2004 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2005; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

2004 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the next Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2005; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Alabama	Richard Shelby	Republican	1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Shelby (Republican) 68% Wayne Sowell (Democratic) 32%

Alaska	Lisa Murkowski	Republican	2002 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected.	√ Lisa Murkowski (Republican) 48.6% Tony Knowles (Democratic) 45.5% Marc Millican (Independent) 2.9% Jerry Sanders (Alaskan Independence) 1.2% Jim Sykes (Green) 1% Scott Kohlhaas (Libertarian Party) 0.4%

Arizona	John McCain	Republican	1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John McCain (Republican) 76% Stuart Starky (Democratic) 21% Ernest Hancock (Libertarian) 3%

Arkansas	Blanche Lincoln	Democratic	1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Blanche Lincoln (Democratic) 56% Jim Holt (Republican) 44%

California	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Barbara Boxer (Democratic) 57.7% Bill Jones (Republican) 37.8% Marsha Feinland (Peace and Freedom) 2% James P. Gray (Libertarian) 1.8% Don J.

Colorado	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Republican	1992 1998	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Ken Salazar (Democratic) 51.3% Pete Coors (Republican) 46.5% Doug Cambell (Constitution) 1% Richard Randall (Libertarian) 0.5% John Harris (Independent) 0.4% Victor Good (Reform Party) 0.3%

Connecticut	Chris Dodd	Democratic	1980 1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Chris Dodd (Democratic) 66.4% Jack Orchulli (Republican) 32.1% Timothy Knibbs (C) 0.9% Lenny Rasch (L) 0.6%

Florida	Bob Graham	Democratic	1986 1992 1998	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Mel Martinez (Republican) 49.5% Betty Castor (Democratic) 48.3% Dennis Bradley (Veterans) 2.2%

Georgia	Zell Miller	Democratic	2000 (Appointed) 2000 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Johnny Isakson (Republican) 57.9% Denise Majette (Democratic) 40% Allen Buckley (Libertarian) 2.1%

Hawaii	Daniel Inouye	Democratic	1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel Inouye (Democratic) 75.5% Campbell Cavasso (Republican) 21% James Brewer (Independent) 2.2% Lloyd Mallan (Libertarian) 1.3%

Idaho	Mike Crapo	Republican	1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mike Crapo (Republican) 99.2% Scott McClure (Democratic, write-in) 0.8%

Illinois	Peter Fitzgerald	Republican	1998	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Barack Obama (Democratic) 70% Alan Keyes (Republican) 27% Albert Franzen (Independent) 1.6% Jerry Kohn (Libertarian) 1.3%

Indiana	Evan Bayh	Democratic	1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Evan Bayh (Democratic) 62% Marvin Scott (Republican) 37% Albert Barger (Libertarian) 1%

Iowa	Chuck Grassley	Republican	1980 1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Chuck Grassley (Republican) 70.1% Arthur Small (Democratic) 27.9% Christy Welty (Libertarian) 1% Daryl Northrop (Green) 0.8% Edwin Fruit (Socialist Workers) 0.1%

Kansas	Sam Brownback	Republican	1996 (Special) 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Sam Brownback (Republican) 69% Lee Jones (Democratic) 28% Stephen A. Rosile (Libertarian) 2% George Cook (Reform) 1%

Kentucky	Jim Bunning	Republican	1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jim Bunning (Republican) 51% Daniel Mongiardo (Democratic) 49%

Louisiana	John Breaux	Democratic	1986 1992 1998	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ David Vitter (Republican) 51% Chris John (Democratic) 29% John N. Kennedy (Democratic) 15% Arthur Morrell (Democratic) 3% Richard Fontanesi (Independent) 1% R.A.

