The 2004 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 2004 to elect all 435 seats of the chamber. It coincided with the

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of President

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as well as many Senate elections and gubernatorial elections. In the

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held 227 seats, Democrats held 205, with two Republican vacancies and one independent. As a result of this election, the 109th Congress began composed of 232

, 201 Democrats, one independent (who caucuses with the Democrats), and one vacancy (Democrat Bob Matsui won reelection, but died just two days before the beginning of the 109th Congress.). Democrats won open seats in Colorado, South Dakota, and

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while ousting incumbents in Georgia and Illinois. Republicans won an open seat in Kentucky and multiple seats in Texas while ousting an incumbent in Indiana. Two seats in Louisiana swapped party control.

became the first Republican president to have his party gain seats in consecutive elections for the first time since

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in 1902 and 1904. As of 2022, this is the last election in which someone who was not from the Democratic or Republican party was elected to the House (Independent

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). Republicans would not make consecutive net gains in the House (after gaining seats in the 2002 election) until 2020 and 2022. This was also the last election in which the Republicans made any gains in a Presidential election year until 2020.

Results

2004 US House of Representatives Election by States

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, 229 , 232 , 3 , 53.3% , 55,958,144 , 49.4% , -0.6% , - , style="background-color:" , !

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, 205 , 202 , 3 , 46.4% , 52,969,786 , 46.8% , +1.6% , - , style="background-color:" , ! Libertarian Party , — , — , — , — , 1,056,844 , 0.9% , -0.5% , - , style="background-color:" , ! Independent , 1 , 1 , 0 , 0.2% , 674,202 , 0.6% , +0.1% , - , style="background-color:" , !

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, — , — , — , — , 344,549 , 0.3% , -0.1% , - , style="background-color:" , ! Constitution Party , — , — , — , — , 187,006 , 0.2% , - , - , style="background-color:" , ! Reform Party , — , — , — , — , 85,539 , 0.1% , +0.1% , - , style="background-color:" , !

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, — , — , — , — , 76,053 , 0.1% , +0.1% , - , style="background-color:" , ! Others , — , — , — , — , 1,840,163 , 1.6% , -0.6% , - ! colspan=2 , Total ! 434 ! 435 ! 0 ! 100.0% ! 113,192,286 ! 100.0% ! – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , style="text-align:left" colspan=9 , Source
Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Retirements

In the November general elections, thirty incumbents did not seek re-election, either to retire or to seek other positions.

Democrats

Thirteen Democrats did not seek re-election. # : Cal Dooley retired. # : Peter Deutsch retired to run for U.S. Senator. # : Denise Majette retired to run for U.S. Senator. # : Bill Lipinski retired. # : Ken Lucas retired. # : Chris John retired to run for U.S. Senator. # :

Dick Gephardt Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic ...

retired to run for U.S. president. # : Karen McCarthy retired. # : Brad Carson retired to run for U.S. Senator. # : Joe Hoeffel retired to run for U.S. Senator. # :

Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born 13 February 1962) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus (LL.M. 1987) and a graduate of the University of Puer ...

retired to run successfully for Governor of Puerto Rico. # : Jim Turner retired when redistricted from the 2nd district. # : Jerry Kleczka retired.

Republicans

Seventeen Republicans did not seek re-election. # : Doug Ose retired. # : Scott McInnis retired. # : Johnny Isakson retired to run for U.S. Senator. # :

Mac Collins Michael Allen "Mac" Collins (October 15, 1944 – November 20, 2018) was an American businessman and politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing (previously from 1993 to ...

retired to run for U.S. Senator. # : David Vitter retired to run for U.S. Senator. # :

Billy Tauzin Wilbert Joseph Tauzin II (; born June 14, 1943) is an American lobbyist and politician. He was President and CEO of PhRMA, a pharmaceutical company lobby group. Tauzin was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1980 to ...

retired. # : Nick Smith retired. # : Jack Quinn retired. # :

Amo Houghton Amory Houghton Jr. (August 7, 1926 – March 4, 2020) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. state of New York. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and was a member of one of upstate New York's most p ...

retired. # : Richard Burr retired to run for U.S. Senator. # : Cass Ballenger retired. # : James C. Greenwood retired. # : Pat Toomey retired to run for U.S. Senator. # : Jim DeMint retired to run for U.S. Senator. # :

Ed Schrock Edward Lee Schrock (born April 6, 1941) is a retired naval officer (1964–1988) and American Republican politician who served as a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1996 - 2001. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Jan ...

retired. # : George Nethercutt retired to run for U.S. Senator. # : Jennifer Dunn retired.

Resignations

Two seats opened early due to resignations and were not filled until the November elections.

Democrats

No Democrats resigned.

Republicans

Two Republicans resigned. # : Porter Goss resigned September 23, 2004 to become Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. # : Doug Bereuter resigned August 31, 2004 to become president of The Asia Foundation.

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

Two Democrats lost renomination. # : Chris Bell lost renomination to

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, who then won the general election. # : Ciro Rodriguez lost renomination to

Henry Cuellar Enrique Roberto Cuellar (born September 19, 1955) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he is considered one of the most conservative representatives in the De ...

, who won the general election.

Republicans

No Republicans lost renomination.

In the general election

Democrats

Five Democrats lost re-election to Republicans. # : Baron Hill lost to Mike Sodrel. # : Max Sandlin lost to Louie Gohmert. # : Nick Lampson lost to

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. # : Charles Stenholm lost a redistricting race to

Randy Neugebauer Robert Randolph "Randy" Neugebauer (born December 24, 1949) is an American politician who was the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for , having served from a special election in Texas' 19th congressional district specia ...

