2004 United States Senate election in Missouri

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2004 United States Senate election in Missouri

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Nominee Kit Bond Nancy Farmer
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,518,089 1,158,261
Percentage 56.09% 42.80%

County results

Bond:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Farmer:      50–60%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Kit Bond
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Kit Bond
Republican

The 2004 United States Senate election in Missouri was held November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Kit Bond won re-election to a fourth term.[1]

Democratic primary[edit]

Results[edit]

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nancy Farmer 544,830 73.68%
Democratic Charles Berry 143,229 19.37%
Democratic Ronald Bonar 51,375 6.95%
Total votes 739,434 100.00%

Libertarian primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

  • Kevin Tull, activist

Results[edit]

Libertarian primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Kevin Tull 3,916 100.00%
Total votes 3,916 100.00%

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

  • Kit Bond, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1987
  • Mike Steger

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kit Bond (Incumbent) 541,998 88.08%
Republican Mike Steger 73,354 11.92%
Total votes 615,352 100.00%

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] Safe R November 1, 2004

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Kit
Bond (R)
Nancy
Farmer (D)
Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA October 29–31, 2004 690 (LV) ± 3.8% 57% 38% 5%

Results[edit]

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kit Bond (Incumbent) 1,518,089 56.09% +3.42%
Democratic Nancy Farmer 1,158,261 42.80% -0.97%
Libertarian Kevin Tull 19,648 0.73% -1.30%
Constitution Don Griffin 10,404 0.38%
Majority 359,828 13.30% +4.39%
Turnout 2,706,402
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References[edit]

  1. ^ "All results". Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "All results". Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".