2004 United States Senate election in Iowa

2004 United States Senate election in Iowa
November 2, 2004
 
Nominee Chuck Grassley Arthur A. Small
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,038,175 412,365
Percentage 70.18% 27.88%
County results
Grassley:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%
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Chuck Grassley
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Chuck Grassley
Republican

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The 2004 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican Chuck Grassley ran for re-election to a fifth term. Grassley and former State Senator Arthur A. Small won the Republican and Democratic primaries, respectively, unopposed, and faced each other in the general election. Though this election coincided with the highly competitive presidential race, Grassley was not considered vulnerable and defeated Small in a landslide, winning more than 70% of the vote and outperforming Republican President George W. Bush by over 20% and almost 300,000 votes in the concurrent presidential race.

As of 2025, this is the last time a Republican Senate candidate won Johnson County. This is also the last time that the winning U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa carried all 99 counties.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Arthur A. Small 52,318 99.25%
Democratic Write-ins 398 0.75%
Total votes 52,716 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chuck Grassley (Incumbent) 78,819 99.72%
Republican Write-ins 218 0.28%
Total votes 79,037 100.00%

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] Safe R November 1, 2004

Debate

2004 Iowa United States Senate election debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Chuck Grassley Arthur A. Small
1 Oct. 22, 2004 Iowa Public Television Dean Borg C-SPAN P P

Results

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2004[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chuck Grassley (Incumbent) 1,038,175 70.18% +1.77%
Democratic Arthur A. Small 412,365 27.88% −2.62%
Libertarian Christy Ann Welty 15,218 1.03%
Green Daryl A. Northrop 11,121 0.75%
Socialist Workers Edwin Fruit 1,874 0.13% −0.14%
Write-ins 475 0.03%
Majority 625,810 42.31% +4.39%
Turnout 1,479,228
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Canvass Summary" (PDF). sos.iowa.gov. June 23, 2004. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "MICROCOMP output file" (PDF). Retrieved October 15, 2019.
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