02-25-2004, 09:19 PM
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Summary of Political Events for January 2004
- January 1 - Adnan Pachachi becomes president of the Iraq Interim Governing Council and will serve for the duration of the month.
- January 1 - Joseph Deiss takes office as President of the Confederation in Switzerland, Samuel Schmid as vice-president.
- 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 January 2001 and not after the September 11th terrorist attacks as had been believed.
- January 15 - Carol Moseley Braun drops out of the 2004 Presidential race and endorses Howard Dean.
- January 19 - The Iowa Caucuses are held. John Kerry wins with 38%. John Edwards comes second with 32%. Howard Dean comes in third with 18%. Richard Gephardt comes in fourth with 11%.
- January 20 - Richard Gephardt quits the 2004 Presidential race after a poor showing in the Iowa Caucuses.
- January 20 - Bill Janklow's resignation from Congress takes effect. Janklow had been convicted of a felony in December 2003.
- January 25 - Mikhail Saakashvili is sworn in as President of Georgia.
- January 27 - John Kerry wins the New Hampshire Primary with 38% of the vote. Howard Dean gets 26% of the vote.
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