Party Totals for 435 House seats in 2004
by Jerome Armstrong, Thu Jan 13, 2005 at 10:19:17 AM EST
2002 2004 Total Votes 73,280,244 111,855,563 Republican Votes 37,390,372 56,093,582 Democratic Votes 33,623,365 53,093,009 Republican Candidates 399 406 Democratic Candidates 391 400 Republican Percentage 51.0% 50.1% Democratic Percentage 47.5% 47.5%The DCCC went from fielding 90% of the races in 2002 with candidates to 92% in 2004. At a minimum, the DCCC, if they expect national support from the netroots, should field more candidates than the Republicans each cycle. But really, there's no excuse for not the DCCC fielding a Democratic candidate in 100% of the federal House elections. The state by state numbers are in the extended entry:
2004 Results (2002 results in parenthesis)
Votes 2004% #candidates 2002%
Alabama 1,792,759
Democratic 708,425 39.5% 6 (40.0%)
Republican 1,079,657 60.2% 7 (54.7%)
Alaska 299,996
Democratic 67,074 22.4% 1 (17.3%)
Republican 213,216 71.1% 1 (74.5%)
Arizona 1,871,445
Democratic 597,526 31.9% 6 (39.5%)
Republican 1,127,591 60.3% 8 (57.1%)
Arkansas 791,240
Democratic 426,380 53.9% 4 (57.0%)
Republican 357,840 45.2% 3 (41.2%)
(1 Democratic incumbent faced no
challenger and did not appear on the ballot)
California 11,601,764
Democratic 6,214,652 53.6% 51 (51.4%)
Republican 5,023,932 43.3% 50 (44.4%)
Colorado 2,039,011
Democratic 995,283 48.8% 7 (42.2%)
Republican 991,835 48.6% 7 (53.9%)
Connecticut 1,428,738
Democratic 785,747 55.0% 5 (51.5%)
Republican 629,934 44.1% 5 (47.1%)
Delaware 356,045
Democratic 105,716 29.7% 1 (26.7%)
Republican 245,978 69.1% 1 (72.1%)
Florida 5,627,494
Democratic 2,212,324 39.3% 19 (40.8%)
Republican 3,319,296 59.0% 20 (57.4%)
2 Democratic and 3 Republican incumbents
faced no challenger and did not appear on the ballot.
Georgia 2,960,686
Democratic 1,140,869 38.5% 9 (42.4%)
Republican 1,819,817 61.5% 11 (57.6)
Hawaii 416,570
Democratic 261,884 62.9% 2 (64.5%)
Republican 148,443 35.6% 2 (32.4%)
Idaho 572,426
Democratic 171,060 29.9% 2 (34.1%)
Republican 401,366 70.1% 2 63.3%)
Illinois 4,986,848
Democratic 2,674,375 53.6% 19 (50.8%)
Republican 2,270,757 45.5% 18 (48.3%)
Indiana 2,416,251
Democratic 999,082 41.3% 9 (42.1%)
Republican 1,381,699 57.2% 9 (55.2%)
Iowa 1,458,161
Democratic 624,620 42.8% 5 (44.8%)
Republican 822,653 56.4% 5 (54.0%)
Kansas 1,156,383
Democratic 386,970 33.5% 3 (31.3%)
Republican 723,794 62.6% 4 (64.6%)
Kentucky 1,635,042
Democratic 602,085 36.8% 5 (32.1%)
Republican 1,017,379 62.2% 6 (63.4%)
Louisiana 1,545,982
Democratic 609,181 39.4% 6 (31.4%)
Republican 936,801 60.6% 7 (61.4%)
Based on Nov 5 returns, not on the runoff numbers
1 Republican incumbent faced no challenger and did
not appear on the ballot
Maine 710,176
Democratic 418,380 58.9% 2 (58.5%)
Republican 283,210 39.9% 2 (41.5%)
Maryland 2,253,520
