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+ | {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="center" | ||
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+ | ! | Party | ||
+ | ! colspan = "2" | Total Seats (change) | ||
+ | ! | Seat percentage | ||
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+ | | [[Democratic Party]] | ||
+ | | align="right" | 202 | ||
+ | | align="right" | -2 | ||
+ | | align="right" | 46.44% | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Independents]] | ||
+ | | align="right" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="right" | +0 | ||
+ | | align="right" | 0.23% | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Republican Party]] | ||
+ | | align="right" | 232 | ||
+ | | align="right" | +3 | ||
+ | | align="right" | 53.33% | ||
+ | |- bgcolor=lightgrey | ||
+ | ! | '''Totals''' | ||
+ | ! align="right" | 435 | ||
+ | ! align="right" | +0 | ||
+ | ! align="right" | 100.0% | ||
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[[Category:Election Results]] | [[Category:Election Results]] |
Revision as of 18:05, 25 August 2005
The U.S. election of 2004 was held on November 2 of that year.
Contents
U.S. President
Republican incumbent George W. Bush defeated Democratic Senator John Kerry 286 to 251 in the Electoral College, and 62,040,610 to 59,028,111 in the Popular Vote.
Percentages and detailed election results available on the Atlas 2004 Summary Page
U.S. Senate
Republicans picked up 5 open seats in the South, and defeated one Democratic incumbent -- Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota.
Democrats, meanwhile, took open seats from the Republicans in Colorado and Illinois.
The net result was a four seat pickup for the GOP, giving them a more formidable majority. However, they fell 5 seats short of the 60 votes needed to end a filibuster.
Alabama
Incumbent | Party | Votes | Percentage |
Richard Shelby | Republican | 1,242,200 | 67.5% |
Wayne Sowell | Democratic | 595,018 | 32.4% |
Write-in | — | 1,848 | 0.1% |
Alaska
Incumbent | Party | Percentage |
Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 48.6% |
Tony Knowles | Democratic | 45.5% |
Mark Millican | Non-Partisan | 2.9% |
Arizona
Incumbent | Party | Percentage |
John McCain | Republican | 76.7% |
Staurt Starkey | Democratic | 20.6% |
Ernest Hancock | Libertarian | 2.6% |
Arkansas
Incumbent | Party | Percentage |
Blanche Lincoln | Democratic | 55.9% |
Jim Holt | Republican | 44.1% |
California
Incumbent | Party | Percentage |
Barbara Boxer | Democratic | 58.3% |
William Jones | Republican | 38.1% |
Others | - | 3.6% |
Colorado
Incumbent | Party | Percentage |
Ken Salazar | Democratic | 51% |
Pete Coors | Republican | 47% |
Others | - | 2% |
U.S. House
Party | Total Seats (change) | Seat percentage | |
---|---|---|---|
Democratic Party | 202 | -2 | 46.44% |
Independents | 1 | +0 | 0.23% |
Republican Party | 232 | +3 | 53.33% |
Totals | 435 | +0 | 100.0% |