2004 United States Senate election in Nevada

2004 United States Senate election in Nevada
	November 2, 2004
	County results; Reid: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%; Ziser: 40–50% 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Harry Reid; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Harry Reid; Democratic

The 2004 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Minority Whip, won re-election to a fourth term despite Republican President George W. Bush carrying the state in the concurrent presidential race.

Republican primary

Candidates

Richard Ziser, anti-gay marriage activist
Kenneth A. Wegner, U.S. Army veteran
Robert Brown
Royle Melton
Cherie Tilley, businessman
Carlo Poliak, perennial candidate

Results

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Ziser	40,533	33.50%
	Republican	Kenneth A. Wegner	21,406	17.69%
	Republican	Robert Brown	19,553	16.16%
	Republican	None of these candidates	16,827	13.91%
	Republican	Royle Melton	10,552	8.72%
	Republican	Cherie M. Tilley	10,357	8.56%
	Republican	Carlo Poliak	1,769	1.46%
Total votes			120,997	100.00%

General election

Candidates

Thomas Hurst (L)
Gary Marinch (NL)
Harry Reid (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
David Schumann (I)
Richard Ziser (R), conservative activist

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe D	November 1, 2004

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry Reid (incumbent)	494,805	61.08%	+13.22%
	Republican	Richard Ziser	284,640	35.14%	−12.63%
	None of These Candidates		12,968	1.60%	-0.26%
	Libertarian	Thomas L. Hurst	9,559	1.18%	−0.69%
	Independent American Party (Nevada)	David K. Schumann	6,001	0.74%
	Natural Law	Gary Marinch	2,095	0.26%	−0.38%
Majority			210,165	25.94%	+25.85%
Turnout			810,068
	Democratic hold		Swing

By county

County	Harry Reid Democratic		Richard Ziser Republican		None of These Candidates		Thomas L. Hurst Libertarian		David K. Schumann IAPN		Gary Marinch Natural Law		Margin		Total votes
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes
Carson City	12,478	54.68	9,559	41.89	330	1.45	188	0.82	197	0.86	67	0.29	2,919	12.79	22,819
Churchill	3,995	39.47	5,647	55.79	209	2.06	102	1.00	131	1.29	38	0.38	-1,652	-16.32	10,122
Clark	345,694	65.02	167,104	31.43	8,207	1.54	6,487	1.22	2,988	0.56	1,222	0.23	178,590	33.59	531,702
Douglas	10,409	44.66	12,120	52.00	304	1.30	210	0.90	205	0.88	61	0.26	-1,711	-7.34	23,309
Elko	6,084	40.57	7,912	52.76	384	2.56	270	1.80	265	1.77	82	1.26	-1,828	-12.19	14,997
Esmeralda	162	33.96	257	53.88	23	4.82	13	2.73	20	4.19	2	0.42	-95	-19.92	477
Eureka	267	36.38	404	55.04	33	4.50	12	1.63	14	1.91	4	0.54	-137	-18.66	734
Humboldt	2,524	47.98	2,431	46.22	137	2.60	73	1.39	85	1.62	10	0.19	93	1.76	5,260
Lander	908	44.86	989	48.86	59	2.92	19	0.94	39	1.93	10	0.49	-89	-4.00	2,024
Lincoln	745	36.81	1,128	55.73	81	4.00	22	1.09	42	2.08	6	0.30	-383	-18.92	2,024
Lyon	7,526	44.68	8,633	51.25	261	1.55	148	0.88	224	1.33	54	0.32	-1,107	-6.57	16,846
Mineral	1,565	68.73	591	25.96	37	1.62	20	0.88	51	2.24	13	0.57	974	42.77	2,277
Nye	7,521	53.52	5,798	41.26	273	1.94	178	1.27	223	1.59	60	0.43	1,723	12.26	14,053
Pershing	960	50.47	817	43.18	49	2.59	30	1.59	27	1.43	9	0.43	143	7.29	1,892
Storey	1,133	53.17	914	42.89	28	1.31	25	1.17	26	1.22	5	0.23	219	10.28	2,131
Washoe	90,706	58.27	58,994	37.90	2,432	1.56	1,705	1.10	1,399	0.90	416	0.27	31,712	20.37	155,652
White Pine	2,128	56.76	1,342	35.80	121	3.23	57	1.52	65	1.73	36	0.96	786	20.96	3,749
Totals	494,805	61.08	284,640	35.14	12,968	1.60	9,559	1.18	6,001	0.74	2,095	0.26	210,165	25.94	810,068

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Carson City
Humboldt (largest municipality: Winnemucca)
Nye (largest municipality: Pahrump)
Pershing (largest municipality: Lovelock)
Storey (largest municipality: Virginia City)
White Pine (largest municipality: Ely)

References

^ 2004 Statewide Primary Election Reports
^ "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

[1] 2004 Statewide Primary Election Reports

[2] "The Final Predictions". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[3] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Candidates

Predictions

Results

See also

References