2004 Oakland County Executive election

2004 Oakland County Executive election

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Nominee L. Brooks Patterson Art Myatt Party Republican Green Popular vote 386,923 90,449 Percentage 81.05% 18.95%

Oakland County Executive before election L. Brooks Patterson Republican Elected Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson Republican

The 2004 Oakland County Executive election was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent County Executive L. Brooks Patterson ran for re-election. He won the Republican primary by a wide margin, and faced Green Party nominee Art Myatt, an engineer, in the general election. Patterson defeated Myatt in a landslide, winning 81 percent of the vote.

Democratic nomination

No candidates filed for the Democratic nomination. Travis Reeds, an attorney from South Lyon, attempted to win the party's nomination by mounting a write-in campaign, but did not receive enough votes to win the nomination. ^[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

• L. Brooks Patterson, incumbent County Executive
• Eileen Ambrose, West Bloomfield attorney and conservative activist ^[2]
• Ed Hamilton, Troy engineer, 1996 Democratic nominee for County Executive ^[2]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	L. Brooks Patterson	Eileen Ambrose	Ed Hamilton	Undecided
EPIC-MRA [3]	June 29-July 1, 2004	400	5%	72%	6%	2%	20%

Results

Republican primary results ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	L. Brooks Patterson (inc.)	65,102	66.30%
	Republican	Eileen Ambrose	26,429	26.92%
	Republican	Ed Hamilton	6,660	6.78%
Total votes			98,191	100.00%

General election

Results

2004 Oakland County Executive election ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	L. Brooks Patterson (inc.)	386,923	81.05%
	Green	Art Myatt	90,449	18.95%
Total votes			477,372	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

1. Gray, Kathleen (August 18, 2004). "Democrats' write-in campaign falls short". Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan. p. 4B. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
2. Gray, Kathleen (May 12, 2004). "Patterson welcomes primary opposition". Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan. p. 4B. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
3. Gray, Kathleen (July 7, 2004). "Clerk, treasurer face primary fight". Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan. p. 6B. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
4. "OAKLAND COUNTY - PRIMARY ELECTION - AUGUST 3, 2004- OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS - SUMMARY". August 18, 2004. Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
5. "OAKLAND COUNTY - GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 2, 2004 - OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS - SUMMARY". Oakland County Clerk. December 2, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2025.