Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks at a rally to roll out his Veterans for Kerry campaign on June 4, 2004, in Minneapolis while running for president. Mark Erickson / Getty Images ...

The last time a presidential debate was held in Arizona was when Arizona State University hosted just weeks before the 2004 election.. President George W. Bush and John Kerry met at the Gammage ...

Shrum was a strategist on John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004 when a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, ... It also tells me they’ve run out of things to say.

July 6, 2004 – Kerry names Senator John Edwards (D-NC) as his vice presidential running mate. November 2, 2004 – Bush is reelected with 62,040,606 votes to Kerry’s 59,028,109.

Kerry spent nearly 30 years as a senator, representing Massachusetts from 1985 to 2013, and was the Democratic nominee for the president in 2004, ultimately losing to incumbent George W. Bush.

Republicans' attacks on Tim Walz's military record mirror a 2004 smear campaign against John Kerry in some key ways. Here's how swift boating played out then — and what's different this time around.