The Green Papers: Alabama 2004 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 1 June 2004
Runoff (CD 5 Republican): Tuesday 29 June 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Electoral Votes:9(1.67% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
2000 Census:4,461,130 (1.58% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):3,333,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):2,528,963
Capital:Montgomery
Tuesday 1 June 2004 polls close 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 29 June 2004 polls close 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 7:00p CST (0100 UTC)
 

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Alabama State and Local Government

Alabama 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats   Republicans   Third Parties

Should no candidate receive 50% or more of the vote in the 1 June primary, the 2 top vote getters will proceed to a 29 June runoff election.

 
           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 9 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details.
Up for election in 2004
  Elected Republican 1,176,394 62.46% President George W. Bush
(9 Electoral Votes)
• Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney
Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
  Candidate Democrat 693,933 36.84% Senator John Kerry
• Vice President: Senator John Edwards
  Candidate Independent 6,701 0.36% Ralph Nader
• Vice President: Jan D. Pierce
Note: Peter Camejo is Ralph Nader's running mate.
  Candidate Independent 3,529 0.19% Michael Badnarik
• Vice President: Richard V. Campagna
Libertarian
  Candidate Independent 1,994 0.11% Michael Anthony Peroutka
• Vice President: Chuck Baldwin
Constitution
  Candidate --scatter-- 898 0.05% Write-in (Miscellaneous)
Total 1,883,449 100.00%  
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2   Republican   Senator Jeff Sessions
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Class 3
Seat up for election		   Republican   Senator Richard Shelby
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected as a Democrat: 1986; re-elected: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 9 November 1994; re-elected as a Republican: 1998, 2004.
[also served in the U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 as a Democrat]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 1 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 1,242,200 67.55% Senator Richard Shelby
  Candidate Democrat 595,018 32.35% Wayne Sowell
  Candidate --scatter-- 1,848 0.10% Write-in
Total 1,839,066 100.00%  
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
    Republican   Governor Bob Riley
• First elected: 2002
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. Elected separately from the Governor.
    Democrat   Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
• The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
108th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republicans (5 Renominated);
2 Democrats (2 Renominated)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Jo Bonner
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 1 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 161,067 63.12% Congressman Jo Bonner
  Candidate Democrat 93,938 36.81% Judy Belk
  Candidate --scatter-- 159 0.06% Write-in
Total 255,164 100.00%  
CD 2
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Terry Everett
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 1 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 177,086 71.42% Congressman Terry Everett
  Candidate Democrat 70,562 28.46% Charles D. "Chuck" James
  Candidate --scatter-- 299 0.12% Write-in
Total 247,947 100.00%  
CD 3
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Mike Rogers
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 1 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 150,411 61.20% Congressman Mike Rogers
  Candidate Democrat 95,240 38.75% Bill Fuller
  Candidate --scatter-- 133 0.05% Write-in
Total 245,784 100.00%  
CD 4
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Robert Aderholt
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 1 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 191,110 74.73% Congressman Robert Aderholt
  Candidate Democrat 64,278 25.14% Carl Cole
  Candidate --scatter-- 336 0.13% Write-in
Total 255,724 100.00%  
CD 5
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Bud Cramer
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1990
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 1 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 200,999 72.97% Congressman Bud Cramer
  Candidate Republican 74,145 26.92% Gerald "Gerry" Wallace
  Candidate --scatter-- 315 0.11% Write-in
Total 275,459 100.00%  
CD 6
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Spencer Bachus
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 1 June 2004 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Republican 264,819 98.80% Congressman Spencer Bachus
  Candidate --scatter-- 3,224 1.20% Write-in
Total 268,043 100.00%  
CD 7
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Artur Davis
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 1 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 183,408 74.97% Congressman Artur Davis
  Candidate Republican 61,019 24.94% Steve F. Cameron
  Candidate --scatter-- 211 0.09% Write-in
Total 244,638 100.00%  
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Secretary of State Nancy L. Worley
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Republican   Attorney General Troy King
• Appointed as 8 March 2004 by Governor Bob Riley.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
 Note: Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor, who served from 2 January 1997, was appointed by President George W. Bush to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals bench.
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Republican   Treasurer Kay Ivey
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Republican   Auditor Beth Chapman
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   A & I Commissioner Ron Sparks
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
2002-2010 Congressional Districts  2002-2010 CDs

ALABAMA
Congressional Districts re: Counties

County District(s)
Autauga CD 2
Baldwin CD 1
Barbour CD 2
Bibb CD 6
Blount CD 4
Bullock CD 2
Butler CD 2
Calhoun CD 3
Chambers CD 3
Cherokee CD 3
Chilton CD 6
Choctaw CD 7
Clarke CDs 1 & 7
Clay CD 3
Cleburne CD 3
Coffee CD 2
Colbert CD 5
Conecuh CD 2
Coosa CDs 3 & 6
Covington CD 2
Crenshaw CD 2
Cullman CD 4
Dale CD 2
Dallas CD 7
De Kalb CD 4
Elmore CD 2
Escambia CD 1
Etowah CD 4
Fayette CD 4
Franklin CD 4
Geneva CD 2
Greene CD 7
Hale CD 7
Henry CD 2
Houston CD 2
Jackson CD 5
Jefferson CDs 6 & 7
Lamar CD 4
Lauderdale CD 5
Lawrence CD 5
Lee CD 3
Limestone CD 5
Lowndes CD 2
Macon CD 3
Madison CD 5
Marengo CD 7
Marion CD 4
Marshall CD 4
Mobile CD 1
Monroe CD 1
Montgomery CDs 2 & 3
Morgan CDs 4 & 5
Perry CD 7
Pickens CDs 4 & 7
Pike CD 2
Randolph CD 3
Russell CD 3
St. Clair CDs 4 & 6
Shelby CD 6
Sumter CD 7
Talladega CD 3
Tallapoosa CD 3
Tuscaloosa CDs 6 & 7
Walker CD 4
Washington CD 1
Wilcox CD 7
Winston CD 4
 

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