2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota

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2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota
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  1998 November 2, 2004 2010  
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Nominee Byron Dorgan Mike Liffrig
Party Democratic–NPL Republican
Popular vote212,14398,553
Percentage68.28%31.72%

2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota results map by county.svg
County results
Dorgan:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Byron Dorgan
Democratic–NPL

Elected U.S. Senator

Byron Dorgan
Democratic–NPL

The 2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 2, 2004, concurrent with other elections for president, the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local offices. Incumbent Democratic-NPL U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan won re-election to a third term by a landslide margin of 36.6 percentage points, [1] sweeping every county in the state, even while Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry lost the state by 27.3 percentage points. Despite this landslide victory, as of 2023, this is the last time the Democratic-NPL won the Class 3 Senate seat from North Dakota.

Contents

Candidates

Democratic-NPL

Republican

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [3] Safe DNovember 1, 2004

Results

2004 United States Senate election, North Dakota
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic–NPL Byron Dorgan (incumbent) 149,936 68.28%
Republican Mike Liffrig98,55331.72%
Total votes310,696 100.00%
Democratic–NPL hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

  1. Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine United States Senator results]
  2. "Grand Forks Herald: Search Results". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
  3. "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.