Bush-Cheney Ohio Visits
from March 2, 2004 through Nov. 2, 2004  See Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.
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 5/1  Cedarville.
GWB 5/4 bus tour: Maumee, Dayton, Lebanon, Cincinnati.
GWB 5/25 Youngstown.
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 6/17 Lewis Center, New Albany.
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 7/3  bus tour: Parma, Canton, Lisbon.
DC 7/19 Toledo.
GWB 7/30 Cleveland, Kirtland Hills. (Overnight in Cleveland)  7/31 bus tour: (Berea), Canton, (Dover), Cambridge.
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GWB 8/5  Columbus.
LB 8/9  Toledo.
DC (8/11 Overnight in Dayton) 8/12 Dayton.
GWB 8/16 Cincinnati.
LB 8/23 Cincinnati.
GWB 8/28 bus tour: Troy, (Sidney), Lima, (Columbus Grove), Perrysburg.
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GWB, LB 9/1  Columbus.
GWB, LB (9/3 Overnight in Cleveland)  9/4 bus tour: Broadview Heights, (Chagrin Falls), Kirtland.
DC, LC 9/9  Cincinnati.
GWB 9/10 bus tour: (Ironton), Portsmouth, Chillicothe.
LB 9/14  Columbus, Cleveland.
DC, LC 9/20 Grove City.
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 9/21 Wauseon.
LB 9/23  Cincinnati.
GWB 9/27 bus tour: Springfield, (Xenia), West Chester.


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GWB 10/2 bus tour: Columbus, Mansfield, Cuyahoga Falls.
DC, LC 10/5 debate: Cleveland.
DC, LC 10/11  Batavia.
DC, LC (Overnight in Columbus on 10/18) 10/19 bus tour: Carroll, (Circleville), Xenia, Cincinnati. 
DC 10/21  Sylvania.
GWB, LB 10/22  Canton.
DC, LC 10/25  Wilmington.
GWB,LB 10/27  Vienna, Findlay.
GWB 10/28  Dayton, Westlake.
GWB, LB 10/29  Toledo, Columbus. (+Overnight)
DC,LC 10/30  Zanesville. 
GWB,LB 10/31  Cincinnati. (+Overnight)
DC, LC (10/30 Overnight in Toledo)  10/31  Toledo.
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GWB,LB 11/1  Wilmington.
LB 11/1  Cleveland.
GWB,LB 11/2  Columbus.
Bush/Cheney in Ohio
President Bush did seven bus tours entirely or partially in Ohio and Vice President Cheney did two.  During the eight-month period leading up to the election the four principals made stops in 35 of the state's 88 counties.  Bush's very last campaign stop en route to Washington, DC on November 2 was in Columbus.

GWB
DC
LBsolo
LCsolo

Visits Days Visits Days Visits Days Visit
Final two weeks (Oct. 19-Nov. 2, 2004): 6
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Final month (Oct. 2-Nov. 2, 2004): 7
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Eight months (March 2-Nov. 2, 2004): 19
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Prior to March 2, 2004: 14






N O V E M B E R

November 2
-After voting in Crawford, TX on the way back to Washington, DC GWB and LB make a quick visit to thank volunteers and encourage get-out-the-vote at campaign headquarters in Columbus (German Village neighborhood), OH.  [Franklin County]
33rd visit as president

November 1
-GWB and LB hold a Victory 2004 rally with pitcher Kurt Schilling at the ABX Air Hanger in Wilmington, OH.  [Clinton County]
continues 32th visit as president
November 1
-LB remarks at Victory 2004 rally at International Exposition Center in Cleveland, OH.  [Cuyahoga County]
 

O C T O B E R
October 31
-GWB and LB hold a Victory 2004 rally at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH.  [Hamilton County]
Overnights in Cincinnati, OH.
32th visit as president

October 31
-DC and LC participate in a Victory 2004 rally at Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, OH.  [Lucas County]

October 30
-DC and LC participate in a Victory 2004 rally at Hallowed Hills Conference Center in Zanesville, OH.  [Muskingum County; Columbus area]
to Iowa then returns to Ohio.
Overnight in Toledo, OH.

