United States House elections, 2004

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Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 109th Congress were held on November 2, 2004. The House of Representatives has 435 seats. In the 108th Congress, Republicans held 227 seats, Democrats held 205, with two Republican vacancies and one independent. As a consequence of this election, the 109th Congress began composed of 232 Republicans, 201 Democrats, one independent (who caucuses with the Democrats), and one vacancy (Democrat Representative Bob Matsui won reelection, but died on January 1 2005, just three days before the beginning of the 109th Congress.). The Republicans thereby built up their House majority by 3 seats (gaining 7 but losing 4).

Of the six gross seats the Republicans gained, five can be attributed to a special redistricting plan in Texas led by Republican Representative Tom DeLay. His redistricting plan was put into action, turning five Democratic seats Republican. A mid-decade redistricting like this was controversial, but not unprecedented. In the late 19th century, states redistricted House seats frequently, typically when political power shifted in the state legislature and a new party gained majority control.

Outside of Texas, Democrats gained two seats net, gaining open seats in Colorado and New York and ousting incumbents in Georgia and Illinois. Republicans gained an open seat in Kentucky and ousted an incumbent in Indiana. A pair of seats in Louisiana swapped party control.

On the same date were the 2004 Presidential election, the 2004 Senate election, and many state gubernatorial elections.

Contents 1 Overall results 2 Voting members 2.1 Alabama 2.2 Alaska 2.3 Arizona 2.4 Arkansas 2.5 California 2.6 Colorado 2.7 Connecticut 2.8 Delaware 2.9 Florida 2.10 Georgia 2.11 Hawaii 2.12 Idaho 2.13 Illinois 2.14 Indiana 2.15 Iowa 2.16 Kansas 2.17 Kentucky 2.18 Louisiana 2.19 Maine 2.20 Maryland 2.21 Massachusetts 2.22 Michigan 2.23 Minnesota 2.24 Mississippi 2.25 Missouri 2.26 Montana 2.27 Nebraska 2.28 Nevada 2.29 New Hampshire 2.30 New Jersey 2.31 New Mexico 2.32 New York 2.33 North Carolina 2.34 North Dakota 2.35 Ohio 2.36 Oklahoma 2.37 Oregon 2.38 Pennsylvania 2.39 Rhode Island 2.40 South Carolina 2.41 South Dakota 2.42 Tennessee 2.43 Texas 2.44 Utah 2.45 Vermont 2.46 Virginia 2.47 Washington 2.48 West Virginia 2.49 Wisconsin 2.50 Wyoming 3 Non-voting delegates

Overall results

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Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
		20021	2004	align="center"
Strength	Vote	%	Change |- ||	Republican Party	229	232	+3	53.3%	55,713,412	49.2%	-0.4% |- ||	Democratic Party	204	202	-3	46.4%	52,745,121	46.6%	+1.6%
Independent	1	1	0	0.2%	674,202	0.6%	+0.1%
Libertarian Party	-	-	-	-	1,040,465	0.9%	-0.5%
Green Party	-	-	-	-	331,298	0.3%	-0.1%
	Independence Party	-	-	-	-	246,070	0.2%	0.0%
	Working Families Party	-	-	-	-	145,979	0.1%	N/A
Constitution Party	-	-	-	-	132,613	0.1%	0.0%
	Reform Party	-	-	-	-	85,539	0.1%	+0.1%
	Other parties	-	-	-	-	2,063,606	1.8%	-0.8%
Total		435	435	0	100.0%	113,192,286	100.0%	–
Source: [Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk]

¹ Vacancy due to death of Patsy Mink (D-Hawaii).

Voting members

Key to party abbreviations: C=Constitution, D=Democrat, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, L=Libertarian, R=Republican.

Key to color code: Blue=Democratic pickup; Red=Republican pickup.

