2004 United States Senate election in Oregon

The 2004 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to a second full term. As of 2022, this is the most recent United States Senate election in Oregon in which any Eastern Oregon counties voted for a Democratic nominee, and it is Oregon’s most recent senatorial election in which the winning candidate carried the majority of the state’s counties.

2004 United States Senate election in Oregon

November 2, 2004
 
Nominee Ron Wyden Al King
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,128,728 565,254
Percentage 63.4% 31.8%

County results

Wyden:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

King:      40–50%      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Ron Wyden
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ron Wyden
Democratic

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

  • Al King, rancher[1]

General election

Predictions

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

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[3]
Margin
of error
Ron
Wyden (D)
Al
King (R)
Undecided
Research 2000 September 13–16, 2004 600 (LV) ± 4% 58% 31% 11%

Results

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ronald Wyden (Incumbent) 1,128,728 63.39% +2.34%
Republican Al King 565,254 31.75% -2.04%
Pacific Green Teresa Keane 43,053 2.41% +0.44%
Libertarian Dan Fitzgerald 29,582 1.66% +0.03%
Constitution David Brownlow 12,397 0.70% +0.70%
Write-In Misc. 1,536 0.08% -0.05%
Majority 563,474 31.64% +5.90%
Turnout 1,780,550
Democrat hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. "Oregon". The New York Times. November 4, 2004.
  2. "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  3. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. "November 2, 2004, General Election Abstracts of Votes: UNITED STATES SENATOR". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
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