2004 WNBL Finals
The 2004 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2003–04 season. The Canberra Capitals were the two-time defending champions, but were defeated in the Semi Finals by Adelaide. The Dandenong Rangers won the Grand Final over the Sydney Uni Flames, 63–53, taking home their first ever WNBL title.


2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The WPA 9-Ball World Championship 2004 was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei.


2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Canadian Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17–13 victory in the final against Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei . Defending champion Thorsten Hohmann dropped out in the round of 32 against Kang Chin-ching from Chinese Taipei.


2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Format
The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system, featuring the remaining 64 players.


2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Group stage
The following players exited the competition in the group stage:


2004 WTA German Open – Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy. The latter pair eventually won the title, by defeating Janette Husárová and Conchita Martínez 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 in the final.


2004 WTA German Open – Doubles
It was the 7th doubles title for both Petrova and Shaughnessy in their respective careers. It was also the 3rd title for the pair during this season, after their wins in Miami and Amelia Island.


2004 WTA German Open – Doubles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2004 WTA German Open – Singles
Justine Henin-Hardenne was the defending champion, but did not compete this year due to a cytomegalovirus.


2004 WTA German Open – Singles
Amélie Mauresmo won the title by walkover, as her opponent Venus Williams had to withdrew due to a left ankle strain. It was the 1st title of the year for Mauresmo and the 11th title of her career.


2004 WTA German Open – Singles, Seeds
The first eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2004 WTA Tier I Series
The table below shows the 2004 WTA Tier I Series schedule.


2004 WTA Tour
The 2004 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2004 season. The 2004 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Tier I-V Events, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the Summer Olympic Games and the year-end championships.


2004 WTA Tour
In an open year, Lindsay Davenport finished the season at No. 1 for the third time after 1998 and 2001, despite not reaching a Grand Slam final. Amélie Mauresmo put together a consistent season, reaching No. 1 in September and finishing the year ranked No. 2 . The Russian contingent enjoyed an impressive rise into the elite of women's tennis, with Anastasia Myskina, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova all winning their first Grand Slam titles, and Elena Dementieva twice being a runner-up. The Belgian pair of Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne, who had risen to the top of women's tennis during 2003, both struggled with injuries throughout the season. Likewise, the dominance of the Williams sisters diminished, with both finishing the season outside the top 5.


2004 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
World No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne started the season on a high note, taking the title in Sydney and then winning her third Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, defeating Kim Clijsters in the final. Fabiola Zuluaga and Patty Schnyder enjoyed runs to their first ever Grand Slam semifinals in singles. Schnyder took advantage of an open draw which saw Venus Williams dumped out in the third round by Lisa Raymond. Zuluaga advanced after Elena Dementieva and Nadia Petrova were early upset victims in her section of the draw, and then benefitted from a walkover from Amélie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals. Defending champion Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament due to her continuing recovery from knee surgery.


2004 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Henin-Hardenne won in Dubai amidst a 16-match win streak, which was snapped by Svetlana Kuznetsova in Doha. Kuznetsova lost to the defending champion Anastasia Myskina in the final. Elsewhere, Lindsay Davenport won her fourth title in Tokyo, tying Martina Hingis for the most wins at the event. Clijsters won the indoor tournaments in Paris and Antwerp, but struggled with injury for the rest of the season. Henin-Hardenne moved straight back to winning ways by taking the title in Indian Wells. Serena Williams would return in March, winning her first tournament back in Miami.


2004 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
The clay court season began with Davenport claiming the title in Amelia Island. Venus Williams then won both Charleston and Warsaw in succession. Amelie Mauresmo won the two biggest warm-up tournaments on red clay at Berlin and Rome, with Williams also reaching the final in Germany. Mauresmo's feat of winning both events was previously matched by Steffi Graf and Monica Seles, both of whom also lifted the French Open that same year.


2004 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
However, it proved not to be a good omen for Mauresmo as she lost to Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals. Clijsters withdrew from the tournament with a wrist injury, whilst her compatriot and defending champion Henin-Hardenne bowed out in the second round with injury against Tathiana Garbin. It was the earliest loss for the No. 1 seed there since 1925. That upset allowed Paola Suárez to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal in singles, where she lost to Dementieva. In the bottom half of the draw, Anastasia Myskina came through after wins over Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati. The first all-Russian Grand Slam final ended quickly, with Myskina routing a nervous Dementieva to become the first Grand Slam singles champion from Russia.


2004 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Russian dominance continued in the grass court warmups, with Maria Sharapova winning in Birmingham and Svetlana Kuznetsova prevailing in Eastbourne. Mary Pierce also claimed her first tour title since the French Open four years previously, winning in 's-Hertogenbosch. Clijsters and Henin-Hardenne sat out the year's third Grand Slam with the same injuries that put them out of the French Open.


2004 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
The first week of Wimbledon saw Venus Williams sent home in the second round by Karolina Šprem, whilst the two French Open finalists failed to make the successful transition between clay and grass: Dementieva lost to Sandra Kleinová, and Myskina to Amy Frazier. The final was to be contested between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, who both made impressive comebacks in their semifinals from a set and a break down. In the final, Sharapova upset the two-time defending champion to win her first Grand Slam title, the third youngest winner ever at Wimbledon.


2004 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Davenport started the summer hardcourt season on a hot streak, winning events in Stanford, Los Angeles, San Diego and Cincinnati to build an impressive winning run going into the year's final Grand Slam. Nicole Vaidišová became one of the youngest tour titlists in history by winning a smaller event in Vancouver. Mauresmo won the Tier I event in Toronto, beating Elena Likhovtseva in the final. Henin-Hardenne returned from her illness to play the Athens Olympics, where she won the gold medal match over Mauresmo. In the bronze medal match, Alicia Molik beat Myskina.


2004 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Davenport was the favourite to take her second U.S. Open title, but she was stopped in the semifinals by Svetlana Kuznetsova. It was a half of upsets with Henin-Hardenne falling to Nadia Petrova, and Myskina and Sharapova also departing early. Henin-Hardenne's loss meant that Mauresmo would reach the No. 1 ranking position for the first time. In the bottom half of the draw, Elena Dementieva beat Mauresmo and Capriati—who was coming off a controversial win against Serena Williams in the quarterfinals with several contentious line calls going against Williams—to reach her second Grand Slam final. In another all-Russian final, Kuznetsova became the third player from the country to win her maiden Grand Slam in succession.


2004 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Mauresmo's reign at No. 1 turned out to be short-lived, with Davenport, who won the title in Stuttgart during the fall season, displacing her one-month later. Nevertheless, it turned out to be a successful stretch for Mauresmo, who claimed titles in Linz and Philadelphia. Alicia Molik won her biggest career title in Zurich and a smaller event in Luxembourg, while Myskina defended her title in Moscow. Svetlana Kuznetsova won the title in Bali and reached the final in Beijing, losing to Serena Williams. It was Sharapova who ended up winning the season-ending WTA Tour Championships, beating Williams in the final, after picking up smaller titles in Seoul and Tokyo, and reaching the final in Zurich. Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy won the doubles event.


2004 WTA Tour Championships
The 2004 WTA Tour Championships was a women's round robin tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, United States. It was the 34th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 29th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2004 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between November 10 and November 15, 2004. First-seeded Maria Sharapova won the singles event, the first, and so far only, Russian to win the tournament, and earned $1,000,000 first-prize money as well as 485 ranking points.


2004 WTA Tour Championships
Justine Henin-Hardenne had qualified for the tournament but withdrew due to illness (cytomegalovirus).


2004 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles
Nadia Petrova /  Meghann Shaughnessy defeated  Cara Black /  Rennae Stubbs, 7–5, 6–2.


2004 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs.


2004 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but she did not qualify this year following a long-term wrist injury.


2004 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Maria Sharapova, on her WTA Tour Championships debut, defeated Serena Williams in three sets to win the title. This was the final time in which Sharapova defeated Williams, losing the next 20 encounters in succession up until her retirement in February 2020.


2004 WTA Tour Championships – Singles, Draw, Black Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2004 WTA Tour Championships – Singles, Draw, Red Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2004 WWE draft lottery
The 2004 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) draft lottery, the second WWE draft, took place at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on March 22. The draft took place live for two hours on WWE's  television program, Raw on Spike TV. Post-draft trades were announced on WWE's official website, WWE.com, until midnight on March 22. There were twelve draft picks, with nineteen wrestlers overall switching between the promotion's two brands: Raw and SmackDown!.