October 29
-GWB and LB hold a Victory 2004 rally at Seagate Convention Centre in Toledo, OH.  [Lucas County]
-GWB and LB hold a Victory 2004 rally with Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH.  [Franklin County]
Overnights in Columbus, OH.
31st visit as president

October 28 (Laura Bush in FL)
-GWB holds a Victory 2004 rally at the Hara Complex in Dayton, OH.  [Montgomery County]
-GWB holds a Victory 2004 rally at Westlake Recreation Center in Westlake, OH.  [Cuyahoga County; Cleveland suburb]
30th visit as president

October 27
-GWB and LB hold a Victory 2004 rally with Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA) at Youngstown Warren Regional Airport in Vienna, OH.  [Trumbull County]
-GWB and LB hold a rally with Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA) at Hancock County Fairgrounds in Findlay, OH.  [Hancock County]
29th visit as president

October 25
-DC and LC host a Bush-Cheney '04 town hall meeting at Roberts Convention Center in Wilmington, OH.  [Clinton County]

October 22
-GWB, with LB and their two daughters, discusses medical liability reform and health care at the Palace Theatre in Canton, OH.  [Stark County]
28th visit as president

October 21
-DC (no info LC) participates in a Victory 2004 rally at the Sylvania Tam-O Shanter Sports Complex in Sylvania, OH.  [Lucas County, near Toledo]

October 19  (Overnight October 18 in Columbus, OH).
Vice President Cheney and Mrs. Cheney do a Bush-Cheney '04 bus tour through southern Ohio
-Bush-Cheney '04 town hall meeting at Historical Aircraft Squadron Hanger in Carroll, OH.  [Fairfield County]
Unscheduled stops in Circleville, OH -- greet students at Circleville Bible College on U.S. 22, thank volunteers at Pickaway County Republican headquarters, and talk with folks setting up for the Pumpkin Festival.  [Pickaway County]
-Participate in a Victory 2004 rally in Livestock Building 3 at Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, OH.  [Greene County]
-Bush-Cheney '04 roundtable discussion at Price Hill Chili in Cincinnati, OH.  [Hamilton County]

October 11
-DC and LC participate in a Victory 2004 rally in Eastern Cincinnati Aviation Hangar at Clermont County Airport in Batavia, OH.  [Clermont County]

October 5   [Cuyahoga County] 
Arrives in Cleveland, OH.
-DC, with LC in the audience, participates in the Vice Presidential Debate with Sen. John Edwards in Veale Center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.
-DC speaks at a post-debate rally at Gray's Armory in Cleveland, OH.

October 2
President Bush does a bus tour in Ohio
-Remarks to National Association of Home Builders Board of Directors meeting at Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH.  [Franklin County]
-Holds a "Focus on Ownership" at Renaissance Theater in Mansfield, OH.  [Richland County]
-Participates in a rally and receives the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police at Cuyahoga Falls Civic Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.  [Summit County; Akron suburb]
27th visit as president

S E P T E M B E R
September 27
President Bush does an Ohio bus tour
-"Focus on Education with President Bush" at the Midwest Livestock and Expo Center in Springfield, OH.  [Clark County]
Unannounced stop at Greene County Courthouse in Xenia, OH.  [Greene County]
-Holds a Victory 2004 rally at Voice of America Park in West Chester, OH.   [Butler County; Cincinnati metro area]
26th visit as president

September 23
LB delivers remarks at a Victory 2004 dinner in Cincinnati, OH.  (Raises $550,000)  [Hamilton County]

September 21
-DC and LC participate in a Victory 2004 rally at the Fulton County Fairgrounds in Wauseon, OH.  [Fulton Coun