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State-by-state roundup
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

02/04/2004


Results as of early today:

ARIZONA


Vote: John Kerry 43 percent; Wesley Clark 27 percent; Howard Dean 14 percent; John Edwards 7 percent; Joe Lieberman 7 percent; Dennis Kucinich 2 percent; Al Sharpton less than 1 percent.

Delegates: 55; Kerry won 25, Clark 19, Dean 1.

Exit Poll: Hispanics went strongly for Kerry, who got almost half their votes, followed by Clark with one-fourth of the vote.

Of note: "It's clear that Arizonans, like the rest of the country, want a candidate who can send George Bush and his radical policies back to Texas," said Kerry spokeswoman Laura Kapps.
2000 general election winner: George W. Bush



DELAWARE


Vote: With all votes in, Kerry had 50 percent; Lieberman 11 percent; Edwards 11 percent; Dean 10 percent; Clark 9 percent; Sharpton 6 percent; Kucinich 1 percent.

Delegates: 15; Kerry won 14, Sharpton won 1.

Exit poll: Kerry's support was solid across the board: among men and women, blacks and whites, rich and poor and in all age groups, particularly the elderly.

Of note: Despite having the opportunity to vote in Delaware's first binding presidential primary, a vast majority of Delaware's 224,925 registered Democrats didn't cast ballots.

2000 general election winner: Al Gore


NEW MEXICO


Vote: In early caucus returns, Kerry had 41 percent; Clark 21 percent; Dean 17 percent; Edwards 11 percent; Kucinich 5 percent; Lieberman 3 percent.

Delegates: 26; Kerry won 7, Clark 5, Dean 3.

Of note: A winter storm and a little confusion frustrated some New Mexico voters in the state's first-ever presidential preference caucus. There were some long waits at several caucus sites.

2000 general election winner: Gore


NORTH DAKOTA


Vote: With all caucus returns in, Kerry had 51 percent; Clark 24 percent; Dean 12 percent; Edwards 10 percent; Kucinich 3 percent; Lieberman 1 percent; Sharpton less than 1 percent.

Delegates: 14; Kerry won 9, Clark 5.

Of note: Caucuses were held in nearly 100 locations including courthouses, city halls, centers for the elderly, private homes, restaurants and bars.

2000 general election winner: Bush


OKLAHOMA


Vote: With all votes in, Clark had 29.9 percent; Edwards 29.5 percent; Kerry 27 percent; Lieberman 7 percent; Dean 4 percent; Sharpton 1 percent; Kucinich 1 percent.

Delegates: 40; Clark won 15, Edwards 13, Kerry 12

Exit poll: Just over half the voters in Oklahoma disapproved of the war, compared with seven in 10 in the four other states with exit polls, Arizona, Delaware, Missouri and South Carolina.

Of note: Edwards earned the endorsement of former Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer, who remains a popular figure after leading the Sooners to three national championships, then winning the 1995 Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys.

2000 general election winner: Bush


SOUTH CAROLINA


Vote: Edwards had 45 percent; Kerry 30 percent; Sharpton 10 percent; Clark 7 percent; Dean 5 percent; Lieberman 2 percent; Kucinich less than 1 percent.

Delegates: 45; Edwards won 28, Kerry 17.

Exit poll: Black voters split between Edwards and Kerry, with each getting one-third of the vote. Sharpton got about one in six.

Of note: "We won South Carolina in a resounding fashion and won both the African-American and white vote in South Carolina, and we go from here to other states - Michigan, Virginia and Tennessee," Edwards told The Associated Press. "It's very easy to lay out the map to get us to the nomination."

2000 general election winner: Bush