Celebrities help draw crowd to Portland to see Kerry
Staff, news services
August 14, 2004

Most of the more than 40,000 people who flocked to Portland’s riverfront Friday might have come to see Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

But at least some braved the crowd and high temperatures to see the celebrities, who included rock star Jon Bon Jovi and movie actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Ashley Cady, 17, of Beaverton said that the decision to go to see Kerry instead of Bush was easy.

“This will be more fun,” she said, admitting that she had seen “Titanic,” starring DiCaprio, four times.