The 2004 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 14, 2004 as part of the

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. The delegate allocation is Proportional. The candidates were awarded delegates in proportion to the percentage of votes received and the caucus was open to registered Democrats only. A total of 20 delegates are awarded proportionally. A 15 percent threshold was required to receive delegates. Frontrunner

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won the primary with Governor

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coming in a distant second. Kerry won the Democratic nomination for

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, but lost the general election to incumbent

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2004 Nevada elections 2004

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