2004 in politics (original) (raw)

Years in politics: 2002-2003-**2004**-2005-2006 - list of years in politics

Events

• January 1- Adnan Pachachi becomes president of the Iraq Interim Governing Council and will serve for the duration of the month.
• January 1- Samuel Schmid takes office as vice president of Switzerland.
• January 4- Texas Congressman Ralph Hall switches to the Republicans. Hall had been a Democrat.
• January 4- Mikhail Saakashvili is elected as President of Georgia.
• January 6- 2000 Democratic Presidential Candidate Bill Bradley endorses fellow Democrat Howard Dean for President.
• January 8- Gavin Newsom is sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco.
• January 8- Roosevelt Skerrit is sworn in as Prime Minister of Dominica following the death of Pierre Charles on January 6.
• January 12- Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is sworn in as Governor of Louisiana.
• January 13- Haley Barbour is sworn in as Governor of Mississippi.
• January 13- Howard Dean wins a non-binding primary in Washington, DC with 43% of the vote. Al Sharpton comes in second with 34% of the vote.
• January 13- Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill contributes to a book that claims that George W. Bush wanted to attack Iraq since his term began in January 2001 and not after the September 11, 2001 attacks as had been believed.
• January 15- Carol Moseley Braun drops out of the 2004 Presidential race and endorses Howard Dean.