2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

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All 8 Maryland seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats won 6 2 Seat change Popular vote 1,310,791 896,232 Percentage 58.17% 39.77% Swing 3.67 5.61
District results County results Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

The Maryland Congressional elections of 2004 were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. The terms of all eight Representatives to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 2005, and therefore all were put up for contest. The winning candidates served a two-year term from January 3, 2005, to January 3, 2007.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2004 [1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	1,310,791	58.17%	+3.67%	6	—
	Republican	896,232	39.77%	-5.61%	2	—
	Green	44,563	1.98%	+1.97%	0	—
	Constitution	1,849	0.08%	+0.08%	0	—
	Others	85	<0.01%	-0.11%	0	—
Totals		2,253,520	100.00%	-	8	—

District 1

See also: Maryland's 1st congressional district

Marylands's 1st congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Wayne Gilchrest (inc.)	245,149	75.89%	−0.94
	Democratic	Kostas Alexakis	77,872	24.11%	+0.91
Total votes			323,021	100.00
	Republican hold

District 2

See also: Maryland's 2nd congressional district

Marylands's 2nd congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dutch Ruppersberger (inc.)	164,751	66.68%	+12.37
	Republican	Jane Brooks	75,812	30.68%	−15.01
	Green	Keith Salkowski	6,508	2.63%	+2.63
Total votes			247,071	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 3

See also: Maryland's 3rd congressional district

Maryland's 3rd congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Benjamin Cardin (inc.)	182,066	63.44%	−2.35
	Republican	Robert P. Duckworth	97,008	33.80%	−0.41
	Green	Patsy Allen	7,895	2.75%	+2.75
Total votes			286,969	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 4

See also: Maryland's 4th congressional district

Marylands's 4th congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Al Wynn (inc.)	196,809	75.23%	−3.73
	Republican	John McKinnis	52,907	20.22%	−0.71
	Green	Theresa Mitchell Dudley	11,885	4.54%	+4.54
	Write-ins		6	<0.01%
Total votes			261,607	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 5

See also: Maryland's 5th congressional district

Marylands's 5th congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steny Hoyer (inc.)	204,867	68.72%	−0.64
	Republican	Brad Jewitt	87,189	29.25%	−1.31
	Green	Bob S. Auerbach	4,224	1.42%	+1.34
	Constitution	Steve Krukar	1,849	0.62%	+0.62
Total votes			298,129	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 6

See also: Maryland's 6th congressional district

Marylands's 6th congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Roscoe Bartlett (inc.)	206,076	67.45%	+1.28
	Democratic	Kenneth T. Bosley	90,108	29.49%	−4.34
	Green	Gregory J. Hemingway	9,324	3.05%	+3.05
Total votes			305,508	100.00
	Republican hold

District 7

See also: Maryland's 7th congressional district

Marylands's 7th congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings (inc.)	179,189	73.43%	−0.16
	Republican	Tony Salazar	60,102	24.63%	−1.78
	Green	Virginia T. Rodino	4,727	1.94%	+1.94
Total votes			244,018	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 8

See also: Maryland's 8th congressional district

Marylands's 8th congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chris Van Hollen (inc.)	215,129	74.91%	+23.17
	Republican	Chuck Floyd	71,989	25.07%	−22.45
	Write-ins		79	0.03%
Total votes			287,197	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

1. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 2004" (PDF).

See also

Preceded by 2002 elections

United States House elections in Maryland 2004

Succeeded by 2006 elections