2004 Indiana elections

Indiana elections, 2004

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Presidential

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2004 United States presidential election in Indiana^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	George Walker Bush (Incumbent)	1,479,438	59.94%
	Democratic	John Forbes Kerry	969,011	39.26%
	Libertarian	Michael Badnarik	18,058	0.73%
	Write In	Ralph Nader	1,328	0.1%
	Write In	David Cobb	102	0.0%
	Write In	John Joseph Kennedy	37	0.0%
	Write In	Walt Brown	22	0.0%
	Write In	Lawson Mitchell Bone	6	0.0%
Majority			510,427	20.68%
Turnout			2,468,002	58%

Senate

Popular Incumbent Evan Bayh won by a considerably large margin, even as George W. Bush won this state by 20 points at the national level.

General election results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Evan Bayh (incumbent)	1,496,976	61.7%
	Republican	Marvin Scott	903,913	37.2%
	Libertarian	Albert Barger	27,344	1.1%
Total votes			2,428,233	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana

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All 9 Indiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 6 3 Seats won 7 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,381,699 999,082 Percentage 57.18% 41.35% Swing 1.92% 0.76%

House

United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2004[4]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	1,381,699	57.18%	7	+1
	Democratic	999,082	41.35%	2	-1
	Libertarian	35,470	1.47%	0	-
Totals		2,416,251	100.00%	9	-

Governor

Indiana gubernatorial election, 2004^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitch Daniels	1,302,912	53.21%	+11.54%
	Democratic	Joe Kernan (incumbent)	1,113,900	45.49%	−11.06%
	Libertarian	Kenn Gividen	31,664	1.29%	−0.48%
	Write-ins		22	0.00%
Majority			189,012	7.72%	−7.16%
Turnout			2,448,498	57%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Incumbent Joe Kernan lost in an upset against Mitch Daniels (former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush), this was the first time that the Republicans had held the office in 16 years, and that the Republican Party had control of most of the most important statewide offices

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican Steve Carter won with 59% of the vote against Democrat Joseph Hogsett (former Secretary of State and Chair of the Indiana Democratic Party)

Results by county

Carter:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Hogsett:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%