Editing Mini-Tuesday (section)

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[[Image:Mini-Tuesday 2004.svg|thumb|320px|Seven states held caucuses or primary elections on Mini-Tuesday in 2004. <span style="color:Blue;">'''Blue'''</span> denotes Democratic-only contests (4) and <span style="color:Purple;">'''Purple'''</span> represents states holding elections for both parties (3).]]

'''Mini-Tuesday''' was the name given to the February 3, 2004 [[U.S. presidential primary]] where several [[U.S. state|states]], which to that point had participated in "[[Super Tuesday]]," cast their votes for the Presidential nominees of the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004 Presidential election]].<ref name="USPEbbcn">
{{cite web
  | title      = Q&A: US primary elections
  | publisher  = [[BBC News]]
  | date       = 2008-01-10
  | url        = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7049207.stm
  | accessdate = 2008-01-12
  | quote = In 2004, Super Tuesday split in two. There was a Mini-Tuesday (or Super Tuesday I) on 3 February, followed by a Super Tuesday II on 2 March. }}
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{{Cite news
  | last        = Corn
  | first       = David 
  | author-link = David Corn
  | title       = Mini-Tuesday: Ten Talking Points
  | newspaper   = [[The Nation]]
  | date        = 2004-02-04
  | url         = http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?pid=1233
  | accessdate  = 2008-01-12
  }}
</ref>  ''Mini-Tuesday'' was also called '''Super Tuesday I''' (with the March Super Tuesday called ''Super Tuesday II'', in reference to their respective chronological order).<ref name="USPEbbcn" />  With the large number of states moving their election dates up to Mini-Tuesday for the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 election]] cycle, pundits have largely shied away from using the term again, instead choosing to reappropriate the term "Super Tuesday" to better represent the primaries held on that approximate date.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} The date is also known as "[[Super Duper Tuesday]]," "Giga Tuesday," and "Tsunami Tuesday," among others, with the term "Mini Tuesday" falling to apparent disuse for the time being.<ref>{{cite web
  | last = Schneider 
  | first = Bill 
  | authorlink = Bill Schneider (journalist)
  | title = It could all be over after 'Super Duper Tuesday'
  | publisher = [[CNN]]
  | date = 2007-02-07
  | url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/05/schneider.superduper.tuesday/index.html
  | accessdate = 2007-06-03 }}</ref>

In 2004, [[U.S. presidential primary]] elections occurred in [[Missouri]], [[South Carolina]], [[Arizona]], [[Oklahoma]] and [[Delaware]].  Presidential [[caucus]]es were held in [[New Mexico]] and [[North Dakota]].  The Republican primaries and caucuses were virtually uncontested as incumbent President [[George W. Bush]] faced no substantial opposition.  The Democratic primaries and caucuses were contested between retired General [[Wesley Clark]] of [[Arkansas]], former [[Governor of Vermont|Governor]] [[Howard Dean]] of [[Vermont]], [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John Edwards]] of [[North Carolina]], Senator [[John Kerry]] of [[Massachusetts]], [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] [[Dennis Kucinich]] of [[Ohio]], Senator [[Joseph Lieberman]] of [[Connecticut]], and the Reverend [[Al Sharpton]] of [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="MTTTPtn" />  Of the seven Democratic primaries contested, five were won by Kerry, reinforcing his status as frontrunner for the 2004 nomination.