John Kerry

(noun)

The senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior United States Senator, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election.

Related Terms

  • John Edwards
  • George W. Bush

Examples of John Kerry in the following topics:

  • The Election of 2004

    • Bush was elected for a second term when he narrowly defeated Democratic candidate John Kerry.
    • Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior Senator from Massachusetts.
    • With two hot wars overseas, one of which appeared to be spiraling out of control, the Democrats nominated a decorated Vietnam War veteran, Massachusetts senator John Kerry, to challenge Bush for the presidency.
    • On July 6, 2004, John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate, shortly before the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston held later that month.
    • The split vote in Minnesota denotes an elector's vote counted for Vice President nominee John Edwards.
  • Politics

    • Bush and John Kerry both came from wealthy families, held graduate degrees, and had attended Yale University, an elite Ivy League institution.
    • Bush and John Kerry in 2004.
  • United States in the World

    • The current Secretary of State is John Kerry.
    • Senate by a vote of 94–3 on January 29, 2013, Kerry assumed the office on February 1, 2013.
  • Nonverbal Communication

    • Bush (the shorter candidate) insisted that his podium be altered so that he appeared to be the same height as John Kerry.
    • Bush (the shorter candidate) insisted that his podium be altered so that he appeared to be the same height as John Kerry.
  • Voting Patterns and Inequality

    • The candidates, John Kerry, and George W.
    • John Kerry is a lawyer and George W.
  • Voting Behavior

    • Presidential Election, the candidates, John Kerry, and George W.
    • John Kerry was a lawyer and George W.
  • African Americans as a Political Force

    • In the 2004 Presidential Election, Democrat John Kerry received 88 percent of the African American vote, compared to 11 percent for Republican George W.
    • The African American vote became even more solidly Democratic when Democratic presidents John F.
  • Regulating Campaign Finance

    • The amount spent on the presidential race alone was $2.4 billion, and over $1 billion of that was spent by the campaigns of the two major candidates: Barack Obama spent $730 million in his election campaign, and John McCain spent $333 million.
    • The amount spent on the presidential race alone was $2.4 billion, and over $1 billion of that was spent by the campaigns of the two major candidates: Barack Obama spent $730 million in his election campaign, and John McCain spent $333 million.
    • In 2004 Bush and Democrats John Kerry and Howard Dean chose not to take matching funds in the primary.
    • In 2008, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and Republicans John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul decided not to take primary matching funds.
    • Republican Tom Tancredo and Democrats Chris Dodd, Joe Biden and John Edwards elected to take public financing.
  • The Cabinet

    • John Kerry is the current Secretary of State for President Obama's second term, replacing Hillary Clinton.
  • The George W. Bush Administration

    • Bush became the second U.S. president whose father had held the same office (John Quincy Adams was the first).
    • Running as a self-styled "war president" in the midst of the Iraq War, Bush won re-election in 2004; his campaign against Senator John Kerry was successful despite controversy over Bush's handling of the Iraq War and the economy.
    • Bush's second term was highlighted by several free trade agreements, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 alongside a strong push for offshore and domestic drilling, the nominations of Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito, a push for Social Security and immigration reform, a surge of troops in Iraq, and several different economic initiatives aimed at preventing a banking system collapse, stopping foreclosures, and stimulating the economy during the recession.
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