2004 Indiana elections

Indiana elections, 2004
2004
Elections in Indiana
Federal government
U.S. President
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
State government
State elections
Gubernatorial elections
State Senate elections
State House of Representatives elections
Evansville
Mayoral Elections
Fort Wayne
Mayoral Elections
Gary
Mayoral Elections
Indianapolis
Mayoral Elections
Before Unigov
Unigov-era
City-County Council Elections
South Bend
Mayoral Elections

Presidential

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2004 United States presidential election in Indiana[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George Walker Bush (Incumbent) 1,479,438 59.94%
Democratic John Forbes Kerry 969,011 39.26%
Libertarian Michael Badnarik 18,058 0.73%
Write In Ralph Nader 1,328 0.1%
Write In David Cobb 102 0.0%
Write In John Joseph Kennedy 37 0.0%
Write In Walt Brown 22 0.0%
Write In Lawson Mitchell Bone 6 0.0%
Majority 510,427 20.68%
Turnout 2,468,002 58%

Senate

Popular Incumbent Evan Bayh won by a considerably large margin, even as George W. Bush won this state by 20 points at the national level.

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Evan Bayh (incumbent) 1,496,976 61.7%
Republican Marvin Scott 903,913 37.2%
Libertarian Albert Barger 27,344 1.1%
Total votes 2,428,233 100.0%
Democratic hold
2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana
November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)
All 9 Indiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 6 3
Seats won 7 2
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 1,381,699 999,082
Percentage 57.18% 41.35%
Swing 1.92% 0.76%

House
United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2004[4]
Party Votes Percentage Seats +/–
Republican 1,381,699 57.18% 7 +1
Democratic 999,082 41.35% 2 -1
Libertarian 35,470 1.47% 0 -
Totals 2,416,251 100.00% 9 -

Governor
Indiana gubernatorial election, 2004[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mitch Daniels 1,302,912 53.21% +11.54%
Democratic Joe Kernan (incumbent) 1,113,900 45.49% -11.06%
Libertarian Kenn Gividen 31,664 1.29% -0.48%
Write-ins 22 0.00%
Majority 189,012 7.72% -7.16%
Turnout 2,448,498 57%
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

Incumbent Joe Kernan lost in an upset against Mitch Daniels, this was the first time that the Republicans had held the office in 16 years, and that the Republican Party had control of most of the most important statewide offices

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican Steve Carter won with 59% of the vote against Democrat Joseph Hogsett

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Indiana General Election November 2, 2004, Statewide". Indiana Secretary of State. 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  3. "United States Senator". Indiana of Secretary of State. November 2, 2004. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  4. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/index.aspx
  5. "Indiana General Election November 2, 2004, Statewide". Indiana Secretary of State. 2004-11-02. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
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