Peace and Freedom Party Campaign 2004: March 2nd Results

The March 2nd Primary Election

There were two candidates for the Peace and Freedom Party nomination for President on the ballot in the March 2, 2004, primary election, in addition to unopposed Peace and Freedom Party candidates for U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, California Assemblymember, and California State Senator. The members of our party's State and County Central Committees were also elected in the March 2004 primary.

The two candidates for the Peace and Freedom Party nomination for President of the United States who are appeared on the March 2nd ballot were:

Walter F. "Walt" Brown (1,938 votes, 40.7%)
Leonard Peltier (2,809 votes, 59.2%)

(In addition, there were 5 write-in votes cast for Israel Feuer, who qualified as an official write-in candidate as chair of a P&F delegation. Originally, the name of Mumia Abu-Jamal was to appear on the presidential ballot, but he decided just before the deadline for withdrawing that he did not want to be considered for the Peace and Freedom Party's Presidential nomination.) The March Presidential Preference Primary was not binding on the Peace and Freedom Party; the actual choice of a Presidential candidate will be made at our August 2004 convention by the members of the State Central Committee who were elected in the March primary.

The Peace and Freedom Party candidates for other public offices, with the number of votes they received in the March 2nd primary, are:

U.S. Senator: Marsha Feinland (4,864)
U.S. Representative, 5th District: John C. Reiger (215)
U.S. Representative, 8th District: Leilani Dowell (266)
U.S. Representative, 17th District: Joe Williams (141)
U.S. Representative, 36th District: Alice Stek (124)
U.S. Representative, 44th District: Kevin Akin (103)
State Senator, 3rd District: Ian J. Grimes (325)
State Senator, 9th District: Tom Condit (281)
Assemblymember, 53rd District: James R. Smith (95)

For information on local P&F campaigns in the March primary, go to this counties page.

There were four propositions on the statewide ballot March 2nd:

Proposition 55: School Facilities Bonds. Peace and Freedom did not take a position on this measure, because we generally oppose bonds but realize that these are for a good purpose. The bonds were approved, by a vote of 3,239,706 (50.9%) to 3,130,921 (49.1%) statewide.
Proposition 56: the Budget Accountability Act. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote YES on 56. The measure failed to pass despite our support, bu a vote of 2,185,868 (34.3%) to 4,183,188 (65.7%) statewide.
Proposition 57: Deficit Bonds. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on 57. The measure passed despite our opposition, by a vote of 4,056,313 (63.4%) to 2,348,910 (36.6%) statewide.
Proposition 58: Prioritize Balanced Budget (above human needs, and everything else), except for this year. Peace and Freedom urged you to vote NO on 58. The measure passed despite our opposition, by a vote of 4,535,084 (71.2%) to 1,841,138 (28.8%) statewide.

This page was last updated on 30 April 2004

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