The 2004Democraticprimaries were the selection process by which the Democrats chose their candidates in the 2004 election for President and Vice President of the United States.
Kerry and Edwards were formally nominated by the DemocraticParty on July 28, 2004, at the Democratic National Convention in Kerry's hometown of Boston, Massachusetts.
Defining moments of the 2004Democratic National Convention included the featured keynote speech of Barack Obama, a Honolulu native and candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and the confirmation of the nomination of John Kerry as the candidate for president and of John Edwards as the candidate for vice president.