2004 United States Senate election in Missouri

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]

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

Democratic primary

Results

• Nancy Farmer, State Treasurer of Missouri, former Missouri State Representative
• Charles Berry, Vietnam War veteran, teacher
• Ronald Bonar, perennial candidate

Results

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

Candidates

• Kevin Tull, activist

Results

Libertarian primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kevin Tull	3,916	100.00%
Total votes			3,916	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

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

Results

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

Candidates

• Kit Bond (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Nancy Farmer (D), State Treasurer of Missouri and former State Representative
• Don Griffin (C)
• Kevin Tull (L), activist

Predictions

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

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Kit Bond (R)	Nancy Farmer (D)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA[4]	October 29–31, 2004	690 (LV)	± 3.8%	57%	38%	5%

Results

General election results^[5]

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

• Jefferson (Largest city: Arnold)
• New Madrid (Largest city: New Madrid)
• Pemiscot (Largest city: Caruthersville)
• Iron (Largest city: Ironton)
• Washington (Largest city: Potosi)
• Sainte Genevieve (Largest city: Ste. Genevieve)
• Pike (Largest city: Bowling Green)
• Ralls (Largest city: Hannibal)
• Lewis (Largest city: Canton)
• Reynolds (Largest city: Ellington)
• St. Francois (Largest city: Farmington)
• Clark (Largest city: Kahoka)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Jackson (Largest city: Kansas City)
• St. Louis (Largest city: Florissant)

See also

• 2004 United States Senate elections

Notes

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