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Show 6 Wednesday, November 3, 2004 A I I HERALD Y fag! US. PRESIDENT 10CHACY ISHVT F3XZ3 Cost of 2004 election: $4 billion and climbing 1 The price of democracy in 2004; $4 billion, and the alma mater of President Bush and Sen. John all the ballots, pod work-e- n Kerry. ' Where did all and election lawyers. ', the money go? Add the expenses borne by states and local Congressional and presidential candidates government to be determined later and the atone devoted at least $1 .8 billion to their primal ry and general election campaigns, with about price tag rises anywhere from hundreds of mil- -, d .: lions of dollars to possibly upward of $1 billion of that spent by Bush and Kerry. Ad firms consumed much of the money, but . more. In the business world, $5 billion would be other small businesses got a piece of the action, too. Former Democratic presidential hopeful ; enough to buy out Donald Trump twice.lt would pay for about 2,200 Super Bowl commer-cial- s, Howard Dean, for example, spent nearly $7,000 or educate about 30,000 students at Yale, on thank you chocolates for donors, bought that s not even counting . , one-thir- ; from home state truffle maker Lake Champtain Chocolates. . The Democratic and Republican parties and the host committees helping them spent about $162 million on their nominating convention, including about $29 million in taxpayer money. In all, the two parties spent at least $957 million tills election cycle. Bush and Kerry also have millions to draw on in case of a presidential some $78 million between the two f.. . , politicians. ., t ' The Associated Press " re-co- . - STATE-BY-STA- Kerry sticks to superstitious rituals on Election Day "13 RESULTS Here are the latest, unofficial returns in the presidential race in each state. Thistable includes the popu-- . lar vote ana electoral vote candidate listed. The per centage of precincts reporting . in. each state is given in the column headed 'PR'. The popular vote for the candidates is listed next, with the percentage of the . vote for each in the state. . The electoral votes are listed next. A 'W' next to the electoral votes indicates the candidate has won the state. Electoral votes listed without the W show the candidate is leading in the state. The total reflects electoral votes in states candidates have won or in which they are Jead-in- Thomas Fitzgerald KNIGHT NEWSPAPERS RIDDER BpSTON Sea John Kerry, a superstitious man perhaps on the precipice of power, bent down to touch the ground when he arrived home Tuesday afternoon following five weeks of non-sto- p campaigning. He had spent the morning meeting with supporters and voters in La Crosse, Wis., choosing that state because it allows same-daregistration, campaign spokesman Joe Lockhart said Hours later, the presidency still hung in the balance as more than 10,000 supporters packed Copley Square underneath klieg lights. They watched the two-stor- y television screen above them, cheering as states were awarded to Kerry, their shouts turning to murmurs as two of the big three Ohio and Florida continued to be too close to call. For his part, Kerry was determined to stick to his rituals. He voted at the State House, then had his traditional late Election Day lunch a dozen lirtleneck clams, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, sole and dark ale at his lucky restaurant, the Union Oyster House. Former aide Chris Greeley, who was with him for the inaugural meal when he won his first election in 1982 as lieutenant governor, joined Kerry, as did wife Teresa Heinz Kerry. "I dont think anyone can anticipate what it's like seeing your name on the ballot for president," Kerry said as he emerged from his polling place and hugged his daughters, Alexandra, 31, and Vanessa, 27. "It's quite a journey ... and I'm deeply moved by it," the senator said. "No matter what happens, I find it a great statement to the world about the power of democracy, the power of good argument. America's a strong country and I ior-eac- y high-intensi- ty g. WUh$ iT-vr-w-rNl. GERALD Greeley. think we can be stronger, but it's up to the American people what road we go." After two years of work, the destination to that journey was out of Kerry's hands. But his battered leather briefcase was loaded down with talismans: a four-leclover given by a supporter in a . barn on the eve of his Iowa caucus comeback in January; an Ohio buckeye; his dog tags from Vietnam; and Bruce af A . ?v? My 1 " Springsteen's guitar pick. ("I'm gonna play this in the White House, man," Kerry said when the rocker gave tt to him Monday night in Cleveland.) '; Charms or not, he wasn't going