| Election Name: | 2004 Virginia Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Virginia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Outgoing Members: | TN |
| Elected Members: | DC |
| Next Election: | 2008 Virginia Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Colour1: | 2AACAC |
| Candidate1: | John Kerry |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Delegate Count1: | 54 |
| Popular Vote1: | 204,142 |
| Percentage1: | 51.5% |
| Colour2: | EE8E50 |
| Candidate2: | John Edwards |
| Home State2: | North Carolina |
| Delegate Count2: | 28 |
| Popular Vote2: | 105,504 |
| Percentage2: | 26.6% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Candidate4: | Wesley Clark |
| Home State4: | Arkansas |
| Colour4: | 039042 |
| Image4: | File:General Wesley Clark official photograph (cropped).jpg |
| Popular Vote4: | 36,572 |
| Percentage4: | 9.2% |
| Delegate Count4: | 0 |
| Image5: | File:Howard Dean (44658398) (cropped).jpg |
| Colour5: | e7cf1e |
| Delegate Count5: | 0 |
| Candidate5: | Howard Dean |
| Home State5: | Vermont |
| Popular Vote5: | 27,637 |
| Percentage5: | 7.0% |
| Previous Election: | 2000 Virginia Democratic presidential caucuses |
The 2004 Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place on February 10, 2004 as part of the 2004 United States Democratic presidential primaries. The delegate allocation is proportional; the candidates are awarded delegates in proportion to the percentage of votes received and is open to anyone. A total of 82 (of 98) delegates are awarded proportionally. A 15 percent threshold is required to receive delegates. Frontrunner John Kerry won the primary with Senator John Edwards obtaining over 20% and receiving delegates.
| Virginia Democratic presidential primary, 2004[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates | |
| John Kerry | 204,142 | 51.5% | 54 | |
| John Edwards | 105,504 | 26.6% | 28 | |
| Wesley Clark | 36,572 | 9.2% | 0 | |
| Howard Dean | 27,637 | 7.0% | 0 | |
| Al Sharpton | 12,864 | 3.3% | 0 | |
| Dennis Kucinich | 5,016 | 1.3% | 0 | |
| Joe Lieberman | 2,866 | 0.7% | 0 | |
| Lyndon LaRouche | 1,042 | 0.3% | 0 | |
| Richard Gephardt | 580 | 0.2% | 0 | |
| Total | 396,223 | 100.00% | 82 | |
Kerry won most of the counties and all the congressional districts in the state. His key to victory was winning Fairfax County, Virginia with almost 56% of the vote. Fairfax had by far the largest turnout in the state. Edwards won several counties in the southern portion of the state, including his best performance in Wythe County, which he won with almost 58%. Clark's best performance was by far in Lynchburg City, which he obtained almost 24% of the vote. Dean's strongest performance was in Albemarle County, where he obtained almost 12% of the vote.