2004 United States Senate election in Missouri

2004 United States Senate election in Missouri
	November 2, 2004
	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

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]

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)

Notes

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

References

^ "All results". Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "All results". Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^ SurveyUSA
^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

[key-4] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[1] "All results". Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2008.

[sosmo-2] "All results". Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

[3] "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2021.

[5] SurveyUSA

[6] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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Democratic primary

Results

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Candidates

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

References