The Green Papers: Kansas 2004 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 3 August 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:2,693,824 (0.96% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):1,983,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):1,623,623
Capital:Topeka
Tuesday 3 August 2004 polls close 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC) / 6:00p MDT (0000 UTC). Most polls in the State close at either 7 pm or 8 pm local time in the Central Time Zone by local option; the remaining polls in the Mountain Time Zone close at either 6 pm or 7 pm local time by local option. The time noted as the "official" poll closing time is the statutory poll closing time and is that at which the networks generally consider the polls in the State to have closed.
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 7:00p CST (0100 UTC) / 6:00p MST (0100 UTC). Most polls in the State close at either 7 pm or 8 pm local time in the Central Time Zone by local option; the remaining polls in the Mountain Time Zone close at either 6 pm or 7 pm local time by local option. The time noted as the "official" poll closing time is the statutory poll closing time and is that at which the networks generally consider the polls in the State to have closed.
 

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Kansas State and Local Government

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

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 6 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details.
Up for election in 2004
  Elected Republican 736,456 62.00% President George W. Bush
(6 Electoral Votes)
• Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney
Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
  Candidate Democrat 434,993 36.62% Senator John Kerry
• Vice President: Senator John Edwards
  Candidate Reform 9,348 0.79% Ralph Nader
• Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo
  Candidate Libertarian 4,013 0.34% Michael Badnarik
• Vice President: Richard V. Campagna
  Candidate Independent 2,899 0.24% Michael Anthony Peroutka
• Vice President: James N. Clymer
Note: Chuck Baldwin is Mr. Peroutka's running mate.
  Candidate Write-In 33 0.00% David Keith Cobb
  Candidate Write-In 5 0.00% John Joseph Kennedy
  Candidate Write-In 5 0.00% Bill Van Auken
  Candidate Write-In 4 0.00% Walter F. Brown
Total 1,187,756 100.00%  
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2   Republican   Senator Pat Roberts
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Class 3
Seat up for election		   Republican   Senator Samuel D. Brownback
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert J. Dole: 11 June 1996- which Sheila Frahm (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Bill Graves (Republican) to fill, 11 June 1996]; elected to a full term: 1998, re-elected: 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 3 August 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 780,863 69.16% Senator Samuel D. Brownback
  Candidate Democrat 310,337 27.49% Lee Jones
  Candidate Libertarian 21,842 1.93% Steven A. Rosile
  Candidate Reform 15,980 1.42% George Cook
Total 1,129,022 100.00%  
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
    Democrat   Governor Kathleen Sebelius
• 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. Elected on a ticket with Governor
    Democrat   Lieutenant Governor John Moore
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
108th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republicans (3 Renominated);
1 Democrat (1 Renominated)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Jerry Moran
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 3 August 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 239,776 90.72% Congressman Jerry Moran
  Candidate Libertarian 24,517 9.28% Jack Warner
Total 264,293 100.00%  
CD 2
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Jim Ryun
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 3 August 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 165,325 56.15% Congressman Jim Ryun
  Candidate Democrat 121,532 41.28% Nancy Boyda
  Candidate Libertarian 7,579 2.57% Dennis Hawver
Total 294,436 100.00%  
CD 3
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Dennis Moore
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 3 August 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 184,050 54.82% Congressman Dennis Moore
  Candidate Republican 145,542 43.35% Kris Kobach
  Candidate Libertarian 3,191 0.95% Joe Bellis
  Candidate Reform 2,956 0.88% Richard Wells
Total 335,739 100.00%  
CD 4
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Todd Tiahrt
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 3 August 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 173,151 66.11% Congressman Todd Tiahrt
  Candidate Democrat 81,388 31.07% Michael Kinard
  Candidate Libertarian 7,376 2.82% David Loomis
Total 261,915 100.00%  
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Republican   Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh
• First elected: 1994, 1998; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Republican   Attorney General Phill Kline
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Republican   Treasurer Lynn Jenkins
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Republican   Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
 

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