2004 United States Senate election in Oregon
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The 2004 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to a second full term. As of 2024, this is the most recent United States Senate election in Oregon in which any Eastern Oregon counties voted for the Democratic nominee, and it is Oregon's most recent senatorial election in which the winning candidate carried the majority of the state's counties.
Democratic primary
[edit]- Ron Wyden, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1996
Wyden was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ron Wyden (Incumbent) | 345,219 | 99.03% | |
| Miscellaneous | 3,387 | 0.97% | ||
| Total votes | 348,606 | 100.00% | ||
Republican primary
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King
- 20–30%
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
Abshier
- 20–30%
Bowerman
- 20–30%
- Al King, previous Vice Chairman of the Oregon Republican Party (2000–2002), rancher
- Bruce Broussard, perennial candidate and political activist
- Thomas Lee Abshier
- E. Bowerman
- Philip Petrie
- Pavel Goberman
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Al King | 85,035 | 35.16% | |
| Republican | Bruce Broussard | 53,084 | 21.95% | |
| Republican | Thomas Lee Abshier | 51,879 | 21.45% | |
| Republican | E. Bowerman | 18,779 | 7.77% | |
| Republican | Philip Petrie | 15,838 | 6.55% | |
| Republican | Pavel Goberman | 12,230 | 5.06% | |
| Miscellaneous | 4,990 | 2.06% | ||
| Total votes | 241,835 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] | Safe D | November 1, 2004 |
Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[4] |
Margin of error |
Ron Wyden (D) |
Al King (R) |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research 2000[5] | September 13–16, 2004 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 58% | 31% | 11% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ron Wyden (Incumbent) | 1,128,728 | 63.39% | +2.34% | |
| Republican | Al King | 565,254 | 31.75% | −2.04% | |
| Pacific Green | Teresa Keane | 43,053 | 2.41% | +0.44% | |
| Libertarian | Dan Fitzgerald | 29,582 | 1.66% | +0.03% | |
| Constitution | David Brownlow | 12,397 | 0.70% | +0.70% | |
| Write-In | Misc. | 1,536 | 0.08% | −0.05% | |
| Majority | 563,474 | 31.64% | +5.90% | ||
| Turnout | 1,780,550 | ||||
| Democrat hold | |||||
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Oregon Secretary of State. "2004 Primary Election Official Results Partisan Offices". Oregon Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023.
- ^ Oregon Secretary of State. "2004 Primary Election Official Results Partisan Offices". Oregon Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023.
- ^ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - ^ Research 2000
- ^ "November 2, 2004, General Election Abstracts of Votes: UNITED STATES SENATOR". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved August 21, 2009.