Alabama

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
1st	Jo Bonner	Republican	2002	Running	Jo Bonner (R) 63% Judy McCain Belk (D) 37%
2nd	Terry Everett	Republican	1992	Running	Terry Everett (R) 72% Chuck James (D) 28%
3rd	Mike D. Rogers	Republican	2002	Running	Mike D. Rogers (R) 61% Bill Fuller (D) 39%
4th	Robert Aderholt	Republican	1996	Running	Robert Aderholt (R) 75% Carl Cole (D) 25%
5th	Robert Cramer	Democrat	1990	Running	Robert Cramer (D) 73% Gerry Wallace (R) 27%
6th	Spencer Bachus	Republican	1992	Running	'''Spencer Bachus (R) unopposed
7th	Artur Davis	Democrat	2002	Running	Artur Davis (D) 75% Steve Cameron (R) 25%

Alaska

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
At Large	Don Young	Republican	1973	Running	Don Young (R) 72% Thomas Higgins (D) 22% Timothy Feller (G) 4% Alvin Anders (L) 2%

Arizona

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
1st	Rick Renzi	Republican	2002	Running	Rick Renzi (R) 59% Paul Babbitt (D) 36% John Crockett (L) 5%
2nd	Trent Franks	Republican	2002	Running	Trent Franks (R) 59% Randy Camacho (D) 39% Powell Gamill (L) 2%
3rd	John Shadegg	Republican	1994	Running	John Shadegg (R) 80% Mark Yannone (L) 20%
4th	Ed Pastor	Democrat	1990	Running	Ed Pastor (D) 70% Don Karg (R) 26% Gary Fallon (L) 4%
5th	J. D. Hayworth	Republican	1994	Running	J. D. Hayworth (R) 60% Elizabeth Rogers (D) 38% Michael Kielsky (L) 2%
6th	Jeff Flake	Republican	2000	Running	Jeff Flake (R) 79% Craig Stritar (L) 21%
7th	Raul Grijalva	Democrat	2002	Running	Raul Grijalva (D) 61% Joseph Sweeney (R) 34% Dave Kaplan (L) 5%
8th	Jim Kolbe	Republican	1984	Running	Jim Kolbe (R) 60% Eva Bacal (D) 36% Robert Anderson (L) 4%

Arkansas

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
1st	Marion Berry	Democrat	1996	Running	Marion Berry (D) 67% Vernon Humphrey (R) 33%
2nd	Vic Snyder	Democrat	1996	Running	Vic Snyder (D) 58% Marvin Parks (R) 42%
3rd	John Boozman	Republican	2000	Running	John Boozman (R) 59% Jan Judy (D) 38% Dale Morfey (I) 3%
4th	Mike Ross	Democrat	2000	Running	Mike Ross (D) unopposed

