2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

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2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland
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  2002 November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02) 2006  

All 8 Maryland seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats won62
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,310,791896,232
Percentage58.17%39.77%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.67Decrease2.svg 5.61

2004 U.S. House elections in Maryland.svg

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.

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Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2004 [1]
PartyVotesPercentage+/–Seats+/–
Democratic 1,310,79158.17%+3.67%6
Republican 896,23239.77%-5.61%2
Green 44,5631.98%+1.97%0
Constitution 1,8490.08%+0.08%0
Others85<0.01%-0.11%0
Totals2,253,520100.00%-8

District 1

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Marylands's 1st congressional district election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Wayne Gilchrest (inc.) 245,149 75.89% -0.94
Democratic Kostas Alexakis77,87224.11%+0.91
Total votes323,021 100.00
Republican hold

District 2

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Marylands's 2nd congressional district election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Dutch Ruppersberger (inc.) 164,751 66.68% +12.37
Republican Jane Brooks75,81230.68%-15.01
Green Keith Salkowski6,5082.63%+2.63
Total votes247,071 100.00
Democratic hold

District 3

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Maryland's 3rd congressional district election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Benjamin Cardin (inc.) 182,066 63.44% -2.35
Republican Robert P. Duckworth97,00833.80%-0.41
Green Patsy Allen7,8952.75%+2.75
Total votes286,969 100.00
Democratic hold

District 4

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Marylands's 4th congressional district election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Al Wynn (inc.) 196,809 75.23% -3.73
Republican John McKinnis52,90720.22%-0.71
Green Theresa Mitchell Dudley11,8854.54%+4.54
Write-ins6<0.01%
Total votes261,607 100.00
Democratic hold

District 5

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Marylands's 5th congressional district election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Steny Hoyer (inc.) 204,867 68.72% -0.64
Republican Brad Jewitt87,18929.25%-1.31
Green Bob S. Auerbach4,2241.42%+1.34
Constitution Steve Krukar1,8490.62%+0.62
Total votes298,129 100.00
Democratic hold

District 6

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Marylands's 6th congressional district election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) 206,076 67.45% +1.28
Democratic Kenneth T. Bosley90,10829.49%-4.34
Green Gregory J. Hemingway9,3243.05%+3.05
Total votes305,508 100.00
Republican hold

District 7

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Marylands's 7th congressional district election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Elijah Cummings (inc.) 179,189 73.43% -0.16
Republican Tony Salazar60,10224.63%-1.78
Green Virginia T. Rodino4,7271.94%+1.94
Total votes244,018 100.00
Democratic hold

District 8

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Marylands's 8th congressional district election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Chris Van Hollen (inc.) 215,129 74.91% +23.17
Republican Chuck Floyd71,98925.07%-22.45
Write-ins790.03%
Total votes287,197 100.00
Democratic hold

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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