to leave anything to chance. Kerry sat down in a chair late in the afternoon for four hours and did 38 satellite interviews with local TV affiliates in key states, working westward to chase the daylight in hopes of goosing turnout. "I think he's very satisfied that whatever happens this evening, he's run the best campaign he could," Lockhart said: "He's gotten his message out and he's said what he would do (as president). And now he's very glad it's in the hands of the voters." The candidate was watching election , returns in his Louisburg Square town-hous- e after taking a short nap and eating a late dinner. Senior Kerry aides, loose and confident as early exit polls showed them making a clean sweep of d the battleground states, were as the night wore on; one, asked how it was going at about 11 p.m., made a hand gesture that indicated they were hanging on by their fingertips. Kerry campaigned hard to the last, spending Monday in a marathon from Florida across the Great Lakes before heading back to Boston. "Today is decision day," Kerry told cheering supporters at an airport hangar in Toledo, Ohio, early Tuesday morning. "You have an opportunity now, this day, to make fundamental change in America, and the hopes of tight-lippe- It -. .t CHUCK KENNEDYKRT somber group of spectators watch the results for Sen. John F. Kerry during Election Night 2004 coverage in Copley Square in downtown Boston, on Tuesdav. A ii 4 Bush satisf ied with campaign calling reporters by their nicknames. During a quick visit to his campaign headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, he took the Mike Allen . THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON President Bush, pronouncing himself satisfied that he had given the race his all, madje a final campaign stop in Ohio Tuesday and then settled into the White House with his parents to see if he had achieved the that eluded his father. Discouraging exit polls poured in all day to campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va. Bush's top aides and his twin daughters looked glum as he voted under overcast skies at a firehouse near his ranch in Crawford, Texas. Afterward, Bush walked across muddy, narrow Avenue F to tell reporters that the "election is in the hands of the people, and I feel very comfortable about that. "There's just something refreshing about giving it your all and then saying the people will make the right decision and I believe I'm going to win," he . said. "All I can tell you is, I know that I've put my full amount of energy in this campaign, and I've enjoyed it." Bush clowned around a bit, phone from a volunteer at the call center and said, "Julie? This is President Bush calling. How are you? No, I promise you it's me." After chatting for another moment, he hung up and proud; ly declared, On the wall, a sign said, "Pray for a Good Harvest and Keep on Plowing." Another said, "No Phone Number Left "1-0- ." Bush-Chene- Behind." i 99 Alaska 51 In the early evening, as returns began flowing in, White House press secretary Scott Mcdellan came into the briefing room and said with a big smile, "Bush wins." More seriously, top aides called reporters to tell them to be cautious with their projections because Bush was doing better in key states than the exit polls were suggesting. Earlier, Sen. John Kerry's staff said he spent four hours doing satellite interviews with television stations in swing states, but Bush did not do any. A satellite truck pulled up next to Air Force One in Columbus so he could do some interviews with Florida stations, but the clouds over Columbus were too thick to get the signal up, and the interviews were canceled. Back at the White House, Bush got some rest and worked out on his elliptical trainer. For at least, lOjjays, members of Bush's inner circle had lacked the bravado they had before the disputed election of 2000, and on Tuesday Bush sounded more serene than cocky as he chatted with reporters for five minutes. First lady Laura Bush, a smile frozen on her face, gripped his hand and kneaded his thumb as he spoke. Gone was the harsh rhetoric , that he had used even in his final rallies on Monday. Asked about Kerry, Bush said he wished him well "I trust the judgment of the American pie," he said. "I Jove our racy, and I have got great faith in the wisdom of the people of this country." With some state officials saying another protracted election night was possible, Bush said he thought that it was "very it to end tonight" and thar there would be "noth--' ing better for our system for WT''i . Press Kany(KH 683,406-3- 92 83 387,256-4- 33 1,894,064-5- 6 468,405-5- 55 1.581,677-4- 635,209-4- 5 95 191,870-5- 164,807-4- 