Kerry-Edwards Wisconsin Visits
from March 2, 2004 through Nov. 2, 2004  See Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.
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JK bus tour... 7/2 Superior, Amnicon Falls, Spooner, Rice Lake, Bloomer.  7/3 Independence, Holmen, Boscobel, Lancaster.
JE 7/23  Milwaukee.  7/24  Milwaukee.


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JK 8/2  Milwaukee.  bus tour...8/3  Beloit, (Monroe, Gratiot, Shullsburg, Benton, Cuba City).
EE 8/14  Milwaukee.  8/15  Milwaukee, Green Bay.
JE 8/22  Milwaukee.  8/23  Racine, Oshkosh, La Crosse.
JK 8/25  Green Bay.
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JE bus tour...  9/3  Green Bay, (Shawano, Wittenberg), Wausau, Stevens Point. Overnight in Stevens Point.  9/4 (Briggsville), Newport, (Columbus), Waukesha. Overnights in Sheboygan. 
9/5  Day off Sheboygan.  9/6 Oak Creek.
EE 9/13  Racine, Madison, Eau Claire.
JK (Overnight in Milwaukee on 9/13),  9/14  Milwaukee.
JK 9/15  Madison.
EE 9/26  Milwaukee, De Pere.
JK 9/26  Mount Horeb.  9/26-9/29 debate prep. in Spring Green.








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EE 10/9  La Crosse.
JE (Overnight in Milwaukee on 10/9). 10/10  Milwaukee, West Allis.
JK 10/15 bus tour...  Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Appleton.
JE 10/19  Eau Claire.
EE 10/21  Kenosha.
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JK 10/25  Green Bay.  10/26  Green Bay.
EE 10/27  Oshkosh, Milwaukee.
JK 10/28  Madison.
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JK (Overnight in La Crosse on 11/1).  11/2  La Crosse.
Kerry/Edwards in Wisconsin
Every day from October 25 to Election Day at least one of the four Democratic principals was doing an event somewhere in Wisconsin.  Sen. Kerry did three bus tours in the state, and Sen. Edwards also did a bus tour.  In late September Kerry spent three and a half days preparing for the first presidential debate in Spring Green.  On Election Day itself Sen. Kerry made his last campaign stop in the morning in La Crosse before heading to Boston. 

JK
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Final two weeks (Oct. 19-Nov. 2, 2004): 6 7 3 3 - -
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Final month (Oct. 2-Nov. 2, 2004): 7 8 4 4 - -  4 5
Eight months (March 2-Nov. 2, 2004): 15 21 7 12 -
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Prior to March 2, 2004:







N O V E M B E R
November 2
-JK meets with GOTV volunteers in the parking lot of Baus House in La Crosse, WI.  ...final stop before heading to Boston.
Overnights November 1 in La Crosse, WI

November 1
-JK holds a rally with Bon Jovi at the corner of Water and State streets in Milwaukee, WI.

November 1
-EE greets voters and volunteers at Victory '04 headquarters (404 South Barstow Street) in Eau Claire, WI.   visit continued from Oct. 31
 

O C T O B E R
October 31
-EE holds a GOTV event at Starlight Ballroom in Stevens Point, WI.   visit continues to Nov. 1
 
October 30
-JK attends a Fresh Start for America rally at Roosevelt Middle School in Appleton, WI.
Overnights October 29 in Appleton, WI
 
October 29
-JE rallies at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Mitchell Hall Gymnasium in La Crosse, WI.
Overnights October 28 in Onalaska, WI.

October 28
-JK attends a Fresh Start for America rally with special guest Bruce Springsteen at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, WI.

October 27
-EE holds a town hall meeting at Fox Valley Technical College in Oshkosh, WI.
-EE holds a town hall meeting at Beulah Brinton Community Center in Milwaukee, WI.

October 26
-JK speech on national security at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's Phoenix Sports Center in Green Bay, WI.
October 25  Overnights October 25 in Green Bay, WI
-JK attends an evening Fresh Start for America rally in the parking lot at Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Green Bay, WI.
October 25

-JE rallies at Festival Park in Racine, WI.
October 22
-JK speech at the Helene Zelazo Center of the Performing Arts at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI.
Overnights October 21 in Milwaukee, WI

October 21
-EE holds a town hall meeting at UAW Local 72 Hall in Kenosha, WI.

October 19
-JE rallies at McPhee Physical Education Center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in Eau Claire, WI.

October 15
Sen. Kerry does a bus tour in Wisconsin.
-Delivers a speech on creating and keeping good-paying jobs in Cooley Auditorium at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, WI.
Stop with Olympians Julie Foudy and Abby Wambach at a girls' soccer practice in Brown Deer Park (northern Milwaukee), WI.
-Attends a "KE '04 Brat Fry" and rally at Fountain Park in Sheboygan, WI.
Stops to greet supporters by the roadside in Reedsville, WI.  [Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
-Attends a Rally for a Stronger America on the Lawn at Alexander Gymnasium at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.

October 10
JE attends services at the Greater New Birth Baptist Church in Milwaukee, WI
JE appears on the Sunday morning news shows (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and FOX) from Milwaukee, WI.  (before or after church?)
-JE speaks to a group of working women at The Little Cafe in West Allis (Milwaukee), WI.
Overnights October 9 in Milwaukee, WI.

October 9
-EE talks with voters at the Historic Downtown La Crosse Days Festival at Southside Oktoberfest Grounds (Intersection of 2nd and La Crosse St.) in La Crosse, WI.
 

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September 26
-EE attends morning church services in Milwaukee, WI.
-EE discussion with local women about the economy, jobs and the middle-class squeeze at the home of Skip Schaeuble in De Pere (Green Bay), WI.

Sen. Kerry spends 3 1/2 days doing debate prep. in Spring Green, WI.
September 26
Flight to Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, WI; arrives afternoon and greeted at the airport by supporters.
Stops at the Main Street Pub & Grill, watches some of the Green Bay Packers versus Indianapolis Colts football game, has a Leinenkugel's beer and a cheeseburger, and buys a round; afterwards makes a stop at Schubert's Old Fashioned Cafe Bakery in Mount Horeb, WI.
Overnight at the House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, WI.
September 27
-Town hall meeting at River Valley Middle School in Spring Green, WI.
Debate prep. at House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, WI.
September 28
Debate prep. at House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, WI.
September 29
Debate prep. at House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, WI.  to Florida.

September 15
-JK attends a Rally for a Stronger America at 919 Alliant Energy Center Way in Madison, WI.

September 14
-JK holds a town meeting highlighting his commitment to fight for America's seniors at St. Ann’s Intergenerational Care Facility in Milwaukee, WI.
Overnights September 13 in Milwaukee, WI.

September 13
-EE discusses health care at St. Luke's Memorial Hospiital in Racine, WI.
-EE tours and discusses stem cell research at UW-Madison's Waisman Center, then stops in at the Memorial Union, in Madison, WI.
-EE campaigns in Eau Claire, WI.

Sen. Edwards does a two-day "A Stronger America Begins at Home" Wisconsin bus tour.
September 3
Note: For the stops he pulls over to the side of the road, gets up on a pickup truck w/ a PA system, and gives brief speeches.
-Attends rally at Bay Beach Park in Green Bay, WI.
Stops in Shawano and Wittenberg, WI.
-Holds at town hall meeting at The Chatter Box in Wausau, WI.
-Holds rally at Pfiffner Pioneer Park in Stevens Point