2004 ELECTION RESULTS
The following four sections present the primary, runoff and general election results for the U.S. Presidential and U.S. Congressional elections held in 2004.
The November 2004 general election (and Louisiana’s December 2004 runoff election) resulted in the election of the 109th Congress. The following is the party composition of the 109th Congress, as determined by the results of these elections:
U.S. Senate Republicans: 55 Democrats: 44 Independents: 1
U.S. House of Representatives Republicans: 232 Democrats: 202 Independents: 1
Notes on Charts
* Runoff election vote totals have been included with the primary election totals. (For the U.S. Senate, runoff elections were held in Georgia and South Carolina. For the U.S. House of Representatives, runoff elections were held in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas.) For Louisiana, runoff election vote totals have been included with the general election totals.
The following three situations account for blank spaces in the charts and should be considered when making comparisons or drawing conclusions about the vote totals.
* In some states, i.e., Connecticut, Utah and Virginia, political parties may nominate general election candidates by party convention, rather than by primary election.
* In some states, there were unopposed candidates whose names did not appear on a ballot and therefore received no votes.
* 34 states had regularly scheduled U.S. Senate elections in 2004.
2004 PRESIDENTIAL POPULAR VOTE SUMMARY FOR ALL CANDIDATES LISTED ON AT LEAST ONE STATE BALLOT
Candidate (Party Label) Popular Vote Total Percent of Popular Vote
George W. Bush (Republican) 62,040,610 50.73%
John F. Kerry (Democrat) 59,028,444 48.27%
Ralph Nader (Reform/Populist/Independent) 465,650 0.38%
Michael Badnarik (Libertarian) 397,265 0.32%
Michael Anthony Peroutka (Constitution) 143,630 0.12%
David Cobb (Green) 119,859 0.10%
Write-In (Miscellaneous) 37,240 0.03%
Leonard Peltier (Peace and Freedom) 27,607 0.02%
Walter F. Brown (Socialist/Natural Law) 10,837 0.01%
James Harris (Socialist Workers) 7,102 0.01%
Róger Calero (Socialist Workers) 3,689 0.00%
None of These Candidates (Nevada) 3,688 0.00%
Thomas J. Harens (Christian Freedom) 2,387 0.00%
Gene Amondson (Concerns of People/Prohibition) 1,944 0.00%
Bill Van Auken (Socialist Equality) 1,857 0.00%
John Parker (Workers World/Liberty Union) 1,646 0.00%
Charles Jay (Personal Choice) 946 0.00%
Stanford E. (Andy) Andress (Unaffiliated) 804 0.00%
Earl F. Dodge (Prohibition) 140 0.00%
Total: 122,295,345*
U.S. Census Bureau Voting Age Population (Current Population Survey for November 2004): 215,694,000 Percentage of Voting Age Population casting a vote for President: 56.70%
Notes: Party designations vary from one state to another. Vote totals for the candidates listed above include any write-in votes they received.
* Totals do not include the 57,230 miscellaneous write-in, blank and void votes that were compiled as one total in New York.
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2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL AND POPULAR VOTE
