2004 United States Senate election in Kansas

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2004 United States Senate election in Kansas
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  1998 November 2, 2004 2010  
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Nominee Sam Brownback Lee Jones
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote780,863310,337
Percentage69.16%27.49%

2004 United States Senate election in Kansas results map by county.svg
County results
Brownback:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
     80–90%     >90%
Jones:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Sam Brownback
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Sam Brownback
Republican

The 2004 United States Senate election in Kansas was held November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Sam Brownback won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert A. Conroy 61,052 55.92%
Democratic Lee Jones48,13344.08%
Total votes109,185 100.00%

Though Robert Conroy won the Democratic nomination, he dropped out of the race shortly after becoming the nominee, noting that he expected Jones to win and was tired of campaigning. The Kansas Democratic Party selected Lee Jones as the replacement candidate. [2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sam Brownback (Incumbent) 286,839 86.99%
Republican Arch Naramore42,88013.01%
Total votes329,719 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Brownback raised $2.5 million for his re-election campaign, while Jones raised only $90,000. Kansas last elected a Democratic senator in 1932. Brownback was very popular in the state. [3]

Predictions

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

Results

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Sam Brownback (Incumbent) 780,863 69.16% +3.90%
Democratic Lee Jones310,33727.49%−4.10%
Libertarian Steven A. Rosile21,8421.93%+0.35%
Reform George Cook15,9801.42%−0.14%
Majority470,52641.68%+8.00%
Turnout 1,129,022
Republican hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "2004 Primary Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State.
  2. "Our Campaigns - KS US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 03, 2004".
  3. "Moore wins comfortably; Brownback, Republicans win". Usatoday.Com. November 3, 2004. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  4. "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  5. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".