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United States elections, 2004

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Election day
  
November 2

John Kerry (D)
  
251

Net change
  
Republican +4

Date
  
2 November 2004

George W. Bush (R)
  
286

Seats contested
  
34 seats of Class III

Net change
  
Republican +3

Location
  
United States of America

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The 2004 United States elections were held on November 2, with President George W. Bush winning re-election. Riding Bush's coattails, the Republicans picked up net gains of 4 Senate seats and 3 House seats, increasing their majorities in both House in Congress. In the state governorships up for election, there was no net gain in seats for either party. 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.

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President

Republican incumbent President George W. Bush was re-elected, defeating Democratic Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts.

United States House of Representatives

Republicans gained a couple of seats in the House, mainly due to the 2003 Texas redistricting.

United States Senate

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 United States Senate elections, 2004 results []

Sources:

  • Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections
  • United States Elections Project at George Mason University

    • Governors

    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.

    Other state-wide Officer elections

    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).

    State Legislative elections

    Many states across the nation held elections for their state legislatures.

    Initiatives and Referenda

  • State constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriage are passed in eleven states: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah. The measures in Oregon, Mississippi, and Montana bans same-sex marriage only, while Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Utah bans both same-sex marriage and civil unions and Michigan bans granting any benefits whatsoever to same-sex couples.

    • Mayoral elections

    Some of the major American cities that held their mayoral elections in 2004 included:

  • Chesapeake – Dalton S. Edge won an open seat race to succeed outgoing Mayor William E. Ward.
  • Jersey City- In a special election triggered due to the passing of Glenn Cunningham (D), attorney Jerramiah Healy (D) defeated General Assemblyman Louis Manzo (D) and Acting Mayor L. Harvey Smith (D) to serve the rest of the unexpired term.
  • San Diego – Incumbent Mayor Dick Murphy (R) was re-elected, but resigned five months later.

    • References

    United States elections, 2004 Wikipedia
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