2004 WWE draft lottery
During the draft lottery, the General manager of Raw, Eric Bischoff, and the General manager of SmackDown!, Paul Heyman, stood on opposite ends of the stage on the Raw set, where they drafted six wrestlers randomly via two machines. At the conclusion of the draft, the two GMs would then be allowed to trade anyone on the roster until Midnight EST, which was later extended until Tuesday night after Heyman resigned. Every WWE employee was eligible to be drafted, including injured wrestlers, commentators, champions, and general managers.


2004 WWE draft lottery
The main event was a SmackDown! exclusive match, in which Eddie Guerrero defeated Triple H to retain the WWE Championship by disqualification after Christian attacked Guerrero resulting in a brawl between SmackDown! and Raw wrestlers.


2004 WWE draft lottery, Background
The tagline for WrestleMania XX (that year's WrestleMania), was Where it all begins again. To remain with the tagline, on the March 15, 2004 episode of Raw, the chairman of WWE, Vince McMahon, announced that it was time "for a new WWE" and that a draft lottery would take place the following week on Raw. Both Raw and SmackDown! wrestlers would be present for the draft lottery, as McMahon announced that every wrestler was eligible to be drafted, including commentators, ring announcers, referees, injured wrestlers, champions and even GM.


2004 WWE draft lottery, Aftermath
After Paul Heyman was drafted from the SmackDown! brand to the Raw brand, he kayfabe quit the WWE, thus leaving the SmackDown! brand without a General manager. Shortly after the draft, the WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon announced that a new General manager had been appointed to the SmackDown! brand, and that he would conduct the supplemental trades with Raw General Manager, Eric Bischoff. On the March 25, 2004 episode of SmackDown!, Kurt Angle came down to the ring and announced that he was the new SmackDown! General manager.


2004 Wagner Seahawks football team
The 2004 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Seahawks were led by 24th-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 6–5 overall and 3–4 in NEC play to place in a three-way tie for fourth place.


2004 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 2004 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jim Grobe, the Demon Deacons compiled a 4–7 record and finished in a tie for last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
The 2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Campaign
Before the election Labour held 50 of the 63 seats on the council and this was seen as being an insurmountable majority for the other parties. However the Conservatives stood a full slate of 63 candidates and were hopeful of making gains due to dissatisfaction among Labour supporters. The British National Party stood 12 candidates in the election, a substantial increase on the 2 they had stood in the 2003 election but not the 20 candidates the party had been hoping to stand. Other candidates included 19 Liberal Democrats, 18 independents, 5 Socialist Alternative, 3 from the United Kingdom Independence Party and 1 Green Party. All postal voting in the election was expected to increase turnout, which was seen by analysts as making the results difficult to predict.


2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour lose 7 seats but remained firmly in control of the council with 43 of the 63 seats. The Conservatives gained 4 and the independents 3, with the gains for the independents in Featherstone being put down to the closure of a local swimming pool. The Liberal Democrats held their 3 seats in Ossett but neither they nor the British National Party made any gains. Overall voter turnout was 39.6%.


2004 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
Labour saw the results as not being as bad as they could have been given the losses the party was suffering nationally, which was put down to improved services and listening to local people. Meanwhile, the Conservatives were disappointed that they had not made more gains.


2004 Wales Rally GB
The 2004 Wales Rally GB (formally the 60th Wales Rally of Great Britain) was a rallying autosports race held over four days between 16 and 19 September 2004 and operated out of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It was the twelfth round of the 2004 World Rally Championship (WRC) and the 60th running of the event. Contested over 19 stages, the rally was won by Subaru World Rally Team driver Petter Solberg. Sébastien Loeb finished second for the Citroën World Rally Team and Ford driver Markko Märtin came in third.


2004 Wales Rally GB, Report, Background
The 2004 Wales Rally GB was the twelfth round of the 2004 World Rally Championship (WRC) after taking a two-week break since the previous race of the season in Japan. It was held over four days from Thursday, 16 September to Sunday, 19 September 2004. The rally headquarters was set up in Cardiff but some stages of the rally were altered. One new place the rally went to was Epynt forest with parts of the Rhondda and Resolven combined to form a new stage.


2004 Wales Rally GB, Report, Background
The stage in Rheola returned to the event but was revised to make it faster and the rally concluded in Cardiff instead of Margam Country Park the previous year. Before the event, Sébastien Loeb led the Drivers' Championship with 84 points, ahead of Petter Solberg in second and Markko Märtin third. Carlos Sainz was fourth on 50 points, and Marcus Grönholm was three points adrift in fifth. Citroën were leading the Manufacturers' Championship with 137 points; Ford stood in second on 102 points, 33 in front of Subaru. Peugeot were fourth on 73 points and Mitsubishi rounded out the top five with 17 points. Citroën had so far been the most successful team over the course of the season with Ford claiming one victory with Märtin in México and Subaru had taken three wins apiece.


2004 Wales Rally GB, Report, Background
With pressure from the South Wales Police who initiated a campaign against speeding, the rally was under threat from cancellation as several drivers had been observed exceeding the local speed limit in the 2002 event, and the world governing body of motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), announced it would investigate whether the roads were suitable for the large amount of rally traffic.


2004 Wales Rally GB, Report, Background
On 12 December 2003 the Wales Rally GB was granted a provisional slot on the 2004 WRC calendar pending a formal road review by the Motor Sports Association (MSA) after the FIA chose not to downgrade the event which would have made the event illegible to count for championship points. Five towns in England were mooted as alternative bases in the event Wales was deemed unsuitable. The FIA president Max Mosley later held discussions with the chief constable of South Wales Police Barbara Wilding and the Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain.


2004 Wales Rally GB, Report, Background
At the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris on 24 March, the MSA presented a traffic management report that confirmed the roads the rally used were safer than the national average. The council later confirmed that the rally would be given the go-ahead but would be monitored by FIA observers until its future as a championship round was secure.


2004 Wales Rally GB, Report, Background
87 crews registered to compete in the rally. The starting order for Leg 1 was "Priority 1" (P1) and P2 WRC drivers in the order of the current classification following the previous race of the 2004 season, followed by all other drivers as decided by the MSA. Solberg, the previous season's champion, set off first, followed by Loeb, then Sainz.


2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa
The 2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa was a series of matches played in June 2004. Wales faced Argentina in two test matches on 12 and 19 June 2004, and South Africa on 26 June 2004.


2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa
The Welsh drew the series with Argentina with a score of 1–1 and lost the single test against the Springboks.


2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa, Results
Argentina: 15. Hernan Senillosa, 14. Lucas Borges, 13. Martin Gaitan, 12. Manuel Contepomi, 11. Jose Nunez Piossek, 10. Felipe Contepomi, 9. Matias Albina, 8. Gonzalo Longo (capt), 7. Martin Durand, 6. Lucas Ostiglia, 5. Patricio Albacete, 4. Ignacio Fernadez Lobbe, 3. Omar Hasan, 2. Federico Mendez Azpillaga, 1. Rodrigo Roncero, – replacements: 16. Eusebio Guiñazú, 17. Pablo Cardinali, 18. Pablo Bouza, 19. Martin Schusterman, 20. Lucio Lopez Fleming, 22. Jose Orengo – Not used: 21. German BustosWales: 15. Rhys Williams, 14. Hal Luscombe, 13. Sonny Parker, 12. Gavin Henson, 11. Shane Williams, 10. Ceri Sweeney, 9. Dwayne Peel, 8.


