2004 United States Senate election in Alabama

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2004 United States Senate election in Alabama
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  1998 November 2, 2004 2010  
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Nominee Richard Shelby Wayne Sowell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,242,200595,018
Percentage67.55%32.35%

2004 United States Senate election in Alabama results map by county.svg
County results
Shelby:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Sowell:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Richard Shelby
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Shelby
Republican

The 2004 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 2, 2004, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Richard Shelby won re-election to a fourth term.

Contents

Candidates

Republican

Democratic

General election

Campaign

Shelby, who switched parties ten years prior, had over $11 million cash on hand. [1] Shelby was Chairman of the Banking Committee. [2] Wayne Sowell became the first black U.S. Senate nominee of a major party in Alabama. [3]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [4] Safe RNovember 1, 2004

Results

2004 United States Senate election in Alabama [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Shelby (incumbent) 1,242,200 67.55%
Democratic Wayne Sowell595,01832.35%
Write-in 1,8480.10%
Total votes1,839,066 100.00%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

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  2. "Newsbank Archives". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  3. "Gadsden Times - Google News Archive Search".
  4. "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  5. "Alabama 2004 Senate Race". David Leip’s US Election Atlas.

Official campaign websites (archived)