| The Green Papers: General Election 2004 |
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2004 Governor's Chairs by State |
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| Delaware 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat | |||||
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Democrat | Governor Ruth Ann Minner • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 11 September 2004 Primary |
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Democrat | 185,687 | 50.87% | Governor Ruth Ann Minner | |
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Republican | 167,115 | 45.78% | William S. "Bill" Lee | |
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Independent | 12,206 | 3.34% | Frank Infante • On the ballot as Libertarian (1,450 votes) and Independent Party of Delaware (10,756 votes) |
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| Total | 365,008 | 100.00% | |||
| Indiana 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat | |||||
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Democrat | Governor Joseph E. "Joe" Kernan • Succeeded to the office of Governor upon the death of Governor Frank O'Bannon, 13 September 2003 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 4 May 2004 Primary |
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Republican | 1,302,912 | 53.21% | Mitchell E. "Mitch" Daniels | |
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Democrat | 1,113,900 | 45.49% | Governor Joseph E. "Joe" Kernan | |
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Libertarian | 31,664 | 1.29% | Kenn Gividen | |
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Write-In | 22 | 0.00% | Velko Kapetanov • Party: Independent |
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| Total | 2,448,498 | 100.00% | |||
| Missouri 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat | |||||
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Democrat | Governor Bob Holden • First elected: 2000 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Lost Primary - 3 August 2004 |
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Republican | 1,382,419 | 50.83% | Matt Blunt • Son of Republican Congressman Roy Blunt (CD 7) |
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Democrat | 1,301,442 | 47.85% | Auditor Claire McCaskill | |
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Libertarian | 24,378 | 0.90% | John M. Swenson | |
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Constitution | 11,299 | 0.42% | Robert Wells | |
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Write-In | 61 | 0.00% | Kenneth J. Johnson | |
| Total | 2,719,599 | 100.00% | |||
| North Carolina 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat | |||||
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Democrat | Governor Mike Easley • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 20 July 2004 - Primary |
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Democrat | 1,939,154 | 55.62% | Governor Mike Easley | |
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Republican | 1,495,021 | 42.88% | Patrick J. Ballantine • No candidate received 40% of the vote in the 20 July Republican Primary for Governor. Normally, the two leading candidates would compete in a Tuesday 17 August 2004 runoff. However, on 22 July Richard Vinroot, who came in second place, withdrew from the race giving the nomination to first place winner Patrick J. Ballatine. Results of the 20 July Primary: Patrick J. Ballantine (30.40%); Richard Vinroot (29.95%); Bill Cobey (27%); Commissioner Dan Barrett (5%); State Senator Fern H. Shubert (4%); George W. Little (4%) |
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Libertarian | 52,513 | 1.51% | Barbara Howe | |
| Total | 3,486,688 | 100.00% | |||
| Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: None | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat | |||||
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Democrat | Governor Gary Locke • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • Open Chair - 21 July 2003: Governor Locke announced that he will not seek re-election in 2004. |
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Democrat | 1,373,361 | 48.87% | Attorney General Christine Gregoire | |
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Republican | 1,373,232 | 48.87% | Dino Rossi | |
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Libertarian | 63,465 | 2.26% | Ruth Bennett | |
| Manual Recount from an official source. Machine Recount from an official source. On Thursday 30 December 2004 the Secretary of State certified the manual recount results showing that Democrat Christine Gregoire won Governor's election by 129 votes out of 2,810,058. Mr. Rossi is considering contesting these results. History: Friday 3 December 2004- the Democrats officially challenged the certified machine recount Republican Dino Rossi won by 42 votes out of 2,808,342. Monday 6 December- Secretary of State Sam Reed issues a hand recount order. 23 December- the state Supreme Court rules that King County recount is to include 573 mistakenly rejected ballots and 162 misplaced ballots in the manual recount. Manual Recount: (30 December 2004): Democrat Christine Gregoire: 1,373,361; Republican Dino Rossi: 1,373,232; Libertarian Ruth Bennett: 63,465. Machine Recount (24 November 2004): Republican Dino Rossi: 1,372,484; Democrat Christine Gregoire: 1,372,442; Libertarian Ruth Bennett: 63,415. Original Count: Republican Dino Rossi: 1,371,414; Democrat Christine Gregoire: 1,371,153; Libertarian Ruth Bennett: 63,346. | |||||
| Total | 2,810,058 | 100.00% | |||
| West Virginia 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
| Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat | |||||
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Democrat | Governor Robert E. Wise, Jr. • First elected: 2000. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Chair - 12 August 2003: Governor Wise announced that he is not a candidate for re-election in 2004 (issue with marital infidelity). |
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Democrat | 472,758 | 63.51% | Secretary of State Joe Manchin, III | |
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Republican | 253,131 | 34.00% | Monty Warner | |
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Mountain | 18,430 | 2.48% | Jesse Johnson | |
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Write-In | 114 | 0.02% | Simon McClure | |
| Total | 744,433 | 100.00% | |||