California

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
	Mike Thompson	Democrat	1998	Running	Mike Thompson (D) 67% Lawrence Wiesner (R) 28% Pamela Elizondo (G) 5%
	Wally Herger	Republican	1988	Running	Wally Herger (R) 67% Mike Johnson (D) 33%
	Doug Ose	Republican	1998	Retiring	Dan Lungren (R) 62% Gabe Castillo (D) 35% D.A. Tuma (L) 3%
	John Doolittle	Republican	1990	Running	John Doolittle (R) 65% Dave Winters (D) 35%
	Bob Matsui	Democrat	1978	Running	Bob Matsui (D) 72% Mike Dugas (R) 23% Pat Driscoll (G) 3% John Reiger (PFP) 2%
	Lynn Woolsey	Democrat	1992	Running	Lynn Woolsey (D) 72% Paul Erikson (R) 28%
	George Miller	Democrat	1974	Running	George Miller (D) 76% Charles Hargrave (R) 24%
	Nancy Pelosi	Democrat	1986	Running	Nancy Pelosi (D) 85% Jennifer DePalma (R) 12% Leilani Dowell (I) 3% Terry Baum (G) 2%
	Barbara Lee	Democrat	1998	Running	Barbara Lee (D) 84% Claudia Bermudez (R) 13% James Eyer (L) 3%
	Ellen Tauscher	Democrat	1996	Running	Ellen Tauscher (D) 65% Jeff Ketelson (R) 35%
	Richard Pombo	Republican	1992	Running	Richard Pombo (R) 61% Jerry McNerney (D) 39%
	Tom Lantos	Democrat	1980	Running	Tom Lantos (D) 68% Mike Garza (R) 21% Patricia Gray (G) 9% Harland Harrison (L) 2%
	Pete Stark	Democrat	1972	Running	Pete Stark (D) 71% George Bruno (R) 25% Mark Stroberg (L) 4%
	Anna Eshoo	Democrat	1992	Running	Anna Eshoo (D) 70% J. Chris Haugen (R) 26% Brian Holtz (L) 4%
	Mike Honda	Democrat	2000	Running	Mike Honda (D) 72% Raymond Chukwu (R) 28%
	Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	1994	Running	Zoe Lofgren (D) 71% Douglas McNea (R) 26% Markus Welch (L) 3%
	Sam Farr	Democrat	1992	Running	Sam Farr (D) 67% Mark Risley (R) 29% Ray Glock-Greuneich (G) 2%
	Dennis Cardoza	Democrat	2002	Running	Dennis Cardoza (D) 67% Charles Pringle (R) 33%
	George Radanovich	Republican	1996	Running	George Radanovich (R) 66% James Lex Bufford (D) 27% Larry Mullen (G) 7%
	Cal Dooley	Democrat	1990	Retiring	Jim Costa (D) 54% Roy Ashburn (R) 46%
	Devin Nunes	Republican	2000	Running	Devin Nunes (R) 73% Fred Davis (D) 27%
	Bill Thomas	Republican	1978	Running	'''Bill Thomas (R) unopposed
	Lois Capps	Democrat	1998	Running	Lois Capps (D) 63% Don Regan (R) 34% Michael Favorite (L) 3%
	Elton Gallegly	Republican	1986	Running	Elton Gallegly (R) 63% Brett Wagner (D) 34% Stuart Bechman (G) 3%
	Howard McKeon	Republican	1992	Running	Howard McKeon (R) 65% Tim Willoughby (D) 35%
	David Dreier	Republican	1980	Running	David Dreier (R) 54% Cynthia Matthews (D) 43% Randall Weissbuch (L) 3%
	Brad Sherman	Democrat	1996	Running	Brad Sherman (D) 62% Robert Levy (R) 34% Eric Carter (G) 4%
	Howard Berman	Democrat	1982	Running	Howard Berman (D) 71% David Hernandez Jr. (R) 23% Kelley Ross (L) 6%
	Adam Schiff	Democrat	2000	Running	Adam Schiff (D) 65% Harry Scolinos (R) 30% Philip Koebel (G) 3% Ted Brown (Libertarian) (L) 2%
	Henry Waxman	Democrat	1974	Running	Henry Waxman (D) 71% Victor Elizalde (R) 29%
	Xavier Becerra	Democrat	1992	Running	Xavier Becerra (D) 81% Luis Vega (R) 19%
	Hilda Solis	Democrat	2000	Running	Hilda Solis (D) 85% Leland Faegre (L) 15%
	Diane Watson	Democrat	2001	Running	Diane Watson (D) 89% Robert Weber (L) 11%
	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	1992	Running	Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) 74% Wayne Miller (R) 26%
	Maxine Waters	Democrat	1990	Running	Maxine Waters (D) 80% Ross Moen (R) 16% Gordon Mego (I) 2% Charles Tate (L) 2%
	Jane Harman	Democrat	1986	Running	Jane Harman (D) 62% Paul Whitehead (R) 34% Alice Stek (I) 2% Mike Binkley (L) 2%
	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Democrat	1996	Running	Juanita Millender-McDonald (D) 75% Vernon Van (R) 20% Herb Peters (L) 5%
	Grace Napolitano	Democrat	1998	Running	'''Grace Napolitano (D) unopposed
	Linda Sanchez	Democrat	2002	Running	Linda Sanchez (D) 61% Tim Escobar (R) 39%
	Ed Royce	Republican	1992	Running	Ed Royce (R) 68% J. Tilman Williams (D) 32%
	Jerry Lewis	Republican	1978	Running	Jerry Lewis (R) 83% Peymon Mottahedeh (L) 17%
	Gary Miller	Republican	1998	Running	Gary Miller (R) 68% Lewis Myers (D) 32%
	Joe Baca	Democrat	1999	Running	Joe Baca (D) 66% Ed Laning (R) 34%
	Ken Calvert	Republican	1992	Running	Ken Calvert (R) 61% Louis Vandenberg (D) 36% Kevin Akin (I) 3%
	Mary Bono	Republican	1998	Running	Mary Bono (R) 66% Richard Meyer (D) 34%
	Dana Rohrabacher	Republican	1988	Running	Dana Rohrabacher (R) 61% Jim Brandt (D) 33% Tom Lash (G) 4% Keith Gann (L) 2%
	Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	1996	Running	Loretta Sanchez (D) 60% Alexandria Coronado (R) 40%
	Chris Cox	Republican	1988	Running	Chris Cox (R) 65% John Graham (D) 32% Bruce Cohen (L) 3%
	Darrell Issa	Republican	2000	Running	Darrell Issa (R) 62% Mike Byron (D) 35% Lars Grossmith (L) 3%
	Randy Cunningham	Republican	1990	Running	Randy Cunningham (R) 58% Francine Busby (D) 37% Gary Waayers (G) 2% Diane Templin (I) 2%
	Bob Filner	Democrat	1992	Running	Bob Filner (D) 62% Mike Giorgino (R) 35% Mike Metti (L) 3%
	Duncan Hunter	Republican	1980	Running	Duncan Hunter (R) 69% Brian Keliher (D) 28% Mike Benoit (L) 3%
	Susan Davis	Democrat	2000	Running	Susan Davis (D) 67% Darin Hunzeker (R) 28% Lawrence Rockwood (G) 3% Adam Van Susteren (L) 2%

