2004 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

none related races 2004 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 2004 New Hampshire gubernatorial election New Hampshire presidential no 2002 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 2002 2006 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 2006 November 2, 2004 File:John Lynch (cropped).jpg 150x150px John Lynch Democratic Party (United States) 340,299 51.02% File:Gov Craig Benson on 9-11-04.JPG Craig Benson Republican Party (United States) 325,981 48.87% x245px County results x245px Municipality results Lynch: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #0d056c >90%Benson: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 >90% Governor Craig Benson Republican Party (United States) John Lynch Democratic Party (United States) The 2004 New Hampshire gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 2004, concurrent with that year's presidential election. Democrat John Lynch, a multimillionaire businessman from Hopkinton, narrowly defeated incumbent Republican governor Craig Benson of Rye, winning a two-year term. Benson was the first New Hampshire governor in 80 years to lose reelection after one term. Lynch was sworn in on January 6, 2005. To date, Benson is the most recent incumbent governor to lose reelection in any New England state. Democratic primary Candidates John Lynch, businessman and University System of New Hampshire Trustee Paul McEachern, perennial candidate Results Democratic Primary resultshttp://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2004/dgovsum.htm NH-SOS - NHSOS May 25, 2011 June 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607030925/http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2004/dgovsum.htm dead John Lynch Democratic Party (United States) 43,798 74.28% Paul McEachern Democratic Party (United States) 14,403 24.43% Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 761 1.29% 58,962 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Craig Benson, incumbent governor of New Hampshire Charles Tarbell, New Castle selectman Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2004/rgovsum.htm NH-SOS - NHSOS 2011-05-25 2011-06-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607031513/http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2004/rgovsum.htm dead Craig Benson (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 49,097 74.00% Charles Tarbell Republican Party (United States) 13,621 20.53% Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 3,632 5.47% 66,350 100.00% General election 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 November 1, 2004 Results New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2004http://www.sos.nh.gov/general%202004/sumgov04.html NH-SOS - NHSOS https://web.archive.org/web/20041126094054/http://www.sos.nh.gov/general%202004/sumgov04.htm 2004-11-26 dead 2025-11-26 Democratic Party (United States) John Lynch 340,299 51.02% +12.80% Republican Party (United States) Craig Benson (incumbent) 325,981 48.87% -9.75% 740 0.11% N/A 667,020 100.00% N/A Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) By county County John LynchDemocratic Craig BensonRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Belknap 14,304 44.8% 17,598 55.1% 45 0.1% -3,294 -10.3% 31,947 Carroll 12,003 43.1% 15,797 56.8% 20 0.1% -3,794 -13.7% 27,820 Cheshire 24,085 59.6% 16,225 40.1% 107 0.3% 7,860 19.5% 40,417 Coos 8,884 53.2% 7,790 46.7% 14 0.1% 1,094 6.5% 16,688 Grafton 25,043 54.5% 20,842 45.4% 45 0.1% 4,201 9.1% 45,930 Hillsborough 91,344 47.5% 100,867 52.4% 205 0.1% -9,523 -4.9% 192,416 Merrimack 45,403 59.8% 30,443 40.1% 89 0.1% 14,960 19.7% 75,935 Rockingham 75,885 48.6% 80,174 51.3% 141 0.1% -4,289 -2.7% 156,200 Strafford 31,912 54.8% 26,261 45.1% 56 0.1% 5,651 9.7% 58,229 Sullivan 11,436 53.3% 9,984 46.6% 24 0.1% 1,452 6.7% 21,444Totals340,29951.0%325,98148.9%7400.1%14,3182.1%667,020 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Coös (largest city: Berlin) Grafton (largest city: Lebanon) Merrimack (largest city: Concord) Strafford (largest city: Dover) Sullivan (largest city: Claremont) See also U.S. Gubernatorial Elections, 2004 New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2006 References External links New Hampshire Secretary of State's office, election division Category:2004 United States gubernatorial elections 2004 Gubernatorial