The 2004
U.S. House of Representatives
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election for the state of
North Dakota's
at-large congressional district was held November 2, 2004. The incumbent,
Democratic-NPL Congressman
Earl Pomeroy was re-elected to his seventh term, defeating
Republican candidate
Duane Sand
Duane Sand (born May 8, 1965) is a Navy Captain, businessman and a North Dakota politician. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and was a U.S. Navy officer during the Iraq War. Sand ran for the United States Senate in North Dakot ...
.
Only Pomeroy filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was
Duane Sand
Duane Sand (born May 8, 1965) is a Navy Captain, businessman and a North Dakota politician. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and was a U.S. Navy officer during the Iraq War. Sand ran for the United States Senate in North Dakot ...
, who had previously faced Democrat
Kent Conrad in 2000 for North Dakota's Senate seat
(see election). Pomeroy and Sand won the primary elections for their respective parties.
Although Sand ran an aggressive campaign, it was not as aggressive as that of
Rick Clayburgh who had faced the congressman in the previous election. On June 26,
U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay visited
Fargo, North Dakota
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to campaign for Sand.
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Results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
* Adams (largest city: Hettinger)
* Burleigh (largest city: Bismarck)
* Dickey (largest city: Oakes Oakes may refer to:
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*Oakes, North Dakota, US
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)
* Grant (largest city: Elgin)
* Hettinger (largest city: Mott)
* Kidder (largest city: Steele)
* LaMoure (largest city: LaMoure)
* Logan
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(largest city: Napoleon
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)
* McIntosh (largest city: Wishek)
* Mercer
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(largest city: Beulah)
* Morton (largest city: Mandan)
* Wells
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(largest city: Harvey)
References
See also
North Dakota
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
2004 North Dakota elections
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