2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota

2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota
	November 2, 2004
	County results ; Dorgan: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
U.S. senator before election; Byron Dorgan; Democratic–NPL	Elected U.S. Senator ; Byron Dorgan; Democratic–NPL

The 2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 2, 2004, concurrent with other elections for president, the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local offices. Incumbent Democratic-NPL U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan won re-election to a third term by a landslide margin of 36.6 percentage points,^[1] sweeping every county in the state, even while Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry lost the state by 27.3 percentage points. Despite this landslide victory, as of 2025, this is the last time the Democratic-NPL won the Class 3 Senate seat from North Dakota.

Candidates

Democratic-NPL

Byron Dorgan, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Mike Liffrig, attorney ^[2]

General election

Predictions

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

Results

2004 United States Senate election, North Dakota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Byron Dorgan (incumbent)	149,936	68.28%
	Republican	Mike Liffrig	98,553	31.72%
Total votes			310,696	100.00%
	Democratic–NPL hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Sheridan (largest city: McClusky) (previously tied)

References

^ [1] Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine United States Senator results]
^ "Grand Forks Herald: Search Results". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
^ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.

External links

2004 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results

[1] [1] Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine United States Senator results]

[2] "Grand Forks Herald: Search Results". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2010.

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

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See also: Political party strength in North Dakota

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