Hancock | 3,955 | 70.12% | 657 | 11.65% | 333 | 5.90% | 235 | 4.17% | 199 | 3.53% | 153 | 2.71% | 108 | 1.91% | 3,298 | 58.48% | 5,640 | |
| Hardy | 1,066 | 62.38% | 273 | 15.97% | 101 | 5.91% | 81 | 4.74% | 81 | 4.74% | 17 | 0.99% | 90 | 5.27% | 793 | 46.40% | 1,709 | |
| Harrison | 8,120 | 69.38% | 1,411 | 12.06% | 892 | 7.62% | 459 | 3.92% | 414 | 3.54% | 245 | 2.09% | 162 | 1.38% | 6,709 | 57.33% | 11,703 | |
| Jackson | 2,732 | 76.40% | 408 | 11.41% | 131 | 3.66% | 125 | 3.50% | 60 | 1.68% | 75 | 2.10% | 45 | 1.26% | 2,324 | 64.99% | 3,576 | |
| Jefferson | 3,310 | 75.73% | 393 | 8.99% | 201 | 4.60% | 172 | 3.94% | 124 | 2.84% | 107 | 2.45% | 64 | 1.46% | 2,917 | 66.74% | 4,371 | |
| Kanawha | 19,675 | 70.81% | 3,999 | 14.39% | 1,345 | 4.84% | 906 | 3.26% | 1,032 | 3.71% | 590 | 2.12% | 237 | 0.85% | 15,676 | 56.42% | 27,784 | |
| Lewis | 1,540 | 64.11% | 355 | 14.78% | 151 | 6.29% | 132 | 5.50% | 117 | 4.87% | 60 | 2.50% | 47 | 1.96% | 1,185 | 49.33% | 2,402 | |
| Lincoln | 3,290 | 76.28% | 456 | 10.57% | 125 | 2.90% | 141 | 3.27% | 109 | 2.53% | 133 | 3.08% | 59 | 1.37% | 2,834 | 65.71% | 4,313 | |
| Logan | 5,093 | 74.83% | 611 | 8.98% | 284 | 4.17% | 327 | 4.80% | 269 | 3.95% | 136 | 2.00% | 86 | 1.26% | 4,482 | 65.85% | 6,806 | |
| Marion | 8,215 | 71.09% | 1,381 | 11.95% | 736 | 6.37% | 397 | 3.44% | 398 | 3.44% | 205 | 1.77% | 223 | 1.93% | 6,834 | 59.14% | 11,555 | |
| Marshall | 3,719 | 68.74% | 748 | 13.83% | 299 | 5.53% | 263 | 4.86% | 152 | 2.81% | 161 | 2.98% | 68 | 1.26% | 2,971 | 54.92% | 5,410 | |
| Mason | 3,112 | 75.13% | 415 | 10.02% | 158 | 3.81% | 186 | 4.49% | 105 | 2.54% | 104 | 2.51% | 62 | 1.50% | 2,697 | 65.11% | 4,142 | |
| McDowell | 3,309 | 71.30% | 668 | 14.39% | 168 | 3.62% | 149 | 3.21% | 145 | 3.12% | 112 | 2.41% | 90 | 1.94% | 2,641 | 56.91% | 4,641 | |
| Mercer | 4,640 | 60.84% | 1,519 | 19.92% | 559 | 7.33% | 307 | 4.03% | 358 | 4.69% | 113 | 1.48% | 130 | 1.70% | 3,121 | 40.93% | 7,626 | |
| Mineral | 1,738 | 66.51% | 312 | 11.94% | 156 | 5.97% | 195 | 7.46% | 98 | 3.75% | 63 | 2.41% | 51 | 1.95% | 1,426 | 54.57% | 2,613 | |
| Mingo | 5,004 | 75.34% | 605 | 9.11% | 241 | 3.63% | 314 | 4.73% | 209 | 3.15% | 116 | 1.75% | 153 | 2.30% | 4,399 | 66.23% | 6,642 | |
| Monongalia | 6,093 | 66.74% | 989 | 10.83% | 773 | 8.47% | 480 | 5.26% | 314 | 3.44% | 351 | 3.84% | 129 | 1.41% | 5,104 | 55.91% | 9,129 | |
| Monroe | 1,232 | 65.46% | 351 | 18.65% | 87 | 4.62% | 76 | 4.04% | 64 | 3.40% | 28 | 1.49% | 44 | 2.34% | 881 | 46.81% | 1,882 | |
| Morgan | 656 | 70.39% | 121 | 12.98% | 46 | 4.94% | 39 | 4.18% | 34 | 3.65% | 19 | 2.04% | 17 | 1.82% | 535 | 57.40% | 932 | |
| Nicholas | 3,064 | 68.93% | 619 | 13.93% | 275 | 6.19% | 180 | 4.05% | 160 | 3.60% | 85 | 1.91% | 62 | 1.39% | 2,445 | 55.01% | 4,445 | |
| Ohio | 4,238 | 68.37% | 738 | 11.91% | 506 | 8.16% | 283 | 4.57% | 149 | 2.40% | 215 | 3.47% | 70 | 1.13% | 3,500 | 56.46% | 6,199 | |
