2004 United States Senate election in North Carolina

none March 2026 September 2023 2004 United States Senate election in North Carolina North Carolina presidential no 1998 United States Senate election in North Carolina 1998 2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina 2010 November 2, 2004 150x150px File:Richard Burr official portrait crop.jpg Richard Burr Republican Party (United States) 1,791,450 51.60% File:Erskine Bowles in 2010 (cropped).jpg Erskine Bowles Democratic Party (United States) 1,632,527 47.02% 325px County results 325px Precinct results 1 325px Burr: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Bowles: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Tie: #d2b1d9 40–50% U.S. Senator John Edwards Democratic Party (United States) Richard Burr Republican Party (United States) The 2004 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Edwards decided to retire from the Senate after one term in order to run unsuccessfully for the 2004 Democratic Party presidential nomination, and become his party's vice presidential nominee. Republican Richard Burr won the open seat, making it the fifth consecutive election in which partisan control of the seat changed. Primaries Democratic Erskine Bowles won the Democratic Party's nomination unopposed. He had been the party's nominee for the state's other Senate seat in 2002. Republican Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) Richard Burr 302,319 87.92% N/A Republican Party (United States) John Ross Hendrix 25,971 7.55% N/A Republican Party (United States) Albert Wiley 15,585 4.53% N/A 343,875 100.00% N/A General election Candidates Tom Bailey (L), Vietnam War veteran Erskine Bowles (D), businessman and President Bill Clinton's chief of staff Richard Burr (R), U.S. representative from North Carolina's 5th congressional district since 1995 Campaign Both major-party candidates engaged in negative campaign tactics, with Bowles' campaign attacking Burr for special interest donations and his positions on trade legislation, and Burr's campaign attacking Bowles for his connections to the Clinton administration. Both attacks had basis in reality: Burr's campaign raised funds from numerous political action committees and at least 72 of the 100 largest Fortune 500 companies, while Bowles departed from the Clinton administration in the midst of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Burr won the election by 4%. He joined the Senate in January 2005. Bowles went on to become the president of the UNC system. Predictions Source Ranking As of Sabato's Crystal BallThe Final Predictions https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/ljs2004110101/ Sabato's Crystal Ball May 2, 2021 Lean R Flip November 1, 2004 Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesizekey Key:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error RichardBurr (R) ErskineBowles (D) Other /UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA October 29–31, 2004 616 (LV) ± 4.0% 50% 45% 5% Results 2004 United States Senate election in North CarolinaNorth Carolina DataNet #46 http://southnow.org/southnow-publications/nc-datanet/DataNet%20April08.pdf April 2008 University of North Carolina June 12, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080725034758/http://southnow.org/southnow-publications/nc-datanet/DataNet%20April08.pdf July 25, 2008 mdy-all Republican Party (United States) Richard Burr 1,791,450 51.60% +4.58% Democratic Party (United States) Erskine Bowles 1,632,527 47.02% –4.13% Libertarian Party (United States) Tom Bailey 47,743 1.38% –0.46% Nonpartisan candidate Walker F. Rucker (write-in) 362 0.01% N/A 3,471,720 100.00% N/A Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Duplin (largest city: Wallace) Franklin (largest city: Wake Forest) Haywood (largest city: Waynesville) Jones (largest city: Maysville) Madison (largest city: Mars Hill) Montgomery (largest city: Troy) Nash (largest municipality: Rocky Mount) New Hanover (largest municipality: Wilmington) Brunswick (largest municipality: Leland) Greene (largest municipality: Snow Hill) Person (largest municipality: Roxboro) Pender (largest municipality: Hampstead) Swain (largest municipality: Cherokee) Washington (largest municipality: Plymouth) Perquimans (largest city: Hertford) Camden (largest city: Camden) Dare (largest city: Kill Devil Hills) Forsyth (largest town: Winston-Salem) Pitt (largest town: Greenville) Lenoir (largest town: Kinston) Alleghany (largest town: Sparta) Beaufort (largest town: Washington) Burke (largest town: Morgantown) Cleveland (largest town: Shelby) Craven (largest town: New Bern) Pamlico (largest town: Bayboro) See also 2004 United States Senate elections Notes References 30em United States Senate 2004 North Carolina