The United States House of Representative elections of 2004 in North Carolina were held on November 3, 2004 as part of the
biennial election to the
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. All thirteen seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected.
The parties' positions were unchanged. The
Democrats gained in the
popular vote
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share across the state, thanks predominantly to running candidates in two districts they hadn't contested
in 2002. However, no districts changed hands. Two new
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representatives were elected to replace non-running incumbents:
Patrick McHenry
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and
Virginia Foxx
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.
G. K. Butterfield
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retained the seat that he had won in a special election earlier in the year.
It is not to be confused with the
election to the North Carolina House of Representatives, which was held on the same day.
Summary
Results
Footnotes
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2004
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2004 North Carolina elections