2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa, Results
Michael Owen, 7. Jason Forster, 6. Colin Charvis (capt.) , 5. Gareth Llewellyn, 4. Brent Cockbain, 3. Adam R. Jones, 2. Mefin Davies, 1. Duncan Jones, – replacements: 16. Huw Bennett, 17. Gethin Jenkins, 18. Darren Morris, 20. Mike Phillips, 21. Nick Robinson, 22. Tom Shanklin – Not used: 19. Jonathan Thomas


2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa, Results
Argentina: 15. Hernan Senillosa, 14. Lucas Borges, 13. Jose Orengo, 12. Manuel Contepomi, 11. Jose Nunez Piossek, 10. Felipe Contepomi, 9. Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, 8. Gonzalo Longo (capt), 7. Martin Durand, 6. Lucas Ostiglia, 5. Patricio Albacete, 4. Ignacio Fernadez Lobbe , 3. Omar Hasan, 2. Federico Mendez Azpillaga, 1. Rodrigo Roncero, – replacements: 16. Mario Ledesma, 17. Eusebio Guiñazú, 19. Martin Schusterman, 20. Matias Albina, 21. Juan Fernandez Miranda, 22. Federico Aramburu – Not used: 18. German BustosWales: 15. Gavin Henson, 14. Hal Luscombe, 13. Sonny Parker, 12. Tom Shanklin, 11. Shane Williams , 10. Nick Robinson, 9.


2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa, Results
Dwayne Peel, 8. Michael Owen, 7. Colin Charvis (capt.) , 6. Dafydd Jones, 5. Gareth Llewellyn, 4. Brent Cockbain, 3. Adam R. Jones, 2. Huw Bennett, 1. Duncan Jones, – replacements: 16. Mefin Davies, 17. Gethin Jenkins, 18. Darren Morris, 19. Jonathan Thomas, 20. Mike Phillips – Not used: 21. Ceri Sweeney, 22. Barry Davies


2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa, Results
South Africa: 15. Percy Montgomery, 14. Breyton Paulse, 13. Marius Joubert, 12. Wayne Julies, 11. Brent Russell, 10. Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 9. Fourie du Preez, 8. Jacques Cronje, 7. Pedrie Wannenburg, 6. Schalk Burger, 5. Victor Matfield, 4. Quinton Davids, 3. Faan Rautenbach, 2. John Smit (capt. ), 1. Os du Randt, – replacements: 16. Hanyani Shimange, 17. Eddie Andrews, 18. Geo Cronje, 19. Gerrie Britz, 20. Bolla Conradie, 21. Henno Mentz, 22. Gaffie du Toit Wales: 15. Gavin Henson, 14. Hal Luscombe, 13. Sonny Parker, 12. Tom Shanklin, 11. Shane Williams, 10. Nick Robinson, 9. Dwayne Peel, 8.


2004 Wales rugby union tour of Argentina and South Africa, Results
Alix Popham, 7. Colin Charvis (capt. ), 6. Dafydd Jones, 5. Gareth Llewellyn, 4. Deiniol Jones, 3. Adam R. Jones, 2. Mefin Davies, 1. Gethin Jenkins, – replacements: 16. Huw Bennett, 17. Duncan Jones, 18. Darren Morris, 19. Jonathan Thomas, 21. Ceri Sweeney – Not used: 20. Mike Phillips, 22. Rhys Williams


2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background
Before the election the council was run by a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with Labour holding 27 seats, the Conservatives 24, Liberal Democrats 7 and UK Independence Party 2. 60 seats were contested with the candidates including 7 from the British National Party.


2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council with 35 of the 60 seats. Labour were reduced to 16 seats, with the chairs of the West Midlands Police Authority and West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, Mohammed Nazir and Richard Worrell, among those to lose at the election. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 6 seats and there was 1 independent, while the 2 UK Independence Party councillors both lost their seats.


2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
After results were declared, a box with 200 ballot papers in it was discovered underneath a table. These were then counted, but the returning officer did not include them in the declarations, as they said it would not have affected the results.


2004 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2004 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses were held on February 7, 2004. The Caucus is open to registered Democrats and Independents. The delegate allocation is proportional, the candidates are awarded delegates in proportion to the percentage of votes received. A total of 76 (of 95) delegates are awarded proportionally. A 15 percent threshold is required to receive delegates. No actual convention delegates are awarded at the caucuses, rather each precinct caucus chooses delegates to attend the County Convention.


2004 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
This election caucus was immediately following Super Tuesday, where John Kerry dominated and continued his momentum. Kerry won the blue state of Washington with 48% of the vote, winning every county and congressional district except for the 7th district, which Dean carried with just under 40%. Turnout was overall very low in the state. The highest turnout by far was when over 9,500 people showed to vote in King County, Washington, where Kerry won with 44%. Kerry's weakest performance in the state was in Jefferson County, Washington, where he got just 39% of the vote. Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich also got a share of the delegates.


2004 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses, Sources
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2004 Washington Huskies football team
The 2004 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second and final season under head coach Keith Gilbertson, the team compiled a 1–10 record, winless in the Pacific-10 Conference, and was outscored 334 to 154.


2004 Washington Huskies football team
This was Washington's first losing season since 1976. Following lopsided road losses at USC and Oregon, Gilbertson announced on the first of November that he would step down at the end of the season. The Huskies lost the remaining three games; the final loss at Washington State was UW's first Apple Cup defeat in seven years. Washington's most recent one-victory season was in 1969.


2004 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft
Two Huskies were selected in the 2005 NFL Draft, which lasted seven rounds (255 selections).


2004 Washington Initiative 872
Initiative 872 was an Initiative to the People in 2004 that replaced the open Primary being used in Washington state with a top-two nonpartisan blanket primary. It was challenged in court up to the US Supreme Court, which upheld the top-two primary in Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, Background
The blanket primary in Washington State was started by an Initiative to the Legislature filed in 1934 and passed in 1935. The political parties in Washington tried numerous times to have an open or closed primary system implemented, and it even filed a lawsuit that was decided by the Washington State Supreme Court in 1936. The state was represented in that lawsuit by Warren Magnuson.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, Background
The political parties in Washington State filed another lawsuit against it in 2000 when the blanket primary in California was overturned by California Democratic Party v. Jones and won the case.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, Background
The Washington State Legislature passed a new primary system in 2004, which would have created a new top-two primary system, with an open primary as a backup, giving the Governor the option to choose. Secretary of State Sam Reed advocated for the top-two, but on April 1, 2004, the Governor used the line-item veto to activate the open primary instead.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, 2004 campaign
Initiative 872 was filed on January 8, 2004 by Terry Hunt from the Washington Grange. The language of the ballot measure summary was as follows:


2004 Washington Initiative 872, 2004 campaign
This measure proposes a new system for conducting primaries for partisan offices. This proposal continues current practice of permitting voters to vote for any candidate for any office in primary and general elections, without limitation based on party. The two "top" candidates with the most votes in the primary advance to the general election. Candidates continue to designate their party. It becomes effective only if the court decision invalidating the traditional blanket primary becomes final.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, 2004 campaign
The political parties in Washington opposed I-872 because they felt it would create an opportunity for someone not directly associated with the party to claim the party name on the ballot.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, 2004 campaign
The measure passed with 1,632,225 yes votes and 1,095,190 no votes in 2004.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, More lawsuits
On July 15, 2005, the initiative 872 was declared unconstitutional by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, More lawsuits
On March 18, 2008, the US Supreme Court reversed the decision and upheld 872.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, Top two primary implementation
The decision to uphold 872 changed the implementation of the 2008 primary election, which was held on August 19.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, Top two primary implementation, 2008 election
In 2008, two State Senate races and five House of Representatives elections had either two Democrats or two Republicans get through the primary election, appearing together on the general election ballot.


2004 Washington Initiative 872, Top two primary implementation, 2008 election
The results of a study from Gonzaga University comparing the results in Washington state between the 2004 (closed) and 2008 (top two) primaries, indicate that the top two primary overall reduced the likelihood of running against a same party candidate and it reduced the likelihood that a strong incumbent would face a challenger from his or her own party.


2004 Washington Mystics season
The 2004 WNBA season was the seventh for the Washington Mystics. The franchise drafted Alana Beard as the 2nd pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft, who later led the team to the playoffs for the first time in two years.


2004 Washington Mystics season
The Mystics won a playoff game this season, something they would not again accomplish until 2013.


2004 Washington Mystics season
Additionally, the Mystics won a home playoff game. Washington would not win another home playoff game until 2017.


2004 Washington Mystics season
This would also be Chamique Holdsclaw's last year as a Mystic.


2004 Washington Mystics season, Dispersal Draft
Based on the Mystics' 2003 record, they would pick 2nd in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Mystics picked Chasity Melvin.


