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2004 United States Senate election in Oregon

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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 2024, this is the most recent United States Senate election in Oregon in which any Eastern Oregon counties voted for the 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
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Nominee Ron Wyden Al King
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,128,728 565,254
Percentage 63.39% 31.75%
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

Democratic primary

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Wyden was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Oregon Democratic U.S. Senate primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Wyden (Incumbent) 345,219 99.03%
Miscellaneous 3,387 0.97%
Total votes 348,606 100.00%

Republican primary

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Results by county
King
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Abshier
  •   20–30%
Bowerman
  •   20–30%
  • Al King, previous Vice Chairman of the Oregon Republican Party (2000–2002), rancher
  • Bruce Broussard, perennial candidate and political activist
  • Thomas Lee Abshier
  • E. Bowerman
  • Philip Petrie
  • Pavel Goberman
Oregon Republican U.S. Senate primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Al King 85,035 35.16%
Republican Bruce Broussard 53,084 21.95%
Republican Thomas Lee Abshier 51,879 21.45%
Republican E. Bowerman 18,779 7.77%
Republican Philip Petrie 15,838 6.55%
Republican Pavel Goberman 12,230 5.06%
Miscellaneous 4,990 2.06%
Total votes 241,835 100.00%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] Safe D November 1, 2004

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[4] 		Margin
of error 		Ron
Wyden (D) 		Al
King (R) 		Undecided
Research 2000[5] September 13–16, 2004 600 (LV) ± 4% 58% 31% 11%

Results

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General election results[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ron 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Oregon Secretary of State. "2004 Primary Election Official Results Partisan Offices". Oregon Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Oregon Secretary of State. "2004 Primary Election Official Results Partisan Offices". Oregon Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  5. ^ Research 2000
  6. ^ "November 2, 2004, General Election Abstracts of Votes: UNITED STATES SENATOR". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
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