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 seat of retired Senator Peter Fitzgerald in Illinois was taken by Democrat Barack Obama
One Republican seat, that of retiring Senator Peter Fitzgerald in Illinois, was taken by Democrat Barack Obama.

final_sentence: Republican seat of retired Senator Peter Fitzgerald in Illinois was taken by Democrat Barack Obama
final_sentence: One Republican seat, that of retiring Senator Peter Fitzgerald in Illinois, was taken by Democrat Barack Obama.