2004 Washington Redskins season
The 2004 season was the Washington Redskins' 73rd in the National Football League. Although they improved on their 5–11 record from 2003 to 6–10, they finished bottom of their division and missed the playoffs for the fifth straight year. The season saw Joe Gibbs come out of retirement to return as head coach. The team acquired running back Clinton Portis in a trade that sent Champ Bailey to the Denver Broncos in the 2004 offseason. Week 8 marked the first time since 1932 that the U.S. presidential election went against the Redskins Rule.


2004 Washington Redskins season, Regular season
Due to the addition of the Houston Texans in 2002 and a subsequent change to the NFL's scheduling formula, the 2004 season was the first time since 1991 that the Redskins played the Cincinnati Bengals; the Bengals won the game, the first time they had done so at the Redskins.


2004 Washington State Cougars football team
The 2004 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Bill Doba, and played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, with one in Seattle at Qwest Field. The Cougars were 5–6 overall and 3–5 in the Pacific-10 Conference, in seventh place.


2004 Washington State Senate election
The Washington State Senate elections were held on November 2, 2004. 24 seats were up for election.


2004 Washington State Supreme Court election
Washington State's Supreme Court has 9 members elected at large. In 2004, 3 members of the court were up for election.


2004 Washington elections
Washington has 9 Executive seats, all elected at large. In 2004, all 9 positions were up for reelection.


2004 Washington elections, Governor
After a machine and manual recount, Christine Gregoire won the election by 133 votes.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election
The 2004 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2004. The race gained national attention for its legal twists and extremely close finish, among the closest political races in United States election history. Republican Dino Rossi was declared the winner in the initial automated count and again in a subsequent automated recount, but after a second recount done by hand, Democrat Christine Gregoire took the lead by a margin of 129 votes.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election
Although Gregoire was sworn in as Governor of Washington on January 12, 2005, Rossi did not formally concede and called for a re-vote over concerns about the integrity of the election. The Republican Party filed a lawsuit in Chelan County Superior Court contesting the election, but the trial judge ruled against it, citing lack of evidence of deliberate electoral sabotage. Rossi chose not to appeal to the Washington State Supreme Court, formally conceding the election on June 6, 2005.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections
The 2004 election cycle was the first in Washington to use a party-line ballot system of holding primary elections. The state had a long tradition of using blanket primaries, where the candidates of all political parties appear together on the same ballot for all voters. In this system, the leading vote-getter from each party advances to the general election. Washington's voters are not registered by party affiliation and a voter could participate in selecting candidates for more than one party, although the voter could only choose one candidate (of whatever party) for each office.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections
In February 2004 the United States Supreme Court declined to review a lower court decision striking down the blanket primary as unconstitutional, based on it violating the rights of the parties to freedom of association under the First Amendment. Washington was thus forced to devise a new primary election system. The state legislature passed a bill providing that the top two vote-getters for each office in the primary would advance to the general election, regardless of which political party they belonged to. Voters would still be allowed to vote for any candidate as before. However, this measure was vetoed by Governor Gary Locke in favor of a Montana-style system that requires voters to choose a ballot for one specific party and vote only on that party's candidates in the primary.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections
The primary election in 2004 was held using the new system, but a campaign to replace it was already underway. The Washington State Grange, which had helped institute the blanket primary in 1935, filed Initiative 872 to implement the "top-two" primary instead, which would once again allow voters to cross party lines in the primary election but now send the top two vote-getters to the general election. In districts dominated by one party, the top-two system could result in Democrat- or Republican-only general election races.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections
Supporters claimed it would bring back voter choice across party lines and allow independent voters to participate in the primary; opponents said it would exclude third parties and independent candidates from general election ballots, and would in fact reduce general election voter choice. The initiative was put to a public vote in November 2004, and passed with 60% of the vote. The state Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties sued, however, and a federal district court judge ruled in 2005 that the measure was unconstitutional because it too infringed the parties' First Amendment right to select their own candidates. Washington continued with the party-line primary system while appealing the case.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections, Democratic primary
In July 2003, incumbent governor Gary Locke indicated that he would not seek a third term, opening up the Democratic primary to alternate candidates. Former Washington State Supreme Court justice Phil Talmadge was the first candidate to enter the race for the Democratic primary, challenging Gary Locke before he announced his retirement, but Washington Attorney-General Christine Gregoire quickly became the frontrunner, leading in fundraising and endorsements. King County Executive Ron Sims announced his candidacy, but failed to garner much interest.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections, Democratic primary
According to a March 2004, Mellman Group poll, Gregoire would beat both Sims and Talmadge 36% to 11% and four percent in an open primary, and would beat Sims 55% to 17% in a closed primary. On April 29, 2004, Talmadge announced he was withdrawing from the race following the discovery of a benign kidney tumor, citing the likely need for surgery and associated recovery time.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections, Republican primary
The Washington State Republican Party struggled to find a candidate through most of 2003 when presumed candidate Bob Herbold, a former Executive Vice President and COO of Microsoft, declined to run. They finally recruited Dino Rossi, a relatively obscure political figure who left the state Senate to pursue a gubernatorial run due to state elected officials being prohibited from raising money while the legislature is in session.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Primary elections, Libertarian primary
The Libertarian Party of Washington State race was between Ruth Bennett, former state chair of the party in Washington and Colorado, and Michael Nelson.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Both Gregoire and Rossi ran as centrists and promised to change the political landscape in Washington, and both made job and economic growth the centerpiece of their campaigns.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The Rossi campaign presented its own job-growth plan, and stated that 20 years of Democratic governors were to blame for the economic troubles in the state. However, during the general election he was criticized for a strongly conservative voting record that was at odds with his moderate campaign posture. Rossi was also criticized for his long-time professional association with a real estate broker convicted of fraud, and for alleged résumé embellishments. Rossi had worked against Roe v. Wade, attacked opponents for supporting gay rights, and proclaimed that creationism should be taught in public schools.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Rossi campaigned on being anti-abortion and in favor of state and federal Constitutional Amendments that would ban certain benefits for gay couples. He downplayed his long history of conservative comments and claimed to be a "fiscal moderate with a social conscience." Rossi would not publicly state his opinion over stem cell research.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The Gregoire campaign promised to boost job growth in the state which had slowed greatly after the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, to improve education, and to increase access to health care. It also focused on Gregoire's record of challenging big tobacco and pharmaceutical companies in her tenure as state Attorney-General. Gregoire also proposed a major state-led initiative in life sciences, especially stem cell research, where she proposed investing US$500 million of a tobacco settlement the state hoped to receive in 2008.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Her economic plan for the state focused on improving state infrastructure and improving the quality of education in the state, which she claimed would attract investors. Gregoire also stated that she believed Washington residents should be allowed to buy prescription medicine from Canada, while Rossi said that he needed to be convinced it "was safe". Gregoire was criticized for being a part of the state government establishment, but tried to counter Rossi's "time for a change" message by saying that she would "blow past the bureaucracy" and bring change herself. This language surprised and disappointed many of her colleagues and supporters, who saw it as a failure to give mention or credit to the efforts and achievements of past Democratic governors.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Gregoire was also strongly criticized in many attack ads for an incident which occurred in 2000, when Gregoire's office failed to file documents on time to appeal a record $17.8 million personal-injury verdict against Washington. Documents from an independent investigation conducted at the time of the incident show that Gregoire's deputies attempted to influence who was listed as responsible for the missed deadline. A further case Gregoire was strongly criticized for occurred in 2002 during a wrongful death lawsuit when Gregoire's office did not detect an error in jury instructions. The state was forced to pay $22.4 million to the plaintiff. While Gregoire was not directly responsible for these offenses, the Rossi campaign claimed that she had already cost Washington taxpayers millions of dollars and was negligent.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Rossi won the endorsement of the Republican Party, the National Rifle Association, The Seattle Times, several business and medical associations, and former governor Dan Evans. Gregoire received the endorsement of the Democratic Party, GLAAD, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, abortion rights organizations, and all the previous Democratic governors of the state. However, the Republican Party decided not to fund ads for Rossi in the state as polls leading up to the election date showed Gregoire with a clear lead. Almost all of Rossi's ads were paid for and created by outside sources, although as Gregoire's lead narrowed closer to the election date, the Republican Party ultimately decided to launch a series of advertisements for Rossi.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Ruth Bennett's campaign focused on permitting same-sex marriage in the state and economic liberalization in line with the political philosophy of libertarianism. She also recommended equally dividing the state budget among the counties and allowing the counties to establish tax systems on a county-by-county basis, ultimately leading to a diminished role of Washington's Department of Revenue.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Gregoire led in almost all polls conducted leading up to the election, but Rossi was able to close in on her late in the race and won considerable support from Eastern Washington. He also ran much stronger than expected in Snohomish and Pierce Counties. Gregoire received strong support (nearly a three-to-two margin) from the largest county in the state, King County, which includes heavily Democratic Seattle. During the initial ballot count, the lead changed hands several times.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Initial results
Washington is unusual for a U.S. state in that it only requires that an absentee ballot be postmarked by the day of the election to be valid, while most other states require the ballot to have arrived at the election office by that time. Due to this as well as the state's high number of absentee ballots—more than 60% of all King County voters voted absentee—the initial result of the election was not known until November 17, the last day under state law for election results to be certified by each county's election officials.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Initial results
The initial result, as reported by Secretary of State Sam Reed, showed Rossi with a lead of 261 votes, well within the margin for an automatic machine recount pursuant to Washington state law (less than 0.5% and less than 2,000 votes). After a statewide recount completed on November 24, Rossi again came away with the lead, this time by 42 votes.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Manual recount
After Rossi was certified as the victor on November 29, the Washington State Secretary of State said that "a manual recount was almost a certainty." This view was shared by the Gregoire campaign, with campaign spokesman Morton Brilliant saying that "if all the ballots aren't counted, we will go through the next four years with one candidate's supporters not believing the winner was legitimately elected." and that it was "worth taking three weeks to have four years of legitimacy, and that's what is at stake."