| Pendleton | 1,010 | 70.73% | 178 | 12.46% | 51 | 3.57% | 58 | 4.06% | 52 | 3.64% | 27 | 1.89% | 52 | 3.64% | 832 | 58.26% | 1,428 | |
| Pleasants | 810 | 67.56% | 202 | 16.85% | 67 | 5.59% | 39 | 3.25% | 29 | 2.42% | 22 | 1.83% | 30 | 2.50% | 608 | 50.71% | 1,199 | |
| Pocahontas | 950 | 67.52% | 169 | 12.01% | 64 | 4.55% | 61 | 4.34% | 62 | 4.41% | 45 | 3.20% | 56 | 3.98% | 781 | 55.51% | 1,407 | |
| Preston | 1,836 | 66.14% | 336 | 12.10% | 177 | 6.38% | 135 | 4.86% | 151 | 5.44% | 69 | 2.49% | 72 | 2.59% | 1,500 | 54.03% | 2,776 | |
| Putnam | 4,596 | 70.18% | 863 | 13.18% | 286 | 4.37% | 308 | 4.70% | 271 | 4.14% | 146 | 2.23% | 79 | 1.21% | 3,733 | 57.00% | 6,549 | |
| Raleigh | 5,853 | 62.67% | 1,668 | 17.86% | 607 | 6.50% | 508 | 5.44% | 323 | 3.46% | 245 | 2.62% | 135 | 1.45% | 4,185 | 44.81% | 9,339 | |
| Randolph | 3,223 | 64.18% | 698 | 13.90% | 284 | 5.66% | 292 | 5.81% | 270 | 5.38% | 147 | 2.93% | 108 | 2.15% | 2,525 | 50.28% | 5,022 | |
| Ritchie | 451 | 67.51% | 96 | 14.37% | 28 | 4.19% | 27 | 4.04% | 24 | 3.59% | 33 | 4.94% | 9 | 1.35% | 355 | 53.14% | 668 | |
| Roane | 1,367 | 74.29% | 207 | 11.25% | 49 | 2.66% | 75 | 4.08% | 75 | 4.08% | 54 | 2.93% | 13 | 0.71% | 1,160 | 63.04% | 1,840 | |
| Summers | 1,560 | 64.49% | 434 | 17.94% | 128 | 5.29% | 110 | 4.55% | 98 | 4.05% | 51 | 2.11% | 38 | 1.57% | 1,126 | 46.55% | 2,419 | |
| Taylor | 1,589 | 67.36% | 320 | 13.57% | 132 | 5.60% | 97 | 4.11% | 128 | 5.43% | 70 | 2.97% | 23 | 0.97% | 1,269 | 53.79% | 2,359 | |
| Tucker | 887 | 64.74% | 228 | 16.64% | 71 | 5.18% | 81 | 5.91% | 50 | 3.65% | 28 | 2.04% | 25 | 1.82% | 659 | 48.10% | 1,370 | |
| Tyler | 592 | 67.89% | 105 | 12.04% | 58 | 6.65% | 45 | 5.16% | 32 | 3.67% | 28 | 3.21% | 12 | 1.38% | 487 | 55.85% | 872 | |
| Upshur | 1,396 | 70.47% | 245 | 12.37% | 74 | 3.74% | 101 | 5.10% | 105 | 5.30% | 38 | 1.92% | 22 | 1.11% | 1,151 | 58.10% | 1,981 | |
| Wayne | 5,517 | 72.13% | 921 | 12.04% | 385 | 5.03% | 261 | 3.41% | 260 | 3.40% | 156 | 2.04% | 149 | 1.95% | 4,596 | 60.09% | 7,649 | |
| Webster | 1,715 | 69.32% | 342 | 13.82% | 98 | 3.96% | 77 | 3.11% | 123 | 4.97% | 63 | 2.55% | 56 | 2.26% | 1,373 | 55.50% | 2,474 | |
| Wetzel | 2,259 | 65.54% | 563 | 16.33% | 200 | 5.80% | 145 | 4.21% | 122 | 3.54% | 119 | 3.45% | 39 | 1.13% | 1,696 | 49.20% | 3,447 | |
| Wirt | 638 | 68.60% | 113 | 12.15% | 56 | 6.02% | 45 | 4.84% | 32 | 3.44% | 29 | 3.12% | 17 | 1.83% | 525 | 56.45% | 930 | |
| Wood | 5,333 | 68.01% | 977 | 12.46% | 496 | 6.32% | 428 | 5.46% | 311 | 3.97% | 201 | 2.56% | 96 | 1.22% | 4,356 | 55.55% | 7,842 | |
| Wyoming | 2,733 | 67.88% | 610 | 15.15% | 244 | 6.06% | 114 | 2.83% | 130 | 3.23% | 70 | 1.74% | 125 | 3.10% | 2,123 | 52.73% | 4,026 | |
| Totals | 175,065 | 69.24% | 33,950 | 13.43% | 13,881 | 5.49% | 10,576 | 4.18% | 9,170 | 3.63% | 6,114 | 2.42% | 4,083 | 1.61% | 141,115 | 55.81% | 252,839 | |
| Source: West Virginia Blue Book 2004 (page 594) | ||||||||||||||||||