2004 United States Senate election in Missouri

United States Senate election in Missouri, 2004

November 2, 2004

Nominee Kit Bond Nancy Farmer Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,518,089 1,158,261 Percentage 56.1% 42.8%

County results

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.

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

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

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
• Mike Steger

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kit Bond (inc.)	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

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kit Bond (inc.)	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