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On election day, 2 November 2004, Republican nominee Sarah Steelman won the election by a margin of 128,280 votes against her foremost opponent Democratic nominee Mark Powell, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of state treasurer. Steelman was sworn in as the 44th state treasurer of Missouri on 10 January 2005.