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2004 United States Senate election in Nevada

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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 despite Republican nominee, President George Walker Bush carrying the state in the concurrent presidential election in the state.

2004 United States Senate election in Nevada
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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

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Candidates

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Results

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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

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Candidates

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

Predictions

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

Results

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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
By county
County Harry Reid
Democratic 		Richard Ziser
Republican 		None of These
Candidates 		Thomas L. Hurst
Libertarian 		David K. Schumann
IAPN 		Gary Marinch
Natural Law 		Margin Total
votes
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Carson City 12,478 54.68 9,559 41.89 330 1.45 188 0.82 197 0.86 67 0.29 2,919 12.79 22,819
Churchill 3,995 39.47 5,647 55.79 209 2.06 102 1.00 131 1.29 38 0.38 -1,652 -16.32 10,122
Clark 345,694 65.02 167,104 31.43 8,207 1.54 6,487 1.22 2,988 0.56 1,222 0.23 178,590 33.59 531,702
Douglas 10,409 44.66 12,120 52.00 304 1.30 210 0.90 205 0.88 61 0.26 -1,711 -7.34 23,309
Elko 6,084 40.57 7,912 52.76 384 2.56 270 1.80 265 1.77 82 1.26 -1,828 -12.19 14,997
Esmeralda 162 33.96 257 53.88 23 4.82 13 2.73 20 4.19 2 0.42 -95 -19.92 477
Eureka 267 36.38 404 55.04 33 4.50 12 1.63 14 1.91 4 0.54 -137 -18.66 734
Humboldt 2,524 47.98 2,431 46.22 137 2.60 73 1.39 85 1.62 10 0.19 93 1.76 5,260
Lander 908 44.86 989 48.86 59 2.92 19 0.94 39 1.93 10 0.49 -89 -4.00 2,024
Lincoln 745 36.81 1,128 55.73 81 4.00 22 1.09 42 2.08 6 0.30 -383 -18.92 2,024
Lyon 7,526 44.68 8,633 51.25 261 1.55 148 0.88 224 1.33 54 0.32 -1,107 -6.57 16,846
Mineral 1,565 68.73 591 25.96 37 1.62 20 0.88 51 2.24 13 0.57 974 42.77 2,277
Nye 7,521 53.52 5,798 41.26 273 1.94 178 1.27 223 1.59 60 0.43 1,723 12.26 14,053
Pershing 960 50.47 817 43.18 49 2.59 30 1.59 27 1.43 9 0.43 143 7.29 1,892
Storey 1,133 53.17 914 42.89 28 1.31 25 1.17 26 1.22 5 0.23 219 10.28 2,131
Washoe 90,706 58.27 58,994 37.90 2,432 1.56 1,705 1.10 1,399 0.90 416 0.27 31,712 20.37 155,652
White Pine 2,128 56.76 1,342 35.80 121 3.23 57 1.52 65 1.73 36 0.96 786 20.96 3,749
Totals 494,805 61.08 284,640 35.14 12,968 1.60 9,559 1.18 6,001 0.74 2,095 0.26 210,165 25.94 810,068

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2004 Statewide Primary Election Reports
  2. ^ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
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