Democratic 1,310,791 58.2% 8 (54.4%)
Republican 896,232 39.8% 8 (45.3%)
Massachusetts 2,580,955
Democratic 2,059,984 79.8% 10 (83.0%)
Republican 435,239 16.9% 5 (15.8%)
Michigan 4,631,058
Democratic 2,242,435 48.4% 15 (49.3%)
Republican 2,288,594 49.4% 15 (48.2%)
Minnesota 2,721,681
Democratic 1,399,624 51.4% 8 (49.9%)
Republican 1,236,094 45.4% 8 (46.8%)
Mississippi 1,088,712
Democratic 322,946 29.7% 2 (47.2%)
Republican 647,065 59.4% 4 (50.0%)
Missouri 2,667,023
Democratic 1,192,674 44.7% 9 (44.7%)
Republican 1,429,767 53.6% 9 (53.2%)
Montana 444,230
Democratic 145,606 32.8% 1 (32.7%)
Republican 286,076 64.4% 1 (64.6%)
Nebraska 764,972
Democratic 230,697 30.2% 3 (9.9%)
Republican 515,115 67.3% 3 (81.6%)
Nevada 791,433
Democratic 333,912 42.2% 3 (34.2%)
Republican 420,711 53.2% 3 (60.2%)
New Hampshire 651,566
Democratic 243,506 37.4% 2 (39.7%)
Republican 396,024 60.8% 2 (57.5%)
New Jersey 3,284,595
Democratic 1,721,392 52.4% 13 (51.4%)
Republican 1,514,784 46.1% 12 (46.6%)
New Mexico 742,899
Democratic 384,900 51.8% 3 (59.9%)
Republican 357,805 48.2% 3 (40.1%)
New York 6,222,418
Democratic 3,681,789 59.2% 28 (50.4%)
Republican 2,448,345 39.3% 27 (46.3%)
North Carolina 3,413,071
Democratic 1,669,864 48.9% 13 (43.3%)
Republican 1,743,131 51.1% 13 (53.9%)
North Dakota 310,814
Democratic 185,130 59.6% 1 (52.4%)
Republican 125,684 40.4% 1 (47.6%)
Ohio 5,183,296
Democratic 2,514,479 48.5% 18 (42.1%)
Republican 2,650,045 51.1% 16 (56.3%)
Oklahoma 1,374,610
Democratic 389,029 28.3% 3 (39.1%)
Republican 875,033 63.7% 5 (54.6%)
Oregon 1,772,306
Democratic 951,688 53.7% 5 (54.6%)
Republican 761,545 43.0% 5 (42.7%)
Pennsylvania 5,151,135
Democratic 2,478,239 48.1% 16 (40.8%)
Republican 2,565,077 49.8% 16 (56.2%)
Rhode Island 402,175
Democratic 279,315 69.5% 2 (68.4%)
Republican 112,958 28.1% 2 (29.6%)
South Carolina 1,439,118
Democratic 486,479 33.8% 4 (35.4%)
Republican 917,325 63.7% 6 (57.6%)
South Dakota 389,468
Democratic 207,837 53.4% 1 (45.6%)
Republican 178,823 45.9% 1 (53.4%)
Tennessee 2,218,738
Democratic 1,031,959 46.5% 8 (46.3%)
Republican 1,160,821 52.3% 9 (50.4%)
Texas 6,958,603
Democratic 2,727,929 39.2% 29 (43.9%)
Republican 4,012,534 57.7% 29 (53.3%)
Utah 908,857
Democratic 361,628 39.8% 3 (39.7%)
Republican 520,403 57.3% 3 (57.8%)
Vermont 305,008
Democratic 21,684 7.1% 1
Republican 74,271 24.3% 1
Virginia 3,004,007
Democratic 1,023,187 34.1% 8 (29.0%)
Republican 1,817,422 60.5% 11 (66.5%)
Washington 2,729,995
Democratic 1,608,751 58.9% 9 (52.2%)
Republican 1,095,493 40.1% 9 (44.8%)
West Virginia 721,656
Democratic 415,396 57.6% 3 (53.1%)
Republican 303,042 42.0% 3 (46.9%)
Wisconsin 2,821,613
Democratic 1,368,537 48.5% 8 (41.3%)
Republican 1,380,819 48.9% 7 (54.3%)
Wyoming 239,034
Democratic 99,989 41.8% 1 (36.2%)
Republican 132,107 55.3% 1 (60.5%)
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