6 DC. 100 183,876-9- Ra 99 3,396,766-4- 3,760,495-5- 2 Ga. 99 1,225,186-4- 1,767,532-5- I 6 883,770-5- 19,007-0- 9 9,298-5- 5 55,372-4- 4 85,061-2- 205,526-7- 0 93 2,641,914-5- 5 2,107,778-4- Ind 96 909,526-3- Iowa 92 690,277-4- Kara 89 368,136-3- Ky. 99 706,503-4- La. 99 791,487-4- Maine 79 284.122-5- 238,661-4- Md. 96 1,142,074-5- 911,987-4- III 9 6 0 21 1,401,842-6- 0 0 697,370-5- 0 0 645,039-6- 3 0 0 1,061,608-62 0 1,082,219-5- 7 4 5 10 Mast.. 98 1,739,489-6- 1,045,178-3- 7 12 Mich. 66 1,580,438-5- 1,447,636-4- 17 Minn. 66 1,041,473-5- 929,012-4- 10 tiss 87 387,967-4- 582,477-6- 6 Mo. 87 1,057,793-4- 6 1,229,166-5- 0 6 Tl Mont. 49 88,642-4- 123,949-5- 0 3 Neb. 71 165,018-3- 349,346-6- 0 5 Ne. 41 246,905-4- 244,506-4- 5 0 N.H. 91 300,089-5- 288,750-4- 4 0 NJ. 99 1,799,328-5- 1,567,494-4- 15 0 NM. 86 227,809-4- 250,875-5- N Y 99 3,945.432-5- 2,763,506-4- NC our country are on the line." Kerry held aloft his lucky buckeye nut to the cheering crowd, but it slithered out of his hand and bounced onto the stage. He bent quickly to scoop it up, not wanting to break the spell. "Man, when somebody gives you a piece and says this will bring you good luck ... man, I carry that," Kerry said in an interview with Knight Ridder on the . last weekend of the campaiga "I'm not taking any chances." 0 5 08t don't think anyone can anticipate what it's like seeing your name on the ballot for president. ... No matter what Sen. John Kerry 10 764,684-5- "I happens, find it a great statement to the world about the power of democracy, the power of good argument. America's a strong country and I think we can be stronger, but it's up to the American people what road we go. " 3 0 92 55 9 853,174-5- 81 Idaho (B)- -t 0 Cam. " - 112,780-63 758.019-4- Hawaii (K)- 0 681,141-4- Calif. P Buti(B)-1.158,386-6- 62,032-3- Ark. " 20-ho- M PB Ate Ariz. HERBERTAssociated , . , Ft Sttlw has lunch at the Union Oyster House after voting on Election Demoaatic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, Day in Boston. Left is his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, and right is longtime friend and former campaign manager Chris . ywmm TE 1.395,245-4- 3 NO. 93 Ohio 91 QWa. Ore. 98,816-3- 6 0 31 5 ' 0 1,807,111-5174,159-6- 0 15 0 3 20 2,441,599-4- '2,548,508-5- 0 99 492,305-3- 940,314-6- 0 7 71 685.405-5- 594.322-4- 7 0 Pa. 94 2,659,554-5- 2,441,919-4- 21 0 R.I. 99 246,981-6- 161,236-3- 4 0 SC. 97 615,864-4- 886,357-5- 0 b' SO. 87 112,147-3- 182,798-6- 0 3 Tenn. 98 1,029,555-4- 0 11 Teas 63 Utah 32 52,853-2- 153,875-7- 0 Vt. 97 177,269-5- 116,950-3- 3 0 ' 1, 375.255:57 2,502,446-3- 3,991,616-61- - 0 34 . 5 99 1,399,057-4- 1,646,910-5- 0 13 wash. 42 724,763-5- 646,529-4- 11 0 W.Va. 85 287,432-4- 366,414-5- 0 5 Wis. 76 1,090.057-5- 1,061,158-4- 10 0 Wyo 82 139,877-6- 0 3 257 281 Va. ToMs ' 61.986-3- 46,570,407-4- 8 49,891,849-5- 2 The Associated Press I Philip Dine of the S.t. Louis contributed to this report. Post-Dispat- u,M,t,w.vv OPMJIR.JM ,,....v?v... r '! f ' ", ,.u. MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS PABLO Associated Members of the Bush family and friends gather around to watch early poll results Tuesday in residence of the. White House. From left to right, Sam Leblond, nephew, daughter Jenna, Press the President Bush, daughter Barbara, first lady Laura Bush, President Bush's father, former President George H. W. Bush, former first lady Barbara Bush, sister Dora Koch, sister-in-law the election to be conclusively over tonight." Bush chuckled his chuckle when a television correspondent asked him how he accounted for all the passion ,that had been generated for and against him. "Well, I take that as a compli-- , ment," he said. "I take a stand and I tell people what I believe and what I think. These are very troubling times, and I believe a president must lead by full-bod- y being resolute and firm and strong and clear. And the people know that." The president and the first lady had about 30 guests into the residence for a buffet of tamales, sopapillas and beef tenderloin, with televisions set up in a sitting room. The guests in--, eluded three of Bush's siblings younger brother Jeb stayed back in Florida to attend to his and his duties as governor California friend Brad Freeman. The first lady invited several friends from Midland, Texas. ' - . Bush's senior staff and their spouses set up for the evening in the Roosevelt Room, where they had an Internet terminal set up along with three televisions, including one often used for classified video conferences. The guests were given red, . white and hhie scorecards complete with a man and a table of closing times and etec-- I toral votes to follow returns. |