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President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton galvanized the delegates on opening night. Democratic National Convention surveys noted the president and senator were the most popular Democrats in the United States.

The 2004 Democratic National Convention is one of a series of historic quadrennial meetings of the United States Democratic Party with a primary focus on officially nominating a candidate for the office of President of the United States and adopting a political party platform as a challenge to the platform of the United States Republican Party. Chaired by Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson and held from July 26 to July 29 in 2004, the meeting convened at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts.

The convention will confirm the Democratic Party's nomination of John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. This will officially end the Democratic Primary season. Kerry is expected to accept public financing for the general election, making the day he accepts the nomination the deadline for him to spend money raised during the primary campaign.

Speakers

Monday, July 26th

Former President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and New York
Former President Jimmy Carter of Georgia
Former Vice President and 2000 Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore of Tennessee
Former First Lady and U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York
Representative Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin
Representative Bob Menendez of New Jersey
Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of Ohio

Quotes

"We all want good jobs, good schools, health care, safe streets, a clean environment. We all want our children to grow up in a secure America leading the world toward a peaceful future. Our differences are in how we can best achieve these things, in a time of unprecedented change." -- Bill Clinton
"And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill: do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom." -- Jimmy Carter
"I'll be candid with you. I had hoped to be back here this week under different circumstances, running for re-election. But you know the old saying: you win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category." -- Al Gore

Tuesday, July 27th

Former Governor Howard Dean of Vermont
Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of John Kerry
Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts
Senate candidate Barack Obama of Illinois
Governor Janet Napolitano of Arizona
Ron Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan.
Christie Vilsack, wife of Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack

Wednesday, July 28th

Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee and Senator John Edwards of North Carolina
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of John Edwards
Lt. Col. Steve Brozak, a retired Marine and U.S. House of Representatives candidate
Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan
Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico

Thursday, July 29th

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and his daughters Alexandra Kerry and Vanessa Kerry
Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald
Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright
Former U.S. Senator Max Cleland of Georgia

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-The '''2004 Democratic National Convention''' will be held from [[July 26]] to [[July 29]], [[2004]], at the [[FleetCenter]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. The convention will confirm the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party's]] [[Democratic Party presidential nomination, 2004|nomination]] of [[John Kerry]] in the [[2004 U.S. presidential election|2004 presidential election]]. This will officially end the Democratic Primary season. Kerry is expected to accept public financing for the general election, making the day he accepts the nomination the deadline for him to spend money raised during the primary campaign.
+The '''2004 Democratic National Convention''' is one of a series of historic quadrennial meetings of the [[United States Democratic Party]] with a primary focus on officially nominating a candidate for the office of [[President of the United States]] and adopting a political party platform as a challenge to the platform of the [[United States Republican Party]].  Chaired by [[Governor of New Mexico]] [[Bill Richardson]] and held from [[July 26]] to [[July 29]] in [[2004]], the meeting convened at the [[FleetCenter]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].
+The convention will confirm the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party's]] [[Democratic Party presidential nomination, 2004|nomination]] of [[John Kerry]] in the [[2004 U.S. presidential election|2004 presidential election]]. This will officially end the Democratic Primary season. Kerry is expected to accept public financing for the general election, making the day he accepts the nomination the deadline for him to spend money raised during the primary campaign.
 ==Speakers==