2004 United States Senate election in Maryland

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2004 United States Senate election in Maryland
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Nominee Barbara Mikulski E. J. Pipkin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,504,691783,055
Percentage64.80%33.72%
2004 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg
County results
Mikulski:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Pipkin:     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Barbara Mikulski
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Barbara Mikulski
Democratic

The 2004 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a fourth term. This is the most recent time that a Democratic Senate candidate has won Allegeny County, Caroline County, St. Mary's County or Worcester County. This is the last time that the winning candidate carried a majority of Maryland's county-level jurisdictions in a United States Senate election in Maryland.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Primary results [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent) 408,848 89.88%
Democratic A. Robert Kaufman32,1277.06%
Democratic Sid Altman13,9013.06%
Total votes454,876 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Primary results [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican E. J. Pipkin 70,229 50.58%
Republican John Stafford14,66110.56%
Republican Eileen Martin11,7488.46%
Republican Dorothy Curry Jennings10,4017.49%
Republican Earl S. Gordon8,2335.93%
Republican Gene Zarwell6,8654.94%
Republican Ray Bly6,2444.50%
Republican James A. Kodak5,3283.84%
Republican Corrogan R. Vaughn5,1463.71%
Total votes138,855 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Predictions

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

Results

United States Senate election in Maryland, 2004 [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent) 1,504,691 64.80% -5.70%
Republican E. J. Pipkin783,05533.72%+4.23%
Green Maria Allwine24,8161.07%
Constitution Thomas Trump9,0090.39%
Write-ins3600.02%
Majority721,63631.08%-9.93%
Total votes2,321,931 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

Results by county

CountyBarbara A. Mikulski

Democratic

E.J. Pipkin

Republican

Maria Allwine

Green

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 1523853.67%1288245.37%2710.95%23568.30%28391
Anne Arundel 12916655.16%10252243.79%24581.05%2664411.38%234146
Baltimore (City) 17242786.55%2375911.93%30451.53%14866874.62%199231
Baltimore (County) 21768863.00%12409235.91%37811.09%9359627.09%345561
Calvert 1954350.97%1842248.05%3740.98%11212.92%38339
Caroline 554350.09%543949.15%840.76%1040.94%11066
Carroll 3239141.64%4470457.47%6920.89%-12313-15.83%77787
Cecil 1737147.56%1884351.59%3100.85%-1472-4.03%36524
Charles 3430560.89%2154738.24%4910.87%1275822.64%56343
Dorchester 757158.52%528440.84%820.63%228717.68%12937
Frederick 4933650.60%4708148.29%10811.11%22552.31%97498
Garrett 454038.01%733061.37%730.61%-2790-23.36%11943
Harford 5344448.24%5646550.96%8900.80%-3021-2.73%110799
Howard 8247963.14%4661035.68%15381.18%3586927.46%130627
Kent 511756.54%386042.65%730.81%125713.89%9050
Montgomery 29183972.48%10610126.35%47021.17%18573846.13%402642
Prince George's 26408885.96%3986312.98%32701.06%22422572.98%307221
Queen Anne's 933243.52%1196455.80%1460.68%-2632-12.27%21442
St. Mary's 1844050.37%1780248.63%3681.01%6381.74%36610
Somerset 515759.21%350140.20%510.59%165619.01%8709
Talbot 985553.26%850145.94%1470.79%13547.32%18503
Washington 2643147.11%2918152.01%4960.88%-2750-4.90%56108
Wicomico 1986654.48%1634844.83%2510.69%35189.65%36465
Worcester 1352454.93%1095444.49%1420.58%257010.44%24620
Total150469165.07%78305533.86%248161.07%72163631.21%2312562

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Maryland State Board of Elections. Elections.state.md.us (April 6, 2004). Retrieved on June 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - March 2 2004". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - March 2 2004". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ "2004 Presidential General Official Results - County Breakdown". elections.maryland.gov.
  6. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 02, 2004". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  7. ↑ "2004 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. August 27, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
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