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Manual recount
In Washington, a candidate may request one hand count or machine count, provided that they pay for the estimated cost of the recount up front. If a manual recount overturns the outcome of an election, the state will then refund the money to the candidate. On December 3, the Washington State Democratic Party gave a $730,000 check to the Secretary of State for the statewide manual recount of nearly 3 million ballots. The Secretary of State issued the order for a recount on Monday, December 6.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Manual recount
The next day, attorneys for the Democratic Party and the Secretary of State argued before the Washington State Supreme Court over terms for the recount. The Democrats argued for a universal standard to be applied to the manual recount, and for the retabulation of votes over simply recanvassing them. Attorneys for the Secretary of State replied saying that any retabulation of votes would be a violation of state election laws and the Washington State Constitution. Two days later, the Supreme Court issued their opinion and rejected universal standards in the statewide recount.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Discovered ballots
King County Council Chairman Larry Phillips was at a Democratic Party office in Seattle on Sunday December 12, reviewing a list of voters whose absentee votes had been rejected due to signature problems, when to his surprise he found his own name listed. Phillips said he was certain he had filled out and signed his ballot correctly, and asked the county election officials to investigate the discrepancy. They discovered that Phillips' signature had somehow failed to be scanned into the election computer system after he submitted his request for an absentee ballot.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Discovered ballots
Election workers claimed that they had received Phillips' absentee ballot in the mail, but they could not find his signature in the computer system to compare to the one on the ballot envelope, so they mistakenly rejected the ballot instead of following the standard procedure of checking it against the signature of Phillips' physical voter registration card that was on file. The discovery prompted King County Director of Elections Dean Logan to order his staff to search the computers to see if any other ballots had been incorrectly rejected.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Discovered ballots
Logan announced on December 13 that 561 absentee ballots in the county had been wrongly rejected due to an administrative error. The next day, workers retrieving voting machines from precinct storage found an additional 12 ballots, bringing the total to 572 newly discovered ballots. Logan admitted the lost ballots were an oversight on the part of his department, and insisted that the found ballots be counted. On December 15, the King County Canvassing Board voted 2-1 in favor of counting the discovered ballots.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Discovered ballots
Upon examination of the discovered ballots, it was further discovered that, with the exception of two ballots, none of the ballots had been cast by voters whose surnames began with the letters A, B, or C. There was a further search for more ballots, and on December 17, county workers discovered a tray in a warehouse with an additional 162 previously uncounted ballots. All together, 723 uncounted or improperly rejected ballots were discovered in King County during the manual hand recount.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Discovered ballots
Chairman of the Washington State Republican Party Chris Vance stated that he was "absolutely convinced that King County is trying to steal this election." The National Rifle Association, which had endorsed Rossi, sent a mass e-mail on December 14 to its members asking for volunteers to go to King County in order to sit in on the county elections office and observe the recount.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Discovered ballots
The Washington State Republican Party filed a restraining order in Pierce County District Court, requesting an injunction against King County to block the tabulation of the uncounted ballots. The request was granted on December 17, but Democrats appealed to the Supreme Court. On December 22, the court ruled against the Republican Party and overturned the restraining order, allowing King County to count all ballots. The next day, Sam Reed issued a statement explaining the process for certification of the uncounted ballots and the standards for fair voting practices in the state.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Discovered ballots
After all other counties submitted their recount votes, it was revealed on December 20 that at least five other counties besides King County had included ballots that had been discovered after the initial count. For example, Snohomish County included 224 missed ballots that had been discovered underneath mail trays. The outcome of the State Supreme Court hearing regarding King County's votes could have potentially affected those counties' counts as well.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Final results
The state Democratic party claimed on December 21 that the result of the manual recount, including King County's votes, placed Gregoire ahead by eight votes across the state. Later, on December 22, the preliminary recount results put Gregoire at a ten-vote lead.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Final results
Washington state law allows for election officials to evaluate voter intent and correct ballots so that the machines can properly read them. For example, on a Scantron or other optical ballot, an election official might fill in a circle that was not properly marked so that the machine may record the vote. Republicans filed a federal lawsuit to stop the visual examination of ballots, claiming that it is not allowed under federal law (Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment).


