Taxpayers pick up primary tab Feb 9, 2004
John Edwards followed with 596 votes, Howard Dean with 96, Wesley Clark with 87, Joe Lieberman with 38, Al Sharpton with 13, Dick Gephardt with 11, Dennis Kucinich with 10, Carol Moseley Braun and Lyndon LaRouche each with 2 and Fern Penna with none. Bush carried the GOP ballot with 722 of 773 votes cast, claiming a 96-percent sweep of the Republican turnout. (Buffalo Reflex, MO)
Full Story Feb 4, 2004
Washington Missourian. Wednesday 4 February, 2004. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
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Fern Penna, 2 - 0 percent.Leonard Talbow, 3 - 0 percent. (SFGate.com -- Politics Breaking News)
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Fern Penna, 0 - 0 percent.Leonard Talbow, 1 - 0 percent. (SFGate.com -- Politics Breaking News)
Kingston Daily Freeman Jan 25, 2004
A total of 37 candidates paid the $1,000 to file for the primary, including Fern Penna of Kingston.Dora Bush filed for George W. Bush of Crawford, Texas, but Republicans later opted not to hold a primary here. (Google News -- US)
Another truly spacey candidate Jan 22, 2004
Fern Penna, 40, is a well-to-do business consultant from Kingston, N.Y., and the son of an engineer who worked on the Apollo space program."Our long-term goal is to be the first nation to have a man step foot on Mars," says some agitprop posted on the Penna for President website, www. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Dean Confident He'll Be NM Caucus Winner Jan 8, 2004
New York businessman and political unknown Fern Penna filed to run in New Mexico, while former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun and the Rev. Al Sharpton chose not to file for the New Mexico ballot (HispanicBusiness.com)
Register or sit out election Jan 6, 2004
John F. Kerry; former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean; Fern Penna; the Rev. Al Sharpton; and former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (Blue Springs Examiner, MO)
NM Vote Attracts Candidate Attention Jan 5, 2004
There are eight names on the New Mexico ballot and all of them-- even longshot Fern Penna, a New York business consultant running a shoestring campaign-- plan to campaign in New Mexico at least once more before the caucus. Paying visits will be retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, Sen (HispanicBusiness.com)
Missouri's presidential primaries attract 17 candidates Nov 19, 2003
Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois, Lyndon LaRouche, Al Sharpton, and Fern Penna, a businessman from New York. The Libertarian candidates are radio host Gary Nolan of Ohio, maintenance technician Ruben Perez of Texas, and jazz musician Jeffrey Diket (KYTV, MO)
Kerry says Dean lacks foreign-policy experience Nov 17, 2003
Fern Penna, who is conducting a long-shot bid for the nomination, also attended. The candidates worked to make connections with the largely Jewish crowd (Des Moines Register, IA)