Colorado

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
Colorado 1	Diana DeGette	Democrat	1996	Running	Diana DeGette (D) 73% Roland Chicas (R) 25% George Lilly (I) 2%
Colorado 2	Mark Udall	Democrat	1998	Running	Mark Udall (D) 67% Stephen Hackman (R) 31% Norman Olsen (L) 2%
Colorado 3	Scott McInnis	Republican	1992	Retiring	John Salazar (D) 50% Greg Walcher (R) 47% Jim Krug (I) 3%
Colorado 4	Marilyn Musgrave	Republican	2002	Running	Marilyn Musgrave (R) 51% Stan Matsunaka (D) 45% Bob Kinsey (G) 4%
Colorado 5	Joel Hefley	Republican	1986	Running	Joel Hefley (R) 71% Fred Hardee (D) 27% Arthur Roberts (L) 2%
Colorado 6	Tom Tancredo	Republican	1998	Running	Tom Tancredo (R) 60% Joanna Conti (D) 39%
Colorado 7	Bob Beauprez	Republican	2002	Running	Bob Beauprez (R) 55% Dave Thomas (D) 43% Clyde Harkins (I) 2%

Connecticut

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
Connecticut 1	John Larson	Democrat	1998	Running	John Larson (D) 73% John Halstead (R) 27%
Connecticut 2	Rob Simmons	Republican	2000	Running	Rob Simmons (R) 54% Jim Sullivan (D) 46%
Connecticut 3	Rosa DeLauro	Democrat	1990	Running	Rosa DeLauro (D) 72% Richter Elser (R) 25% Ralph Ferrucci (G) 3%
Connecticut 4	Chris Shays	Republican	1987	Running	Chris Shays (R) 52% Diane Farrell (D) 48%
Connecticut 5	Nancy Johnson	Republican	1982	Running	Nancy Johnson (R) 60% Theresa Gerratana (D) 38%

Delaware

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
Delaware At Large	Michael N. Castle	Republican	1992	Running	Michael N. Castle (R) 69% Paul Donnelly (D) 30%