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Final results
The Republican Party was contending that the method King County was using was different from that of other counties, therefore treating voters in King County differently from those in others. However, the court ruled that this was not the case, as King County was counting their ballots in a manner similar to that of other counties.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Final results
A Pierce County Superior Court judge ruled that ballots should not be counted, but on December 22, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that counties explicitly have the ability to correct ballot consideration errors made during earlier counts. Of those 732 ballots, 566 were accepted as having valid signatures and were added to the existing total on December 23. The final results of the hand count, as of December 23, had Christine Gregoire ahead by 130 votes, which was later revised to 129 when it was discovered that Thurston County had added a vote after certification had been completed. Since the recount results were in favor of the party requesting the recount, the Democrats were reimbursed the recount costs they had advanced to the state.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Final results
The Republicans were already preparing for further legal action before the final tally was announced by canvassing Republican voters whose ballots had been rejected. On December 29, Rossi called for a re-vote, saying that "this election has been a total mess" and that a "revote would be the best solution for the people of our state and would give us a legitimate governorship". This solution had been rejected by the Democrats and Republican Secretary of State Sam Reed because Washington's election law contains no re-vote provision, which left a lawsuit the only other option. Reed officially certified the results of the manual recount on December 30, declaring Gregoire the governor-elect.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
Republican leaders in Washington claimed there were enough disputed votes to change the outcome of the election and filed a lawsuit in Chelan County Superior Court in order to avoid having the case heard in the more liberal Western Washington counties. King County's election department (the greater Seattle area) was also targeted for how they handled the ballots, including untracked use of a "ballot-on-demand" printing machine. Also, ballots in six counties were discovered after the initial count and included in the recounts, the most being from King County. The judge hearing the lawsuit ruled that the Party did not provide enough evidence that the disputed votes were ineligible votes, or for whom they were cast, to enable the court to overturn the election.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
Controversy over the election's outcome continued after the certification of the hand recount results. The Washington State Republican Party called into question the discrepancy between the list of voters casting ballots in King County (895,660) and the number of ballots reported in the final hand recount (899,199). They claimed that hundreds of votes, including votes by felons, deceased voters, and double voters, were included in the canvass. As an explanation, election officials claimed that they had yet to finalize the list at the time, and argued that discrepancies in the two numbers are common and do not necessarily indicate fraud.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
As the election officials had expected, once the two lists were completed on January 5, the two numbers were indeed very close to one another. Also on January 5, 2005, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer published an article investigating votes in King County apparently cast by dead people.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
The PI uncovered eight cases of votes attributed to dead people; these included one administrative error, two ballots cast by the spouses of recently deceased voters (one who voted against Gregoire), one case of a husband apparently voting his dead wife's ballot instead of his own, and a man who legally voted his absentee ballot and then died before election day. One dead woman was marked as having voted in person at the polls.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
By law, the result of the election can be contested by any individual who files suit at any time up to 10 days after any inauguration, thereby making January 22 the latest date to have filed any suit. Two private citizens filed challenges to the election on January 6: Daniel P. Stevens of Fall City and Arthur Coday Jr. of Shoreline. The Republican party filed a suit on January 7 in Chelan County claiming that voters had been deprived of their right to a "free and fair election", and demanding a revote by special election. While the evidence focused especially on problems in King County, adjacent Chelan was chosen as the venue because it was more solidly Republican and the GOP questioned the ability of King County judges to rule impartially in such a case.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
Neither suit asked for Gregoire's inauguration to be delayed, allowing governor Gary Locke to leave his post as scheduled. Gregoire was inaugurated on January 12. On February 4, Judge John E. Bridges, assigned by Chelan County to preside over the case, ruled that the court did not have the authority to order a re-election. However, in the same ruling, he also rejected the Democrats' argument that only the state legislature, which then had a Democratic majority, and not the court, had the sole authority to decide whether an election was invalid, thereby indicating that he intended to proceed to trial. Both sides declared victory over this early pre-trial ruling.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
The Republicans presented data showing discrepancies in absentee ballot counts from 11 King County precincts. In some precincts, the county tallied more mail-in ballots than there were voters recorded as having voted by mail. In others, the opposite occurred—the county recorded more voters than ballots. The proof that ballots were fabricated for Democrats, Republican attorneys argued, is that four of the five precincts with the most excess mail-in ballots backed Gregoire. And as proof that ballots were misplaced or destroyed to harm Republicans, they pointed to the fact that four of the six precincts in which the most mail-in votes cannot be accounted for backed Republican Dino Rossi.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
Additionally, the Republicans contended that King County was three days past its federally mandated due date of October 10 to send out its absentee ballots to overseas military personnel, widely considered more likely to vote Republican. The United States Postal Service Bulk Permit #1455 was used to mail 1,605 ballots on October 2, and 28,000 on October 13. The Republicans claimed that the delay may have prevented military service people from voting, thereby skewing the results in King County. On air, local talk radio host Bryan Suits claimed that his vote in particular was not counted while he performed military service in Iraq.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
On February 19 Judge Bridges denied the Democratic motion calling for the challengers' burden of proof to include a comprehensive list of disputed ballots cast for each candidate. The Republicans acknowledged that such an exhaustive list would be impossible to complete, but continued to argue that the volume of illegal ballots, and the electoral tendencies of the counties in which they were cast, demonstrated a strong likelihood that the illegal ballots had led to Gregoire's victory.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
On February 26, as a part of the Republican suit, Rossi's legal team produced a list of 1,135 felons, deceased people, or people who allegedly voted twice, whom attorneys claimed influenced the outcome. A substantial number of the felon-voters were convicted as juveniles and were legally permitted to vote. Conservative columnists suggested that felons were more likely to vote for Gregoire. Most of the felon-voters resided in counties won by Rossi.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
As a solution to the problem of the illegal voters, the Republicans proposed a solution of "proportional reduction". Republicans claimed that it should be assumed that illegal votes were cast in the same percentages as other votes in the same precinct. For example, in a precinct where Gregoire won 60% of the vote, it would have been assumed that she received 60% of the illegal vote as well, and those votes would be subtracted from her total for the precinct.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
The Democrats countered that the Republicans' proposal was statistically invalid, an example of the ecological fallacy, and the best solution would be to call each of the felons into court and ask them to swear under oath which political candidate they voted for, after which time their vote would be removed from the total.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
The trial began on May 23, with both sides presenting their evidence of manipulation. On June 6, 2005, Judge John E. Bridges ruled that the Republican party did not provide enough evidence that the disputed votes were ineligible -or for whom they were cast- to overturn the election. Judge Bridges noted that there was evidence that 1,678 votes had been illegally cast throughout the state, but found that the only evidence submitted to show how those votes had been cast were sworn statements from four felons that they had voted for Rossi.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
He stated that the judiciary should exercise restraint; "unless an election is clearly invalid, when the people have spoken, their verdict should not be disturbed by the court." Nullifying the election, Bridges said, would be "the ultimate act of judicial egotism and judicial activism." He also concluded that according to his interpretation of the Washington Administrative Code, "voters who improperly cast provisional ballots should not be disenfranchised."


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
He also rejected all claims of fraud and the Republican Party's statistical analysis, concluding that the expert testimony of the Republican party was "not helpful" and that the proportional reduction theory was not supported under any law in the state. Striking another blow against Rossi's court case, he stated that "the court is more inclined to believe that Gregoire would have prevailed under statistical analysis theory", rejecting the Rossi campaign's claim that improperly cast ballots led to Gregoire's victory.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
Bridges did accept the claim that some people voted illegally in the election, but said there was little proof of which candidate benefited from those votes. He ruled that 1,678 illegal votes should be subtracted from the total number of votes cast. Bridges also removed five votes from the final count for two of the candidates: four for Rossi and one for Ruth Bennett. No evidence was brought before the court of any of the illegal votes benefitted Gregoire. The final margin of victory for Gregoire over Rossi was 133 votes. Rossi did not appeal to the state Supreme Court and the Washington State Republican party settled the case after paying $15,000 in court costs to the Democrats.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, General election, Further legal challenges
Judge Bridges' ruling was seen as a comprehensive defeat for Rossi. The judge admitted nearly every piece of evidence the Republican Party offered and then wrote a thorough, tough opinion rejecting the Republicans' claims (while criticizing the administration of the election, particularly in King County); Rossi was left with very little legal ground for a successful appeal. After receiving such a negative verdict, Rossi declined to appeal to the State Supreme Court, claiming that the political makeup of the Court would make it impossible for him to win, thereby ending all legal challenges to the election of Gregoire as the Governor of Washington.


2004 Washington gubernatorial election, Aftermath
The 2004 election became a focus of media attention again in early 2007 when news broke that eight federal prosecutors including John McKay, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, had been fired. Republicans had hoped that after the election McKay would begin a federal investigation into alleged voter fraud, but he did not; McKay stated afterward that he would not convene a grand jury for purely political reasons and emphasized he had not seen any evidence of voter fraud in the Governor's race.


2004 Waterford City Council election
An election to Waterford City Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Waterford County Council election
An election to Waterford County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 2004 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 26 January 2004. The championship began on 2 May 2004 and ended on 4 December 2004.


2004 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 10 October 2004, Mount Sion won the championship after a 4-14 to 4-07 defeat of Ballygunner in the final at Walsh Park. It was their 34th championship title overall and their third title in succession.


2004 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
Lismore's Dave Bennett was the championship's top scorer with 4-52.


2004 Watford Borough Council election
Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 39.3%.


2004 Waveney District Council election
The 2004 Waveney Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2004 Webby Awards
The 8th Annual Webby Awards was held on May 12, 2004. Due to cutbacks in the Webby event budget resulting from the 2002 Internet bubble, the decision was made to hold this year's ceremony entirely online (a step further than the 2003 Webbys which had already been partially online). Judging was provided by the 480-person International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.


2004 Wellington City mayoral election
The 2004 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections. On 9 October 2004, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Kerry Prendergast was re-elected for a second term as mayor of Wellington. This was the first Wellington mayoral election to be held under the Instant runoff voting system.


2004 Wellington City mayoral election, Ward results
Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.


2004 Wellington local elections
The 2004 Wellington local elections were part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts.


2004 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council
The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.


2004 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Eastern ward
The Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:


2004 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Lambton ward
The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:


2004 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Northern ward
The Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:


2004 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Onslow-Western ward
The Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:


2004 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Southern ward
The Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:


2004 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2004 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 and 25 January at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff, Wales.


2004 Welsh Open (snooker)
Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 4–5 against Marco Fu.


2004 Welsh Open (snooker)
Ronnie O'Sullivan managed to recover from 5–8 down to defeat Steve Davis 9–8 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 14th ranking title of his career.


