 Nader wrote the caucus chairman, Elijah Cummings, demanding an apology, but none was given.As of October 26, 2004, Nader was slated to appear on the ballot in 34 states and Washington, D.C., and was off the ballot in eight states (California, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Virginia).The Nader campaign failed to gain a spot on a number of state ballots, and faced legal challenges to its efforts in a number of states.