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Indiana elections, 2004
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Presidential

2004 United States presidential election in Indiana
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
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
← 2002 November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02) 2006 →
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 Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 1,381,699 999,082
Percentage 57.18% 41.35%
Swing Increase1.92% Decrease0.76%

House

United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2004
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
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 (former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush), 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 (former Secretary of State and Chair of the Indiana Democratic Party)

References

  1. "Indiana General Election November 2, 2004, Statewide". Indiana Secretary of State. November 2, 2004. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "United States Senator". Indiana of Secretary of State. November 2, 2004. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  4. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
  5. "Indiana General Election November 2, 2004, Statewide". Indiana Secretary of State. November 2, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
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