2004 United States Senate election in Nevada

The 2004 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Minority Whip, won re-election to a fourth term.

2004 United States Senate election in Nevada

November 2, 2004
 
Nominee Harry Reid Richard Ziser
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 494,805 284,640
Percentage 61.08% 35.14%

County results
Reid:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Ziser:      40–50%      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Harry Reid
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harry Reid
Democratic

Republican primary results by county
  Ziser
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Wegner
  •   20–30%
  None of These Candidates
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Tilley
  •   20–30%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Ziser 40,533 33.50%
Republican Kenneth A. Wegner 21,406 17.69%
Republican Robert Brown 19,553 16.16%
Republican None of these candidates 16,827 13.91%
Republican Royle Melton 10,552 8.72%
Republican Cherie M. Tilley 10,357 8.56%
Republican Carlo Poliak 1,769 1.46%
Total votes 120,997 100.00%

General election

Candidates

  • Thomas Hurst (L)
  • Gary Marinch (NL)
  • Harry Reid (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • David Schumann (I)
  • Richard Ziser (R), conservative activist

Predictions

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

Results

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Harry Reid (incumbent) 494,805 61.08% +13.22%
Republican Richard Ziser 284,640 35.14% -12.63%
None of These Candidates 12,968 1.60% -0.26%
Libertarian Thomas L. Hurst 9,559 1.18% -0.69%
Independent American Party (Nevada) David K. Schumann 6,001 0.74%
Natural Law Gary Marinch 2,095 0.26% -0.38%
Majority 210,165 25.94% +25.85%
Turnout 810,068
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

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