. # : Martin Frost lost a redistricting race to

Pete Sessions Peter Anderson Sessions (born March 22, 1955) is an American politician from Texas who is the U.S. representative for Texas's 17th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for ...

Republicans

Two Republicans lost re-election to Democrats. # :

Max Burns Othell Maxie Burns Jr. (born November 8, 1948) is an American politician and academic from the state of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party, Burns has represented the 23rd district in the Georgia State Senate since January 2021. He previ ...

lost to John Barrow. # : Phil Crane lost to

Melissa Bean Melissa Luburich Bean (born January 22, 1962) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2005 to 2011. Bean is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life, education, and business career Bean attended Maine East H ...

Open seats that changed parties

Democratic seats won by Republicans

Three Democratic seats were won by Republicans. # : Won by Geoff Davis. # : Won by Charles Boustany. # : Won by Luis Fortuño.

Republican seats won by Democrats

Three Republican seats were won by Democrats. # : Won by

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. # : Won by

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. # : Won by Brian Higgins.

Open seats that parties held

Democratic seats held by Democrats

Democrats held nine of their open seats. # : Won by

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. # : Won by Debbie Wasserman Schultz. # : Won by

Cynthia McKinney Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is an American politician, academic, and conspiracy theorist. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first African American ...

. # : Won by Dan Lipinski. # : Won by Russ Carnahan. # : Won by

Emanuel Cleaver Emanuel Cleaver II (born October 26, 1944) is a United Methodist pastor and American politician who has represented in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005. Cleaver represents a district that includes the southern three-fourths of Kans ...

. # : Won by

Dan Boren David Daniel Boren (born August 2, 1973) is the Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation, based in Oklahoma. He is a retired American politician, who served as the U.S. Representative for from 2005 to 2013. The district included most of th ...

. # : Won by

Allyson Schwartz Allyson Schwartz (née Young; born October 3, 1948) is an American Democratic Party politician who represented parts of Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia in the United States House of Representatives from 2005 to 2015 and Northeast and ...

. # : Won by

Gwen Moore Gwendolynne Sophia Moore (born April 18, 1951) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2005. In 2016, Moore was elected to serve as caucus whip of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 115th United States Congres ...

Republican seats held by Republicans

Republicans held sixteen of their open seats. # : Won by Dan Lungren. # : Won by Connie Mack IV. # : Won by Tom Price. # : Won by

Lynn Westmoreland Leon Acton "Lynn" Westmoreland (born April 2, 1950) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to 2017 and the from 2005 to 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. Early life, education and career Westmorel ...

. # : Won by

Bobby Jindal Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016. The only living former Louisiana governor, Jindal also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives a ...

. # : Won by

Joe Schwarz John J. H. "Joe" Schwarz (born November 15, 1937), is an American physician and independent politician from Michigan, who was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004 as a moderate Republican. He represented Michigan's 7th c ...

. # : Won by

Jeff Fortenberry Jeffrey Lane Fortenberry (born December 27, 1960) is a former United States congressman. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 2005 to 2022, representing as a member of the Republican Party. In October 2021, a federal ...

. # : Won by

Randy Kuhl John Randolph Kuhl Jr. (born April 19, 1943) is an American Republican politician. He is a former member of the New York State Assembly, the New York State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives. Kuhl represented New York's 29th ...

. # : Won by Virginia Foxx. # : Won by Patrick McHenry. # : Won by Mike Fitzpatrick. # : Won by Charlie Dent. # : Won by Bob Inglis. # : Won by

Thelma Drake Thelma Day Drake (born November 20, 1949) is an American politician and former member of Congress for Virginia's 2nd congressional district. A Republican, she served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2009. Prior to serving in Co ...

. # : Won by

Cathy McMorris Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers (born May 22, 1969) is an American politician who is the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. representative for , which encompasses the eastern third of the state and includes Spokane, the state's second-largest city. ...

. # : Won by Dave Reichert.

Newly created seats

Of the thirty-two seats created in the

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, three had no incumbent representative.

Democratic gain

No Democrats were elected in newly created seats.

Republican gain

Three Republicans were elected in newly created seats. # : Won by

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. # : Won by

Mike Conaway Kenneth Michael Conaway (born June 11, 1948) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2005 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district Conaway represented is located in West Texas and includes Midland ...

. # : Won by Kenny Marchant.

Special elections

There were three special elections held in 2004, all of them separate from the November elections.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

On December 4, 2004, a run-off election was held to determine the winner of the 3rd and 7th congressional districts. In the 3rd district,

narrowly defeated

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. In the 7th district, Charles Boustany defeated

Willie Mount Willie Landry Mount (born August 25, 1949) is an American politician from Louisiana who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from 2000 to 2012. She represented District 27, which includes parts of her native Lake Charles a ...

. Thus, both seats switched to the opposite party.

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

All incumbents were re-elected.

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

All seven incumbents who ran for re-election, none of whom faced viable challengers, were returned to Congress. None received less than 60% of the vote, and one received over 80%. In addition, the two seats vacated by retiring Republicans were both reclaimed by Republicans despite Democratic hopes to gain at least one seat in the vulnerable 8th district.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Non-voting delegates

Notes

References

External links

United States Election 2004 Web Archive
from the U.S. Library of Congress {{Nancy Pelosi

Results

Retirements

Democrats

Republicans

Resignations

Democrats

Republicans

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

Republicans

In the general election

Democrats

Republicans

Open seats that changed parties

Democratic seats won by Republicans

Republican seats won by Democrats

Open seats that parties held

Democratic seats held by Democrats

Republican seats held by Republicans

Newly created seats

Democratic gain

Republican gain

Special elections

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Non-voting delegates

See also

Notes

References

External links