2004 United States Senate election in Maryland

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2004 United States Senate election in Maryland

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Nominee Barbara Mikulski E. J. Pipkin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,504,691 783,055
Percentage 64.8% 33.7%

County Results

Mikulski:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Pipkin:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Barbara Mikulski
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Barbara Mikulski
Democratic

The 2004 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Barbara Mikulski, incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Robert Kaufman, social organizer
  • Sid Altman, accountant

Results

Democratic Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent) 408,848 89.88%
Democratic A. Robert Kaufman 32,127 7.06%
Democratic Sid Altman 13,901 3.06%
Total votes 454,876 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Ray Bly, Vietnam War veteran
  • Earl S. Gordon, surveyor
  • Dorothy Curry Jennings, educator
  • James A. Kodak, research associate at the University of Maryland
  • Eileen Martin, educator
  • E. J. Pipkin, State Senator
  • John Stafford, government bureaucrat
  • Corrogan R. Vaughn, Baptist deacon
  • Gene Zarwell, perennial candidate

Results

Republican Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican E. J. Pipkin 70,229 50.58%
Republican John Stafford 14,661 10.56%
Republican Eileen Martin 11,748 8.46%
Republican Dorothy Curry Jennings 10,401 7.49%
Republican Earl S. Gordon 8,233 5.93%
Republican Gene Zarwell 6,865 4.94%
Republican Ray Bly 6,244 4.50%
Republican James A. Kodak 5,328 3.84%
Republican Corrogan R. Vaughn 5,146 3.71%
Total votes 138,855 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

United States Senate election in Maryland, 2004[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Barbara A. Mikulski (Incumbent) 1,504,691 64.80% -5.70%
Republican E. J. Pipkin 783,055 33.72% +4.23%
Green Maria Allwine 24,816 1.07%
Constitution Thomas Trump 9,009 0.39%
Write-ins 360 0.02%
Majority 721,636 31.08% -9.93%
Total votes 2,321,931 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b Maryland State Board of Elections. Elections.state.md.us (April 6, 2004). Retrieved on June 17, 2011.
  2. ^ 2004 ELECTION STATISTICS. Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved on June 17, 2011.