Florida

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
Florida 1	Jeff Miller	Republican	2001	Running	Jeff Miller (R) 74% Mark Coutu (D) 26%
Florida 2	Allen Boyd	Democrat	1996	Running	Allen Boyd (D) 62% Bev Kilmer (R) 38%
Florida 3	Corrine Brown	Democrat	1992	Running	'''Corrine Brown (D) unopposed
Florida 4	Ander Crenshaw	Republican	2000	Running	'''Ander Crenshaw (R) unopposed
Florida 5	Ginny Brown-Waite	Republican	2002	Running	Ginny Brown-Waite (R) 66% Robert Whittel (D) 34%
Florida 6	Cliff Stearns	Republican	1988	Running	Cliff Stearns (R) 64% Dave Bruderly (D) 36%
Florida 7	John Mica	Republican	1992	Running	'''John Mica (R) unopposed
Florida 8	Ric Keller	Republican	2000	Running	Ric Keller (R) 61% Stephen Murray (D) 39%
Florida 9	Michael Bilirakis	Republican	1982	Running	Michael Bilirakis (R) unopposed
Florida 10	Bill Young	Republican	1970	Running	Bill Young (R) 69% Robert Dean Derry (D) 31%
Florida 11	Jim Davis	Democrat	1996	Running	Jim Davis (D) 86% Robert Johnson (L) 14%
Florida 12	Adam Putnam	Republican	2000	Running	Adam Putnam (R) 65% Bob Hagenmeier (D) 35%
Florida 13	Katherine Harris	Republican	2002	Running	Katherine Harris (R) 55% Jan Schneider (D) 45%
Florida 14	Vacant	(Seat was Republican in 2002)	--	--	Connie Mack IV (R) 67% Robert Neeld (D) 33%
Florida 15	Dave Weldon	Republican	1994	Running	Dave Weldon (R) 65% Simon Pristoop (D) 35%
Florida 16	Mark Foley	Republican	1994	Running	Mark Foley (R) 68% Jeffrey Jay Fisher (D) 32%
Florida 17	Kendrick Meek	Democrat	2002	Running	'''Kendrick Meek (D) unopposed
Florida 18	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	1989	Running	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) 65% Samuel Martin Sheldon (D) 35%
Florida 19	Robert Wexler	Democrat	1996	Running	'''Robert Wexler (D) unopposed
Florida 20	Peter Deutsch	Democrat	1992	Running for Senate	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) 70% Margaret Hostetter (R) 30%
Florida 21	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Republican	1992	Running	Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) 72% Frank Gonzalez (L) 28%
Florida 22	Clay Shaw	Republican	1980	Running	Clay Shaw (R) 63% Jim Stork (D) 35% John McLain (O) 2%
Florida 23	Alcee Hastings	Democrat	1992	Running	'''Alcee Hastings (D) unopposed
Florida 24	Tom Feeney	Republican	2002	Running	'''Tom Feeney (R) unopposed
Florida 25	Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	2002	Running	Mario Diaz-Balart (R) unopposed

Georgia

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Result
Georgia 1	Jack Kingston	Republican	1992	Running	'''Jack Kingston (R) unopposed
Georgia 2	Sanford Bishop	Democrat	1992	Running	Sanford Bishop (D) 67% Dave Eversman (R) 33%
Georgia 3	Jim Marshall	Democrat	2002	Running	Jim Marshall (D) 63% Calder Clay (R) 37%
Georgia 4	Denise Majette	Democrat	2002	Running for Senate	Cynthia McKinney (D) 64% Catherine Davis (R) 36%
Georgia 5	John Lewis	Democrat	1986	Running	'''John Lewis (D) unopposed
Georgia 6	Johnny Isakson	Republican	1998	Elected to Senate	'''Tom Price (R) unopposed
Georgia 7	John Linder	Republican	1992	Running	'''John Linder (R) unopposed
Georgia 8	Mac Collins	Republican	1992	Running for Senate	Lynn Westmoreland (R) 76% Silvia Delamar (D) 24%
Georgia 9	Charlie Norwood	Republican	1994	Running	Charlie Norwood (R) 74% Bob Ellis (D) 26%
Georgia 10	Nathan Deal	Republican	1992	Running	'''Nathan Deal (R) unopposed
Georgia 11	Phil Gingrey	Republican	2002	Running	Phil Gingrey (R) 57% Rick Crawford (D) 43%
Georgia 12	Max Burns	Republican	2002	Running	John Barrow (D) 52% Max Burns (R) 48%
Georgia 13	David Scott	Democrat	2002	Running	David Scott (D) unopposed

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

On December 4, 2004, a run-off election was held to determine the winner of the 3rd and 7th Congressional districts. In the 3rd district, Charlie Melancon narrowly defeated Billy Tauzin III 50.25-49.75. In the 7th district, Charles Boustany defeated Willie Mount 55-45. Thus, both seats switched to the opposite party.

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

All seven Washington incumbents that ran for re-election, none of whom faced viable challengers, were returned to Congress. None received less than 60% of the vote, and one received over 80%. In addition, the two seats vacated by retiring Republicans were both reclaimed by Republicans despite Democratic hopes to gain at least one seat in the vulnerable 8th district.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Non-voting delegates

 

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