Oklahoma primary, 2004

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Wesley Clark won in the primary
Wesley Clark won in the primary

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John Edwards came second in the primary
John Edwards came second in the primary

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John Kerry got third in the primary
John Kerry got third in the primary

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Army general Wesley Clark finally got the win he needed to stay in the race. Frontrunner John Kerry got a disoppointing third place finish. John Edwards got an amazing second place finish. Howard Dean got a disoppointing 4%. Edwards second place finish supprised many a poll taken 2 days before the primary had Kerry in second leading Edwards 26% to 29% to Clark 31%. Young voters who had helped Dean in the primaries only 8% voted for him compared with Wesley Clark at 34% and Edwards at 26% and Kerry at 23%. Another disoppointment in the Dean camp is women and men voters who had voted for him always only 6% for men and 2% for women voted for Dean compared to Wesley Clark who got men 28% and women 31% compared to Edwards for men 29% and women 31%. Clark's narrow win by 1,216 gave Edwards a win in South Carolina over Kerry. Dean had been leading Wesley Clark 21% to 13% in polls 3 weeks before the primary.

[edit] Results

Candidate No. State Delegates Percentage Potential National delegates
Wesley Clark 90,526 29.94 15
John Edwards 89,310 29.54 13
John Kerry 81,073 26.81 12
Joe Lieberman 19,680 6.51 0
Howard Dean 12,734 4.21 0
Al Sharpton 3,939 1.30 0
Dennis Kucinich 2,544 0.84 0