Tennessee state elections in 2004 were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, were held on August 5, 2004.[1]
In 2004, Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College. In the general election, Incumbent Republican President George W. Bush won the state with 56.81% of the to Democratic candidate John Kerry's 42.51%.
The presidential primaries were held on February 10, 2004. Incumbent President George W. Bush won Tennessee's Republican primary. John Kerry won the Democratic primary.
| United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2004[2] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush (incumbent) | Dick Cheney (incumbent) | 1,384,375 | 56.81% | 11 | |
| Democratic | John Kerry | John Edwards | 1,036,477 | 42.51% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ralph Nader | Peter Camejo | 8,992 | 0.37% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | Richard Campagna | 4,866 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Constitution Party | Michael Peroutka | Chuck Baldwin | 2,570 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Green Party | David Cobb | Pat LaMarche | 33 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Walt Brown | Mary Alice Herbert | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,437,919 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 54.8% | |||||
February 10, 2004, Primary Results
| Tennessee Democratic Presidential Primary Results – 2004[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates[4] | |
| Democratic | John Kerry | 151,527 | 41.02% | 31 | |
| Democratic | John Edwards | 97,914 | 26.51% | 20 | |
| Democratic | Wesley Clark | 85,315 | 23.10% | 18 | |
| Democratic | Howard Dean (withdrawn) | 16,128 | 4.37% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Al Sharpton | 6,107 | 1.65% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Joe Lieberman | 3,213 | 0.87% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Uncommitted | 2,727 | 0.74% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Carol Moseley Braun (withdrawn) | 2,490 | 0.67% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Dennis Kucinich | 2,279 | 0.62% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Dick Gephardt (withdrawn) | 1,402 | 0.38% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Lyndon LaRouche | 283 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Totals | 626,738 | 100.00% | 69 | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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| George W. Bush | 94,557 | 95.45% | 52 |
| Write-ins | 4,504 | 4.55% | |
| Total | 99,061 | 100% | 52 |
Tennessee elected nine U.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
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| Tennessee 1 | William L. Jenkins | Republican | 1996 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 2 | Jimmy Duncan Jr. | Republican | 1998 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 3 | Zach Wamp | Republican | 1994 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 4 | Lincoln Davis | Democratic | 2002 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 5 | Jim Cooper | Democratic | 1982 1994 (retired) 2002 |
Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 6 | Bart Gordon | Democratic | 1984 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 7 | Marsha Blackburn | Republican | 2002 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 8 | John Tanner | Democratic | 1988 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tennessee 9 | Harold Ford Jr. | Democratic | 1996 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 2, 2004.
After this election, Republicans had 17 seats while Democrats had 16 seats, with Republicans gaining two seats, flipping the Senate chamber.
The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 2, 2004.
Democrats won 53 seats, while Republicans won 46 seats. Democrats gained a seat during this election.
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