The 2004 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 2, 2004, along with elections to the

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in other states, as well as the

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, elections to the

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, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator

Chuck Schumer Charles Ellis Schumer ( ; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as Senate Majority Leader since January 20, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Schumer is in his fourth Senate term, having held his seat since 1999, and ...

won re-election to a second term with 71.2% of the vote, at the time the highest margin of victory for any statewide candidate in New York's history, and winning every county in the state except

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. Schumer's vote share would not be surpassed until

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when fellow Democrat

Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (; ; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as member of the U.S. House of Re ...

won her first full term with 72% of the vote.

Candidates

Democratic

Declared

, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Declared

* Howard Mills III, State Assemblyman and former

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of Wallkill

Declined

Randy Daniels Randy Daniels (born 1950) is an American businessman, politician, and journalist who served as Secretary of State of New York from 2001 to 2005. Daniels was appointed to the board of trustees of the State University of New York in 1997 and curre ...

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, former

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, U.S. Representative for

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Conservative

Declared

* Marilyn O'Grady,

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and activist

Green

Declined

David McReynolds David Ernest McReynolds (October 25, 1929 – August 17, 2018) was an American politician and social activist who was a prominent democratic socialist and pacifist activist. He described himself as "a peace movement bureaucrat" during his 40-yea ...

, socialist activist and two-time candidate for President with the

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Libertarian

Declared

* Don Silberger, math professor at

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Builders

Declared

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, real estate developer

Socialist Workers

Declared

* Martin Koppel, writer for ''

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'' and activist

General election

Campaign

The

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opposed Republican nominee Assemblyman

Howard Mills Howard D. Mills III (born May 29, 1964) is an American insurance consultant and former politician from Goshen, New York. He served as New York's Superintendent of Insurance from 2005 to 2006, and previously held elective office in both the New ...

, due to his support of

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and

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. Instead, they supported ophthalmologist Marilyn O'Grady, a failed candidate for

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of the

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. Perennial candidate

, then 84 years old, ran for the office on a minor party line. It was the last campaign of his life, and he would die less than a year later.

Predictions

Results

:''Source
New York State Board of Elections General Election Results, Certified December 14, 2006
' Source: David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections :''Per New York State law, Schumer's totals include minor party line votes:

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(216,198) and

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(168,719) for Schumer.'' Schumer's 71.2% of the vote is the second-highest total in New York election history. He won a majority of the vote in every county in the state, besides Hamilton County.

References

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Candidates

Democratic

Declared

Republican

Declared

Declined

Conservative

Declared

Green

Declined

Libertarian

Declared

Builders

Declared

Socialist Workers

Declared

General election

Campaign

Predictions

Results

See also

References