US Presidential Election 2004
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-11-03 02:42

Chinese vendors arrange newspapers headlining U.S President George W. Bush's win in the election at a newsstand in Beijing November 4, 2004. Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Thursday he was looking forward to working with freshly re-elected U.S. President George W. Bush and developing a constructive relationship between the two Asia-Pacific giants. In a brief message, Hu congratulated Bush, re-elected after a tight race against Democratic Senator John Kerry, and lauded progress in ties between the world's most populous country and its only superpower. [Reuters]

Bush will make a statement on November 3, 2004 at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) on the U.S. election after taking a call from Democratic challenger John Kerry who admitted defeat, an administration official said. Kerry telephoned President Bush on Wednesday and conceded the White House election, campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said. Picture taken November 1. [Reuters]

Sen. John Edwards reaches for Sen. John Kerry, before the start of Kerry's concession speech in Boston's Faneuil Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004. Kerry conceded defeat on Wednesday to President George W. Bush and said he hoped America could begin a healing process after a bitter presidential election campaign. [AP]

Supporters of President George W. Bush cheer as they watch election results in Washington, November 3, 2004. Bush's campaign declared victory over Democratic Sen. John Kerry and claimed re-election to a second term in the White House on Wednesday, but Kerry refused to concede until all ballots were counted in Ohio. [AP]

U.S. President George W. Bush sits in a chair in the residence of the White House in Washington, November 2, 2004 where he and his family gathered to watch the 2004 presidential election results. President Bush and Democratic Senator John Kerry rolled to early wins in states where they were heavily favored on Tuesday, but the battlegrounds that will settle the White House race were still undecided. [Reuters] U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush are followed by daughters Barbara (2nd L) and Jenna (R), after arriving back to the White House, on election day, November 2, 2004. [Reuters]

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and his wife Teresa hug as they arrive back in his home state at the end of the campaign in Bedford, Massachusetts November 2, 2004. Voters turned out in large numbers on Tuesday to deliver an unpredictable verdict on U.S. President George W. Bush and Kerry as the long, bitter and deadlocked White House race drew to a close. As many as 125 million Americans were voting to choose their leader for the next four years and set the country's course on the Iraq war, the fight against terrorism, the economy and foreign relations. [Reuters]

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks with a citizen who called in to the Bush-Cheney campaign headquarters for Ohio, in Columbus, November 2, 2004. [Reuters] Democratic nominee John Kerry and daughter Vanessa vote at the state house in Boston, Massachusetts November 2, 2004.[Reuters]

Prospective voters stand in line in the sun in West Palm Beach, Florida, November 2, 2004 during voting in the presidential election. Voting in the county with butterfly ballots in the last presidential election in the county was a subject of controversy.[Reuters]

97-year-old Harvey Adler rides to his voting location in Deerfield Beach, Florida November 2, 2004. Adler, who lives in the retirement community of Century Village, said that he votes in every election and that he would not miss voting for president in 2004. [Reuters]