2004 United States Senate election in Oregon

2004 United States Senate election in Oregon

November 2, 2004

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

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.

Democratic primary

• Ron Wyden, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1996

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

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

Predictions

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

Polling

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

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

• Grant (largest city: John Day)
• Harney (largest city: Burns)

See also

• 2004 United States Senate elections

References

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.