2004 United States Senate election in Oregon

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2004 United States Senate election in Oregon
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  1998 November 2, 2004 2010  
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Nominee Ron Wyden Al King
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,128,728565,254
Percentage63.39%31.75%

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County results
Wyden:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
King:     40–50%     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Ron Wyden
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ron Wyden
Democratic

The 2004 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to a second full term. As of 2025, this is the most recent United States Senate election in Oregon in which any Eastern Oregon counties voted for the Democratic nominee, and it is Oregon's most recent senatorial election in which the winning candidate carried the majority of the state's counties.

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Democratic primary

Wyden was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Oregon Democratic U.S. Senate primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ron Wyden (Incumbent) 345,219 99.03%
Miscellaneous3,3870.97%
Total votes348,606 100.00%

Republican primary

Results by county
King
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20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
Abshier
20-30%
Bowerman
20-30% 2004 United States Senate election in Oregon, Republican primary.svg
Results by county
King
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Abshier
  •   20–30%
Bowerman
  •   20–30%
Oregon Republican U.S. Senate primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Al King 85,035 35.16%
Republican Bruce Broussard 53,08421.95%
Republican Thomas Lee Abshier51,87921.45%
Republican E. Bowerman18,7797.77%
Republican Philip Petrie15,8386.55%
Republican Pavel Goberman12,2305.06%
Miscellaneous4,9902.06%
Total votes241,835 100.00%

General election

Predictions

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

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [4]
Margin
of error
Ron
Wyden (D)
Al
King (R)
Undecided
Research 2000 [5] September 13–16, 2004600 (LV)± 4%58%31%11%

Results

General election results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ron Wyden(Incumbent)1,128,72863.39%+2.34%
Republican Al King565,25431.75%−2.04%
Pacific Green Teresa Keane43,0532.41%+0.44%
Libertarian Dan Fitzgerald29,5821.66%+0.03%
Constitution David Brownlow12,3970.70%+0.70%
Write-InMisc.1,5360.08%−0.05%
Majority 563,47431.64%+5.90%
Turnout 1,780,550
Democrat hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. Oregon Secretary of State. "2004 Primary Election Official Results Partisan Offices". Oregon Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023.
  2. Oregon Secretary of State. "2004 Primary Election Official Results Partisan Offices". Oregon Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023.
  3. "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  4. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  5. Research 2000
  6. "November 2, 2004, General Election Abstracts of Votes: UNITED STATES SENATOR". Oregon Secretary of State . Retrieved August 21, 2009.