2004 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

The 2004 U.S. House of Representatives election for the state of North Dakota's at-large congressional district was held November 2, 2004. The incumbent, Democratic-NPL Congressman Earl Pomeroy was re-elected to his seventh term, defeating Republican candidate Duane Sand.

2004 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

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Nominee Earl Pomeroy Duane Sand Party Democratic–NPL Republican Popular vote 185,130 125,684 Percentage 59.6% 40.4%

County results Pomeroy:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Sand:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Earl Pomeroy Democratic–NPL Elected U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy Democratic–NPL

Only Pomeroy filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Duane Sand, who had previously faced Democrat Kent Conrad in 2000 for North Dakota's Senate seat (see election). Pomeroy and Sand won the primary elections for their respective parties.^[1]

Although Sand ran an aggressive campaign, it was not as aggressive as that of Rick Clayburgh who had faced the congressman in the previous election. On June 26, U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay visited Fargo, North Dakota to campaign for Sand.^[2]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[3]	Lean D	October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4]	Safe D	November 1, 2004

Results

North Dakota's at-large congressional district election, 2004^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Earl Pomeroy (incumbent)	185,130	59.56
	Republican	Duane Sand	125,684	40.44
Total votes			310,814	100.00
	Democratic–NPL hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Adams (largest city: Hettinger)
• Burleigh (largest city: Bismarck)
• Dickey (largest city: Oakes)
• Grant (largest city: Elgin)
• Hettinger (largest city: Mott)
• Kidder (largest city: Steele)
• LaMoure (largest city: LaMoure)
• Logan (largest city: Napoleon)
• McIntosh (largest city: Wishek)
• Mercer (largest city: Beulah)
• Morton (largest city: Mandan)
• Wells (largest city: Harvey)