The 2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 2, 2004, concurrent with other elections for

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, the

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, and various state and local offices. Incumbent Democratic-NPL U.S. Senator

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won re-election to a third term by a landslide margin of 36.6 percentage points, sweeping every county in the state, even while Democratic presidential nominee

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lost the state by 27.3 percentage points. Despite this landslide victory, as of , this is the last time the Democratic-NPL won the Class 3 Senate seat from North Dakota.

Candidates

Democratic-NPL

, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

* Mike Liffrig, attorney

General election

Predictions

Results

References

External links

2004 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results
{{United States elections, 2004 2004 North Dakota elections

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...

2004