Maryland	Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Barbara Mikulski (Democratic) 64.8% E. J. Pipkin (Republican) 33.7% Maria Allwine (Green) 1.1% Thomas Trump (Constitution) 0.4%

Missouri	Kit Bond	Republican	1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Kit Bond (Republican) 56% Nancy Farmer (Democratic) 42.8% Kevin Tull (Libertarian) 0.7% Don Griffin (Constitution) 0.4%

Nevada	Harry Reid	Democratic	1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Harry Reid (Democratic) 61.1% Richard Ziser (Republican) 35.1% None of These Candidates 1.6% Tomas Hurst (Libertarian) 1.2% David Schumann (Constitution) 0.7% Gary Marinch (Natural Law) 0.3%

New Hampshire	Judd Gregg	Republican	1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Judd Gregg (Republican) 66% Doris Haddock (Democratic) 34%

New York	Chuck Schumer	Democratic	1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Chuck Schumer (Democratic) 71.16% Howard Mills III (Republican) 24.24% Marilyn O'Grady (Conservative) 3% David McReynolds (Green) 0.5% Donald Silberger (Libertarian) 0.3% Abraham Hirschfeld (Builders Party) 0.2% Martin Koppel (Socialist Workers) 0.2%

North Carolina	John Edwards	Democratic	1998	Incumbent retired to run for Vice President of the United States. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Richard Burr (Republican) 52% Erskine Bowles (Democratic) 47% Tom Bailey (Libertarian) 1%

North Dakota	Byron Dorgan	Democratic-NPL	1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Byron Dorgan (Democratic-NPL) 68% Mike Liffrig (Republican) 32%

Ohio	George Voinovich	Republican	1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George Voinovich (Republican) 63.9% Eric Fingerhut (Democratic) 36.1%

Oklahoma	Don Nickles	Republican	1980 1986 1992 1998	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Tom Coburn (Republican) 52.8% Brad Carson (Democratic) 41.2% Sheila Bilyeu (Independent) 6%

Oregon	Ron Wyden	Democratic	1996 (Special) 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ron Wyden (Democratic) 63.4% Al King (Republican) 31.8% Teresa Keane (Green) 2.4% Dan Fitzgerald (Libertarian) 1.7% David Brownlow (Constitution) 0.7%

Pennsylvania	Arlen Specter	Republican	1980 1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Arlen Specter (Republican) 52.6% Joe Hoeffel (Democratic) 42% Jim Clymer (Constitution) 4% Betsy Summers (Libertarian) 1.4%

South Carolina	Ernest Hollings	Democratic	1966 (Appointed) 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Jim DeMint (Republican) 53.7% Inez Tenenbaum (Democratic) 44.1% Patrick Tyndall (Constitution) 0.8% Rebekah Sutherland (Libertarian) 0.7% Tee Ferguson (United Citizens Party) 0.4% Efia Nwangaza (Green) 0.3%

South Dakota	Tom Daschle	Democratic	1986 1992 1998	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ John Thune (Republican) 50.5% Tom Daschle (Democratic) 49.4%

Utah	Bob Bennett	Republican	1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert Foster Bennett (Republican) 68.7% Paul Van Dam (Democratic) 28.4% Gary R. Van Horn (Constitution) 1.9% Joe Labonte (Personal Choice) 1%

Vermont	Patrick Leahy	Democratic	1974 1980 1986 1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Patrick Leahy (Democratic) 70.6% Jack McMullen (Republican) 24.5% Cris Ericson (Marijuana) 2.1% Craig Hill (Green) 1.3% Keith Stern (independent) 1.1% Ben Mitchell (Liberty Union) 0.3%

Washington	Patty Murray	Democratic	1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Patty Murray (Democratic) 55% George Nethercutt (Republican) 42.7% J. Mills (Libertarian) 1.2% Mark Wilson (Green) 1.1%

Wisconsin	Russ Feingold	Democratic	1992 1998	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Russ Feingold (Democratic) 55.4% Tim Michels (Republican) 44.1% Arif Khan (Libertarian) 0.3% Eugene A. Hem (Independent) 0.2%

Sentence(s)

Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois chose not to run for re-election and Democrat Barack Obama won.

final_sentence: Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois chose not to run for re-election and Democrat Barack Obama won.