Edited sentence: Also, in 2004, Democrat John Kerry became the first Democrat presidential candidate to win Indianapolis since 1964, when Lyndon Johnson won in a nationwide blowout.Coincidentally, Kerry won 51 percent of the vote in Marion County, same as what Johnson had gotten back then.Indianapolis is more competitive today and does not align itself heavily with one particular political party.Marion County Republican Party leaders are trying to regroup and prepare for 2006 and 2007 races although no strong candidate is on the horizon as Bart Peterson stands poised to run for a third term