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Election day | November 2 |
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Incumbent president | George W. Bush (Republican) |
Next Congress | 109th |
Presidential election | |
Partisan control | Republican hold |
Popular vote margin | Republican +2.4% |
Electoral vote | |
George W. Bush (R) | 286 |
John Kerry (D) | 251 |
2004 presidential election results map. Red denotes states/districts won by Republican George W. Bush, and Blue denotes those won by Democrat John Kerry. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. | |
Senate elections | |
Overall control | Republican hold |
Seats contested | 34 of 100 seats |
Net seat change | Republican +4 |
2004 Senate election results map | |
House elections | |
Overall control | Republican hold |
Popular vote margin | Republican +2.6% |
Net seat change | Republican +3 |
2004 House election results map | |
Gubernatorial elections | |
Seats contested | 13 (11 states, 2 territories) |
Net seat change | None |
2004 Gubernatorial election results map | |
Legend | |
Democratic gain Republican gain Democratic hold Republican hold Popular Democratic hold Nonpartisan |
The 2004 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, during the early years of the war on terror and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Republican President George W. Bush won re-election and Republicans retained control of Congress.
Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts won his party's nomination after defeating Senator John Edwards and several other candidates in the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries. In the general election, Bush won 286 of the 538 electoral votes and 50.7 percent of the popular vote. Foreign policy was the dominant theme throughout the election campaign, particularly Bush's conduct of the war on terrorism and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Riding Bush's coattails, the Republicans picked up net gains of four Senate seats and three House seats. In the gubernatorial elections, neither party won a net gain of seats. Bush became the first president since Ronald Reagan in 1980 to see his party gain seats in both Houses of Congress during a presidential election year. Republicans would not win another trifecta until 2016.
Future President Barack Obama was elected to the United States Senate in Illinois, and he was elected president in the next presidential election.
As of 2020, this is the last time the incumbent party retained control over the presidency and Congress after a single term.
Republican incumbent President George W. Bush was re-elected, defeating Democratic Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts.
The 34 seats in the United States Senate Class 3 were up for election. Republicans had a net gain of 4 seats. Summary of the 2004 United States Senate elections results
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Democratic | Republican | Independent | Libertarian | Others | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before these elections | 48 | 51 | 1 | — | — | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of this Congress (two months later) | 48 | 51 | 1 | — | — | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Not Up | 29 | 36 | 1 | — | — | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Up | 19 | 15 | — | — | — | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incumbent retired | Total before | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Held by same party | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Replaced by other party | 2 Republicans replaced by 2 Democrats 5 Democrats replaced by 5 Republicans | — | — | — | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result after | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incumbent ran | Total before | 14 | 12 [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | — | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Won re-election | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lost re-election | 1 Democrat replaced by 1 Republican | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lost renomination, held by same party | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lost renomination, and party lost | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result after | 13 | 13 | — | — | — | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gain/loss | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total elected | 15 | 19 | — | — | — | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | 44 | 55 | 1 | — | — | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Popular vote | Votes | 44,754,618 | 39,920,562 | 186,231 | 754,861 | 2,481,075 | 88,097,347 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share | 50.80% | 45.31% | 0.21% | 0.86% | 2.82% | 100% |
Sources:
Republicans gained a couple of seats in the House, mainly due to the 2003 Texas redistricting. Republicans won the national popular vote for the House of Representatives by a margin of 2.6 percentage points. [1]
Parties | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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2002 | 2004 | Net change | Strength | Vote | % | Change | ||
Republican Party | 229 | 232 | 3 | 53.3% | 55,958,144 | 49.4% | -0.6% | |
Democratic Party | 205 | 202 | 3 | 46.4% | 52,969,786 | 46.8% | +1.6% | |
Libertarian Party | — | — | — | — | 1,056,844 | 0.9% | -0.5% | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.2% | 674,202 | 0.6% | +0.1% | |
Green Party | — | — | — | — | 344,549 | 0.3% | -0.1% | |
Constitution Party | — | — | — | — | 187,006 | 0.2% | - | |
Reform Party | — | — | — | — | 85,539 | 0.1% | +0.1% | |
Independence Party | — | — | — | — | 76,053 | 0.1% | +0.1% | |
Others | — | — | — | — | 1,840,163 | 1.6% | -0.6% | |
Total | 434 | 435 | 0 | 100.0% | 113,192,286 | 100.0% | – | |
Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk |
Eleven of the fifty United States governors were up for re-election, as were the governorships of two U.S. territories. The final results were a net change of zero between the political parties. The Democrats picked up the governorships in Montana and New Hampshire, but the Republicans picked up the ones in Indiana and Missouri.
State | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
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Delaware | Ruth Ann Minner | Democratic | 2000 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Indiana | Joe Kernan | Democratic | 2003 [lower-alpha 2] | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. Republican gain. |
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Missouri | Bob Holden | Democratic | 2000 | Incumbent lost re-nomination. New governor elected. Republican gain. |
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Montana | Judy Martz | Republican | 2000 | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Democratic gain. |
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New Hampshire | Craig Benson | Republican | 2002 | Incumbent lost re-election. New governor elected. Democratic gain. |
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North Carolina | Mike Easley | Democratic | 2000 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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North Dakota | John Hoeven | Republican | 2000 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Utah | Olene Walker | Republican | 2003 [lower-alpha 3] | Incumbent lost re-nomination. New governor elected. Republican hold. |
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Vermont | Jim Douglas | Republican | 2002 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Washington | Gary Locke | Democratic | 2000 | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Democratic hold. |
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West Virginia | Bob Wise | Democratic | 2000 | Incumbent retired. New governor elected. Democratic hold. |
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In many states where if the following positions were elective offices, voters cast votes for candidates for state executive branch offices of Lieutenant Governor (though some were voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courts).
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Republicans won control of four chambers including the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the first since 1922; the Georgia House of Representatives for the first time ever; the Tennessee Senate for the time since 1870; and the Indiana House of Representatives.
Democrats took control of eight legislative chambers including the Washington Senate; the Oregon Senate, which was previously tied; both houses of the Montana legislature; both houses of the Colorado legislature for the first time since 1963; the North Carolina House of Representatives- which was previously tied; and the Vermont House of Representatives. Additionally, the Iowa Senate became tied after previously being controlled by the GOP before the election. [3] [4] Democrats' takeover of the Montana House only came after the Montana Supreme Court declared a Democrat a victor in a contested election that evenly split the chamber. This gave Democrats control of the chamber with the help of incoming governor Brian Schweitzer. [5]
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