2004 United States Senate election in New York

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2004 United States Senate election in New York
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Nominee Chuck Schumer Howard Mills
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance
Parties
Popular vote4,769,8241,625,069
Percentage71.16%24.24%
2004 United States Senate election in New York results map by county.svg
County results
Schumer:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Mills:     50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Chuck Schumer
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Chuck Schumer
Democratic

The 2004 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 2, 2004, along with elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as the presidential election, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Senator Chuck Schumer won re-election to a second term with 71.2% of the vote, [1] at the time the highest margin of victory for any statewide candidate in New York's history, and winning every county except Hamilton.

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Schumer's vote share would not be surpassed until 2012 when fellow Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand won her first full term with 72% of the vote.

Candidates

Democratic

Declared

Republican

Declared

Declined

Conservative

Declared

Green

Declined

Libertarian

Declared

Builders

Declared

Socialist Workers

Declared

General election

Campaign

The Conservative Party of New York opposed Republican nominee Assemblyman Howard Mills, due to his support of civil unions and abortion rights. [3] Instead, they supported ophthalmologist Marilyn O'Grady, a failed candidate for New York's 4th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in 2002.

Perennial candidate Abraham Hirschfeld, then 84 years old, ran for the office on a minor party line. It was the last campaign of his life, and he would die less than a year later.

Predictions

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

Results

Source: New York State Board of Elections General Election Results, Certified December 14, 2006
2004 United States Senate election, New York [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Chuck Schumer 4,384,90765.42%
Independence Chuck Schumer 216,1983.23%
Working Families Chuck Schumer 168,7192.52%
total Chuck Schumer (Incumbent)4,769,82471.16%+16.54%
Republican Howard Mills 1,625,06924.24%-19.84%
Conservative Marilyn O'Grady220,9603.30%
Green David McReynolds 36,9420.55%+0.23%
Libertarian Don Silberger 19,0730.28%+0.10%
Builders Party Abe Hirschfeld 16,1960.24%
Socialist Workers Martin Koppel 14,8110.22%+0.14%
Majority3,144,75546.92%
Turnout 6,702,875
Democratic hold Swing
Per New York State law, Schumer's totals include minor party-line votes: Independence Party (216,198) and Working Families Party (168,719) for Schumer. Source: [1]

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

  1. 1 2 "2004 Senatorial Election Results - New York". Archived from the original on December 15, 2006. Retrieved June 9, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Povich, Elaine S. (April 14, 2003). "Rep. King declines Schumer challenge". Newsday. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ Cooper, Michael (May 12, 2004). "Conservatives Have Their Own Senate Candidate". New York Times. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 2004" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved October 15, 2013.


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