2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election

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2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election
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  2000 November 2, 2004 2008  
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Nominee John Hoeven Joe Satrom
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Running mate Jack Dalrymple Deb Mathern
Popular vote220,80384,877
Percentage71.3%27.4%

2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Hoeven:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Satrom:      50–60%

Governor before election

John Hoeven
Republican

Elected Governor

John Hoeven
Republican

The 2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election took place on 2 November 2004 for the post of Governor of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven was easily re-elected defeating Democratic-NPL former state senator Joe Satrom.

Contents

Republican nomination

Incumbent Governor John Hoeven was unopposed for the Republican nomination and accepted the nomination by stating that the economy of North Dakota was his priority. [1]

Democratic-NPL nomination

Former state senator Joe Satrom defeated North Dakota House of Representatives minority leader Merle Boucher for the Democratic-NPL nomination. Satrom began campaigning for the nomination almost a year before the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Convention would choose the parties candidate for Governor. Boucher announced his candidacy in December 2003 but struggled to make up ground against Satrom.

The two candidates debated at the University of North Dakota, just before the convention, with education and the future of the state's youth the main topics. [2] The Democratic-NPL Convention voted by 632 to 341 to endorse Satrom as their candidate for Governor. [3]

General election

Campaign

The two candidates met in three debates during the campaign, during the final debate on 9 October 2004 they clashed over a smoking ban, outmigration and a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. [4]

Satrom called for North Dakota to introduce a one thousand dollar donation limit, for individuals and political action committees, to avoid any perception of conflict of interest. [5] Hoeven named education, growth and jobs as his priorities but faced anger from some hunting groups over changes to hunt seasons. [6]

Opinion polls gave Hoeven a strong lead over Satrom with one in October 2004 showing Hoeven on 70% as against 22% for Satrom. [7] Hoeven raised far more money than his challenger and even a normally Democratic supporting teachers union, the North Dakota Education Association, endorsed Hoeven for Governor. [8] [9]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10] Safe RNovember 1, 2004

Results

North Dakota gubernatorial election, 2004 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John Hoeven (Incumbent) 220,803 71.26% +16.23%
Democratic–NPL Joe Satrom 84,87727.39%-17.58%
Libertarian Roland Riemers 4,1931.35%
Majority135,92643.87%+33.81%
Turnout 309,873
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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