2004 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary
Defending champion Stephen Hendry was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.


2004 Welsh Open (snooker), Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 9 and 13 December 2003.


2004 Welsh local elections
The 2004 Welsh local elections,  were held on 10 June in 22 local authorities, as part of the wider 2004 UK local elections.


2004 Welsh local elections
The elections were originally scheduled for May 2003, but were delayed to avoid a conflict with the 2003 Wales Assembly elections. However, this meant they took place on the same day as the 2004 elections to the European Parliament. 3,135 candidates competed for 1,262 council seats across Wales, in 879 electoral wards.


2004 Welsh local elections, Result
In all 22 Welsh councils the whole of the council was up for election.


2004 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
The 2004 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2004 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservative increase their majority on the council after both they and the Liberal Democrats gained seats from Labour. The Conservatives made 4 gains from Labour in Hatfield North, Hatfield West, Howlands and Sherrards wards, with one Conservative councillor describing the results as "so good absolutely marvellous". Labour put their defeats down to mid-term unpopularity of the national Labour government.


2004 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, Election result
However the Conservatives did lose one seat to the Liberal Democrats in Handside, and this, along with a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour in Hatfield Central, meant that the Liberal Democrats won their first seats on the council for 14 years. The Liberal Democrats said they had been successful after campaigning on local issues such as maintaining Welwyn Garden City and on Stanborough Park.


2004 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, Election result
Meanwhile, the one candidate from the United Kingdom Independence Party came second in Northaw ward ahead of both Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Overall turnout in the election was 40.61%, a significant rise on the 2003 election.


2004 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
The 2004 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 28 and 29, 2004 at Loyola Marymount's home stadium, George C. Page Stadium in Los Angeles, California, and pitted the winners of the conference's two four-team divisions. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball season. Pepperdine won the series two games to none over Loyola Marymount and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2004 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2004 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 5–8, 2004. All rounds were held in Santa Clara, California at the Leavey Center. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.


2004 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their sixth WCC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament. Ronny Turiaf of Gonzaga was named Tournament MVP.


2004 West Lancashire District Council election
The 2004 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of  West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


2004 West Lancashire District Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Conservatives held 28 seats compared to 26 for Labour. 18 seats were contested in the election, with 9 seats being defended by each of the 2 parties. As well as candidates from the Conservative and Labour parties, there were also 7 independents, 4 Greens, 1 Liberal Democrat and 1 from the new Ormskirk party. Both the Liberal Democrat and Ormskirk party candidates were standing in Derby ward, which was seen as being one of the critical contests in the election.


2004 West Lancashire District Council election, Campaign
A major issue in the election was privatisation, which the Conservatives supported saying it would improve efficiency, however Labour criticised the Conservatives plans saying investment should be kept in the area. The Conservatives called on voters to back their moves to establish litter free zones, create secure leisure facilities for young people and refurbish parks. However Labour attacked plans to sell council housing and the handing of a local park to a private developer. Other issues included crime, anti-social behaviour, CCTV and plans to move the accident and emergency department of  Ormskirk hospital to Southport hospital.


2004 West Lancashire District Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives hold on to control of the council after making 1 gain from Labour. This meant the Conservatives held 29 seats compared to 25 for Labour and the election was described as a "vindication of Conservative policies running West Lancs" by the Conservative leader of the council, Geoff Roberts. Meanwhile, Labour's group leader on the council, Alan Bullen, only narrowly held his own seat on the council in Skelmersdale North. Overall turnout in the election was up by 14% at 42.47%.


2004 West Lindsey District Council election
Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


2004 West Oxfordshire District Council election
The 2004 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2004 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background
After the last election in 2003 the Conservatives controlled the council with 29 seats, while the Liberal Democrats had 12, there were six Independent councillors and the Labour Party had two seats. A total of 54 candidates stood for the 17 seats up for election in 2004, comprising 16 each for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, 11 Labour candidates, nine Green Party and two Independents.


2004 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 29 councillors, after winning 12 of the 17 seats contested. 13 of the 14 councillors who were standing again were re-elected, with only Conservative councillor James Mills losing his seat in Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt ward to Liberal Democrat Elisabeth Bickley. The Liberal Democrats took four seats and therefore finished with 13 councillors on the council., while all three members of the Conservative council cabinet were re-elected, including the council leader Barry Norton in North Leigh ward.


2004 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result
Conservative Andrew Creery also gained one seat in Witney Central from Labour, after the Labour councillor for the previous 30 years, Ted Cooper, stood down at the election. This reduced Labour to its worst ever position on the council with just one councillor. Meanwhile, independent councillor Derrick Millard retained his seat in Stonesfield and Tackley, to mean there remained six independent councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 45.19%.


2004 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary
The 2004 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary was held on May 11 in the U.S. state of West Virginia as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.


2004 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2004 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the regular season with an 8–4 (4–2 conference record) and traveled to the Gator Bowl, where they lost to the Florida State Seminoles 30–18. The Mountaineers began the season ranked #10, but ended disappointedly by losing the last three games of the season after starting 8–1.


2004 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Roster
The 2004 football team featured stars Rasheed Marshall at quarterback, Kay-Jay Harris at running back, Chris Henry at receiver, and a stout defense featuring Pacman Jones (who also played returner), Mike Lorello, Kevin "Boo" McLee, Jahmile Addae, Eric Wicks, and Alton McCann. Brandon Myles also played receiver behind Henry to help out the passing game.


2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2004 for the post of Governor of West Virginia. Democratic Secretary of State of West Virginia Joe Manchin defeated Republican Monty Warner. Manchin won all but 3 counties. Despite Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry losing the state to George W. Bush by double digits, Manchin won by nearly 30 points.


2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Campaign
Democratic governor Bob Wise became the first governor of West Virginia not to stand for re-election since the Constitution of West Virginia was amended in 1970 to permit two consecutive terms. In August 2003 he announced that he would not stand again after admitting to an affair with a West Virginia Development Office employee Angela Mascia who was also married. The announcement took place three months after this became public knowledge and over 500 emails exchanged between the two was released to the public through a Freedom of Information Act request.


2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Campaign
Angela Mascia's then husband, Phillip Frye, divorced Mascia and then ran for Governor. Frye told The Daily Show in August of 2003 that he was running “to be a sheer nuisance to Bob Wise” and "I'm not qualified to run our great state, or have any hopes whatsoever of winning an election."


2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Campaign
West Virginia Secretary of State Joe Manchin challenged Wise for the Democratic nomination, and after Wise withdrew from the race he became the favorite for the primary. Manchin lined up support from various sources including labour leaders in order to reverse his defeat in the gubernatorial primary in 1996. His main opponent in the primary was former State Senator Lloyd Jackson, who launched his campaign with a plan to reduce insurance costs. In the run up to the primary the two candidates traded negative advertising but Manchin won an easy victory in the primary on May 11.


2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
The Republican primary saw 10 candidates competing for the nomination. Six of the candidates met in a debate in March 2004, in which they agreed on the need to reduce the size of the West Virginia state government. It saw a close race between three main candidates Monty Warner, a retired army colonel and developer, Rob Capehart, a former state tax secretary, and Dan Moore, a former banker and car dealer. A poll conducted during the lead-up to the primary showed the three candidates virtually even. Warner won a narrow victory in the primary over Moore and Capehart.


2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Early in the campaign, Warner called for Manchin, as a centrist Democrat, to endorse President George W. Bush for re-election over his Democratic rival John Kerry. Manchin's campaign spokesperson responded that Manchin backed "the Democratic nominee".


2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The two main candidates faced each other in three debates and one town hall meeting. Jesse Johnson, the Mountain Party candidate, unsuccessfully attempted to get the West Virginia Supreme Court to cancel the first debate, as he was not asked to take part.


