2004 United States Senate election in Maryland

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The 2004 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a fourth term. This is the most recent time that a Democratic Senate candidate has won Allegeny County, Caroline County, St. Mary's County or Worcester County. This is the last time that the winning candidate carried a majority of Maryland's county-level jurisdictions in a United States Senate election in Maryland.

2004 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee Barbara Mikulski E. J. Pipkin Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,504,691 783,055 Percentage 64.80% 33.72%

County results Mikulski:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Pipkin:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Barbara Mikulski Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Barbara Mikulski, incumbent U.S. Senator
• Robert Kaufman, social organizer
• Sid Altman, accountant

Results

Democratic Primary results^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent)	408,848	89.88%
	Democratic	A. Robert Kaufman	32,127	7.06%
	Democratic	Sid Altman	13,901	3.06%
Total votes			454,876	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

• Ray Bly, Vietnam War veteran
• Earl S. Gordon, surveyor
• Dorothy Curry Jennings, educator
• James A. Kodak, research associate at the University of Maryland
• Eileen Martin, educator
• E. J. Pipkin, State Senator
• John Stafford, government bureaucrat
• Corrogan R. Vaughn, Baptist deacon
• Gene Zarwell, perennial candidate

Results

Republican Primary results^[1][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. J. Pipkin	70,229	50.58%
	Republican	John Stafford	14,661	10.56%
	Republican	Eileen Martin	11,748	8.46%
	Republican	Dorothy Curry Jennings	10,401	7.49%
	Republican	Earl S. Gordon	8,233	5.93%
	Republican	Gene Zarwell	6,865	4.94%
	Republican	Ray Bly	6,244	4.50%
	Republican	James A. Kodak	5,328	3.84%
	Republican	Corrogan R. Vaughn	5,146	3.71%
Total votes			138,855	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Maria Allwine (G)
• Barbara Mikulski (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
• E. J. Pipkin (R), State Senator
• Thomas Trump (C)

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4]	Safe D	November 1, 2004

Results

United States Senate election in Maryland, 2004^[5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent)	1,504,691	64.80%	−5.70%
	Republican	E. J. Pipkin	783,055	33.72%	+4.23%
	Green	Maria Allwine	24,816	1.07%
	Constitution	Thomas Trump	9,009	0.39%
	Write-ins		360	0.02%
Majority			721,636	31.08%	−9.93%
Total votes			2,321,931	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing

Results by county

County	Barbara A. Mikulski Democratic		E.J. Pipkin Republican		Maria Allwine Green		Margin		Total Votes Cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allegany	15238	53.67%	12882	45.37%	271	0.95%	2356	8.30%	28391
Anne Arundel	129166	55.16%	102522	43.79%	2458	1.05%	26644	11.38%	234146
Baltimore (City)	172427	86.55%	23759	11.93%	3045	1.53%	148668	74.62%	199231
Baltimore (County)	217688	63.00%	124092	35.91%	3781	1.09%	93596	27.09%	345561
Calvert	19543	50.97%	18422	48.05%	374	0.98%	1121	2.92%	38339
Caroline	5543	50.09%	5439	49.15%	84	0.76%	104	0.94%	11066
Carroll	32391	41.64%	44704	57.47%	692	0.89%	-12313	-15.83%	77787
Cecil	17371	47.56%	18843	51.59%	310	0.85%	-1472	-4.03%	36524
Charles	34305	60.89%	21547	38.24%	491	0.87%	12758	22.64%	56343
Dorchester	7571	58.52%	5284	40.84%	82	0.63%	2287	17.68%	12937
Frederick	49336	50.60%	47081	48.29%	1081	1.11%	2255	2.31%	97498
Garrett	4540	38.01%	7330	61.37%	73	0.61%	-2790	-23.36%	11943
Harford	53444	48.24%	56465	50.96%	890	0.80%	-3021	-2.73%	110799
Howard	82479	63.14%	46610	35.68%	1538	1.18%	35869	27.46%	130627
Kent	5117	56.54%	3860	42.65%	73	0.81%	1257	13.89%	9050
Montgomery	291839	72.48%	106101	26.35%	4702	1.17%	185738	46.13%	402642
Prince George's	264088	85.96%	39863	12.98%	3270	1.06%	224225	72.98%	307221
Queen Anne's	9332	43.52%	11964	55.80%	146	0.68%	-2632	-12.27%	21442
St. Mary's	18440	50.37%	17802	48.63%	368	1.01%	638	1.74%	36610
Somerset	5157	59.21%	3501	40.20%	51	0.59%	1656	19.01%	8709
Talbot	9855	53.26%	8501	45.94%	147	0.79%	1354	7.32%	18503
Washington	26431	47.11%	29181	52.01%	496	0.88%	-2750	-4.90%	56108
Wicomico	19866	54.48%	16348	44.83%	251	0.69%	3518	9.65%	36465
Worcester	13524	54.93%	10954	44.49%	142	0.58%	2570	10.44%	24620
Total	1504691	65.07%	783055	33.86%	24816	1.07%	721636	31.21%	2312562

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Carroll (largest municipality: Eldersburg)
• Cecil (largest municipality: Elkton)
• Harford (largest municipality: Aberdeen)
• Queen Anne's (largest municipality: Stevensville)
• Washington (largest municipality: Hagerstown)

See also

• 2004 United States Senate elections
• 2004 United States elections