2004 California State Senate election

The 2004 California State Senate elections were held on November 2, 2004. Senate seats of odd-numbered districts were up for election. Senate terms are staggered so that half the membership is elected every two years. Senators serve four-year terms and are limited to two terms. As was expected, the Democratic Party held on to the majority of the seats.

2004 California State Senate election

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20 seats from odd-numbered districts in the California State Senate 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader John Burton Dick Ackerman Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 3rd–San Francisco 33rd–Irvine Last election 25 15 Seats won 25 15 Seat change Popular vote 3,419,002 2,702,511 Percentage 53.78% 42.51%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election held
President pro tempore before election John L. Burton Democratic Elected President pro tempore Don Perata Democratic

Overview

California State Senate elections, 2004
Party		Votes	Percentage	Not up	Incumbents	Open	Before	After
	Democratic	3,419,002	53.78%	14	6	5	25	25
	Republican	2,702,511	42.51%	6	4	5	15	15
	Libertarian	201,249	3.17%	0	0	0	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	17,412	0.27%	0	0	0	0	0
	Green	16,644	0.26%	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		6,356,818	100.00%	20	10	10	40	40

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg[1]	Safe D	October 1, 2004

Results

Final results from the California Secretary of State:^[2]

District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39

District 1

California's 1st State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Cox	261,607	62.83
	Democratic	Kristine Lang McDonald	141,462	33.98
	Libertarian	Roberto Leibman	13,292	3.19
Total votes			416,361	100.00
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carole Migden	258,166	70.40
	Republican	Andrew D. Felder	98,332	26.81
	Libertarian	David Rhodes	10,234	2.79
Total votes			366,732	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Machado (incumbent)	154,519	52.19
	Republican	Gary A. Podesto	141,539	47.81
Total votes			296,058	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Torlakson (incumbent)	282,714	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Perata (incumbent)	248,614	77.09
	Republican	Patricia Deutsche	50,110	15.54
	Peace and Freedom	Tom Condit	17,412	5.40
	Libertarian	Peter Von Pinnon	6,383	1.98
Total votes			322,519	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Simitian	230,484	66.53
	Republican	Jon Zellhoefer	101,887	29.41
	Libertarian	Allen M. Rice	14,080	4.06
Total votes			346,451	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Alquist	156,321	68.53
	Republican	Shane Patrick Connolly	62,157	27.25
	Libertarian	Michael Laursen	9,585	4.20
	Libertarian	John H. Webster (write-in)	28	0.01
Total votes			228,091	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Abel Maldonado	194,674	52.78
	Democratic	Peg Pinard	157,556	42.71
	Green	Brook Madsen	16,644	4.51
Total votes			368,874	100.00
	Republican hold

District 17

California's 17th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Runner	179,992	59.70
	Democratic	Jonathan Daniel Kraut	109,037	36.16
	Libertarian	John S. Ballard	12,479	4.14
Total votes			301,508	100.00
	Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th Senate District election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McClintock (incumbent)	233,365	60.70
	Democratic	Paul Graber	151,085	39.30
Total votes			384,450	100.00
	Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Scott (incumbent)	217,515	78.05
	Libertarian	Bob New	61,160	21.95
Total votes			278,675	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheila Kuehl (incumbent)	229,321	65.68
	Republican	Leonard Michael Lanzi[3]	101,648	29.11
	Libertarian	Colin Goldman	18,168	5.20
Total votes			349,137	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Vincent (incumbent)	165,479	73.66
	Republican	James Arlandus Spencer	52,485	23.36
	Libertarian	Dale F. Ogden	6,683	2.97
Total votes			224,647	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal	150,289	63.25
	Republican	Cesar Navarro Castellanos	87,319	36.75
Total votes			237,608	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th Senate District election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Margett (incumbent)	190,165	61.63
	Democratic	Rufino Bautista, Jr.	101,350	32.85
	Libertarian	Dan Fernandes	17,044	5.52
Total votes			308,559	100.00
	Republican hold

District 31

California's 31st State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Dutton	170,900	59.50
	Democratic	Marjorie Mikels	116,312	40.50
Total votes			287,212	100.00
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Ackerman (incumbent)	245,116	68.96
	Democratic	Randall Daugherty	110,313	31.04
Total votes			355,429	100.00
	Republican hold

District 35

California's 35th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Campbell	230,220	63.79
	Democratic	Rita B. Siebert	114,126	31.62
	Libertarian	Timothy Johnson	16,561	4.59
Total votes			360,907	100.00
	Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th State Senate district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Battin (incumbent)	182,578	59.63
	Democratic	Pat Johansen	123,602	40.37
Total votes			306,180	100.00
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th Senate District election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Kehoe	200,737	59.97
	Republican	Larry Stirling	118,417	35.38
	Libertarian	John Murphy	15,552	4.65
Total votes			334,706	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• California State Assembly
• California State Assembly elections, 2004
• California state elections, 2004
• California State Legislature
• California State Senate Districts
• Districts in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• Political party strength in California