2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Manchin had an edge in the election with better name recognition and a strong financial advantage over Warner. In the closing weeks of the election campaign, Manchin spent $3.3 million against $880,000 by Warner.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters
The 2004 Cincinnati Masters (also known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 103rd edition of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2004 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2004 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was the first Cincinnati event to feature both men and women's draws since 1989.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Finals, Men's Doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Jonas Björkman /  Todd Woodbridge, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Finals, Women's Doubles
Jill Craybas /  Marlene Weingärtner defeated  Emmanuelle Gagliardi /  Anna-Lena Grönefeld 7-5, 7-6(7–2)


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but lost in second round to Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the title, defeating Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 in the final.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles
Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals this year.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles
Andre Agassi won the title, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 in the final.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles
This event was not held from 1989 onwards, so not defending champions were declared. Beth Herr and Candy Reynolds were the last champions in the 1988 edition.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Doubles
Jill Craybas and Marlene Weingärtner won the title, defeating Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Anna-Lena Grönefeld 7–5, 7–6(7–2) in the final. It was the 2nd title for Craybas and the 1st and only title for Weingärtner, in their respective careers.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles
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2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles
Lindsay Davenport defeated Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2004 Cincinnati Open. It was her 6th title of the year and the 44th of her career.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles
This event was not held from 1989 onwards, so no defending champion was declared. Barbara Potter was the last champion in the 1988 edition.


2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open – Singles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2004 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 2004 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by second year head coach David Elson. The team contended for Gateway Football Conference championship but finished 2nd. They made the school's fifth straight appearance in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs; it would end up being WKU's last playoff appearance, as they would initiate transitioning to NCAA Division I-A/FBS in 2006. The Hilltoppers finished the season ranked 11th in final I-AA postseason national poll.


2004 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
This team included future NFL players Curtis Hamilton, Brian Claybourn, Dan Cline, and Greg Ryan. Claybourn and Buster Ashley were named to the AP All American team. The All-Conference team included Ashley, Claybourn, Deonté Smith, Charles Thompson, Antonio Thomas, Justin Haddix, Erik Losey, Lerron Moore, and Joe Woolridge.


2004 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 2004 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They competed as members of the Mid-American Conference in the West Division. The team was coached by Gary Darnell, who was fired after the end of the season, and played their home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


2004 Westmeath County Council election
An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Wexford County Council election
An election to Wexford County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of seats by 1. The council stayed under no overall control.


2004 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2004.


2004 Wicklow County Council election
An election to Wicklow County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 24 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 Wien Energie Grand Prix
The 2004 Wien Energie Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the Tier III series of the 2004 WTA Tour. It took place in Vienna, Austria, in late May 2004.


2004 Wien Energie Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova and  Lisa Raymond defeated  Cara Black and  Rennae Stubbs, 6–2, 7–5


2004 Wien Energie Grand Prix – Doubles
Li Ting and Sun Tiantian were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Martina Navratilova and Lisa Raymond.


2004 Wien Energie Grand Prix – Singles
Paola Suárez was the defending champion, but chose not to compete in 2004.


2004 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Wigan Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of councillors by three. The Labour party kept overall control of the council.


2004 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2004 Wigan Warriors season
This article outlines the 2004 season for the British rugby league club Wigan Warriors. This season saw them compete in the Super League and Challenge Cup.


2004 Wigan Warriors season, League Table
Source: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.


2004 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
The 2004 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships was the 24th edition of the global wildwater canoeing competition, Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, organised by the International Canoe Federation.


2004 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season
The 2004 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season was the team's third season as a member of the AF2. The Pioneers finished with a 13–3 record under new head coach Les Moss, their fourth head coach in three seasons. The Pioneers clinched the Northeastern Division and secured their best first playoff appearance. The Pioneers lost in the third week of the postseason, ending their playoff run just short of the ArenaCup. Following the season, Moss signed a contract to remain the head coach for a second season, the first returning coach in team history.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2004 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. William & Mary competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) under head football coach Jimmye Laycock and played their home games at Zable Stadium.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2004 Tribe football team is considered, within the William & Mary community, to be one of the two greatest teams ever assembled at the college (the other being the 2009 team). For the first time William & Mary reached the NCAA Division I-AA Semifinals. They set a single season school record for wins (11) and were A-10 Conference Co-Champions after going 7–1 in conference play.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team
Many Tribe players garnered postseason awards and accolades, highlighted by quarterback Lang Campbell's selection as the 2004 Walter Payton Award winner, which is given annually to the most outstanding offensive player in the Division I FCS of college football as chosen by a nationwide panel of media and college sports information directors.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team
William & Mary finished the 2004 season ranked No. 3 nationally in the final Division I-AA polls. No team in school history had ever finished with a ranking that high, nor had any Tribe squad even reached #3 at any point during any season.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Preseason
The Tribe were not nationally ranked heading into the 2004 season. Coming off of a 5–5 record in 2003 in which they had failed to qualify for the playoffs, national media did not predict much more success for them in 2004. They had lost Rich Musinski to graduation—a wide receiver who graduated as one of three players in NCAA history to collect more than 4,000 receiving yards. Though quarterback Campbell was returning for his redshirt senior season, he was not expected to lead the Tribe to the success they would later achieve.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Regular season, @ North Carolina
The Tribe began their 2004 campaign by traveling to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to take on the UNC Tar Heels of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Over 43,500 people went to Kenan Memorial Stadium to see the match-up. Despite holding a 24–14 halftime lead, the Tribe could not hold on for the victory, losing 38–49.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Regular season, @ #10 New Hampshire
After a bye-week, William & Mary resumed their season on September 18 against #10-ranked New Hampshire in Durham. This contest began conference play. The unranked Tribe only mustered three field goals for the match, but it proved to be enough as they came away with a 9–7 win. And, despite the lack of offense, William & Mary held the Wildcats scoreless for the last 50:48 of the game in the come-from-behind victory.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Regular season, Virginia Military Institute
Game 3 pitted William & Mary against a lesser VMI Keydets team. They led 28–6 at halftime, and the lead bulged to 35–6 by the end of the third quarter. The Tribe won the non-conference game 42–6. William & Mary plays the Virginia Military Institute nearly every season, and consequently a friendly rivalry has spawned from it.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Regular season, #16 Northeastern
On October 2, the #16-ranked Northeastern Huskies traveled to Williamsburg to face the unranked Tribe. The contest was evenly matched as both teams headed into halftime tied at 14. William & Mary trailed by four points going into the fourth quarter, but a field goal by All-American kicker Greg Kuehn and a receiving touchdown by future National Football League player Dominique Thompson, followed by a successful two-point conversion, provided the Tribe with 11 points in the final period. Northeastern had also scored one touchdown, and the game went to overtime knotted at 35 points apiece. William & Mary's ability to convert a field goal attempt, coupled with their defense holding the Huskies from scoring any points in the extra period, gave the Tribe a 38–35 win at home. It was the second victory over a ranked opponent by unranked William & Mary.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Regular season, @ Liberty
William & Mary faced the Liberty Flames in Lynchburg on October 9. The Tribe scored 10 points in each of the first three quarters en route to their second non-conference win of 2004. They scored seven more insurance points in the fourth quarter to finish the game with 37 while Liberty managed only 17 of their own.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Regular season, @ Liberty
The contest marked the first time of the 2004 season that William & Mary entered a game ranked in the Top 25 nationally. Heading into the game, the 3–1 Tribe were ranked #18.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Regular season, Rhode Island
The Tribe fell behind 7–0 within the first three minutes of the game after the Rams connected on a 52-yard touchdown pass. By the end of the first quarter, however, the Tribe had scored two unanswered touchdowns of their own to take a 14–7 lead. After exchanging field goals in the second quarter, the two teams went into halftime by a score of 17–10. The Rams scored first during the third quarter when they finished their drive with a five-yard touchdown run to tie the game.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Regular season, Rhode Island
After William & Mary responded with another touchdown of their own, Rhode Island kept chipping away at the defense and would eventually tie the score at 24. Once again, the Tribe responded. With 8:09 left to play, running back Elijah Brooks powered in for a score from two yards out. Neither team would score again, and William & Mary won 31–24.


2004 William & Mary Tribe football team, Regular season, @ #3 Delaware
In a highly anticipated match-up between two ranked teams, the #14 Tribe traveled north to Newark to play #3 Delaware. It only took 2:27 for William & Mary to score first on a 10-yard touchdown pass to Dominique Thompson. The Blue Hens only mustered a three-and-out on their first possession, and, less than one minute after their first touchdown, Lang Campbell once again found Thompson, this time for a 62-yard touchdown pass. At the 6:12 mark of the first quarter, Delaware would finally get on the scoreboard with a touchdown of their own.