Arizona Democratic Primary Heats Up As February 3rd Draws Closer
Originally published by KOLD
Arizona Democratic Primary Heats Up As February 3rd Draws Closer
By J.D. Wallace, News 13 Reporter
posted 01/30/04
The Democratic primary trail is already winding its way through Tucson. Two candidates made stops here on Friday.
General Wes Clark spoke at the Savoy Oprah House. His speech was based on leadership and family values. He listed his plans for health care, employment, education, and environmental protection as key issues.
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich spoke at Muse about clean elections. He believes the federal government should offer more matching funds for elections, and that corporate contributions should not play a significant role in national politics.
The latest Zogby poll this week has Clark winning 17 percent of Arizona’s Democratic vote on Tuesday, and his campaign seeks to win the entire state. Kucinich’s strategy is not to try and win the nomination state by state; but, by district. He set his sights on only three out of Arizona’s fifty-five delegates. During the primary, his campaign will focus on shaping the Democratic platform instead of making a run for the presidential nomination.
“We believe it’s going to be a brokered convention,” said Kucinich campaign worker Mari Engelhardt. “We don’t think any one candidate is going to walk into Boston in July with enough delegates to take the nomination right then and there. So we want to take our delegates to Boston and take it from there. We’re not at this point electing a president, we’re electing a platform.”
“We plan on winning,” said Clark campaign worker Mark Riddle. “We feel very competitive in the February third states. We’re working hard in South Carolina, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and here in Arizona and we feel like we’ve go a great shot.”
Clark will visit Sierra Vista on Saturday, then move on to New Mexico. He will visit Flagstaff on Sunday and Phoenix on Monday. At this point, Kucinich’s next move is New Mexico on Saturday.
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