STATE ELECTORAL VOTE POPULAR VOTE Bush (R) Kerry (D) Bush (R) Kerry (D) All Others Total Vote AL 9 1,176,394 693,933 13,122 1,883,449 AK 3 190,889 111,025 10,684 312,598 AZ 10 1,104,294 893,524 14,767 2,012,585 AR 6 572,898 469,953 12,094 1,054,945 CA 55 5,509,826 6,745,485 166,541 12,421,852 CO 9 1,101,255 1,001,732 27,343 2,130,330 CT 7 693,826 857,488 27,455 1,578,769 DE 3 171,660 200,152 3,378 375,190 DC 3 21,256 202,970 3,360 227,586 FL 27 3,964,522 3,583,544 61,744 7,609,810 GA 15 1,914,254 1,366,149 21,472 3,301,875 HI 4 194,191 231,708 3,114 429,013 ID 4 409,235 181,098 8,114 598,447 IL 21 2,345,946 2,891,550 36,826 5,274,322 IN 11 1,479,438 969,011 19,553 2,468,002 IA 7 751,957 741,898 13,053 1,506,908 KS 6 736,456 434,993 16,307 1,187,756 KY 8 1,069,439 712,733 13,710 1,795,882 LA 9 1,102,169 820,299 20,638 1,943,106 ME 4 330,201 396,842 13,709 740,752 MD 10 1,024,703 1,334,493 27,482 2,386,678 MA 12 1,071,109 1,803,800 37,479 2,912,388 MI 17 2,313,746 2,479,183 46,323 4,839,252 MN 9* 1,346,695 1,445,014 36,678 2,828,387 MS 6 684,981 458,094 9,070 1,152,145 MO 11 1,455,713 1,259,171 16,480 2,731,364 MT 3 266,063 173,710 10,672 450,445 NE 5 512,814 254,328 11,044 778,186 NV 5 418,690 397,190 13,707 829,587 NH 4 331,237 340,511 5,990 677,738 NJ 15 1,670,003 1,911,430 30,258 3,611,691 NM 5 376,930 370,942 8,432 756,304 NY 31 2,962,567 4,314,280 114,189 7,391,036 NC 15 1,961,166 1,525,849 13,992 3,501,007 ND 3 196,651 111,052 5,130 312,833 OH 20 2,859,768 2,741,167 26,973 5,627,908 OK 7 959,792 503,966 0 1,463,758 OR 7 866,831 943,163 26,788 1,836,782 PA 21 2,793,847 2,938,095 37,648 5,769,590 RI 4 169,046 259,765 8,323 437,134 SC 8 937,974 661,699 18,057 1,617,730 SD 3 232,584 149,244 6,387 388,215 TN 11 1,384,375 1,036,477 16,467 2,437,319 TX 34 4,526,917 2,832,704 51,144 7,410,765 UT 5 663,742 241,199 22,903 927,844 VT 3 121,180 184,067 7,062 312,309 VA 13 1,716,959 1,454,742 26,666 3,198,367 WA 11 1,304,894 1,510,201 43,989 2,859,084 WV 5 423,778 326,541 5,568 755,887 WI 10 1,478,120 1,489,504 29,383 2,997,007 WY 3 167,629 70,776 5,023 243,428 Total: 286 251* 62,040,610 59,028,444 1,226,291 122,295,345 50.73% 48.27% 1.00% * MN has 10 Electoral Votes. One electoral vote was cast for John Edwards. Total Electoral Vote = 538. Total Electoral Vote Needed to Win = 270.
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2004 GENERAL ELECTION VOTES CAST FOR U.S. PRESIDENT, SENATE AND HOUSE State Presidential Vote U.S. Senate Vote U.S. House Vote AL 1,883,449 1,839,066 1,792,759 AK 312,598 308,315 299,996 AS 12,128 AZ 2,012,585 1,961,677 1,871,445 AR 1,054,945 1,039,349 791,240 CA 12,421,852 12,053,295 11,623,753 CO 2,130,330 2,107,554 2,039,011 CT 1,578,769 1,424,726 1,428,738 DE 375,190 356,045 DC 227,586 221,213 FL 7,609,810 7,429,894 5,627,494 GA 3,301,875 3,200,981 2,960,763 GU 31,888 HI 429,013 415,347 416,570 ID 598,447 503,932 572,426 IL 5,274,322 5,141,520 4,988,665 IN 2,468,002 2,428,233 2,416,251 IA 1,506,908 1,479,228 1,458,161 KS 1,187,756 1,129,022 1,156,383 KY 1,795,882 1,724,362 1,635,243 LA 1,943,106 1,848,056 1,797,167 ME 740,752 710,176 MD 2,386,678 2,323,183 2,255,955 MA 2,912,388 2,580,955 MI 4,839,252 4,631,058 MN 2,828,387 2,721,681 MS 1,152,145 1,116,203 MO 2,731,364 2,706,402 2,667,023 MT 450,445 444,230 NE 778,186 764,972 NV 829,587 810,068 791,433 NH 677,738 657,086 651,566 NJ 3,611,691 3,284,595 NM 756,304 742,899 NY 7,391,036 6,702,875 6,222,418 NC 3,501,007 3,472,082 3,413,071 ND 312,833 310,696 310,814 OH 5,627,908 5,426,196 5,183,508 OK 1,463,758 1,446,846 1,374,610 OR 1,836,782 1,780,550 1,772,306 PA 5,769,590 5,559,105 5,152,274 PR 1,959,553 RI 437,134 402,175 SC 1,617,730 1,597,221 1,439,118 SD 388,215 391,188 389,468 TN 2,437,319 2,218,738 TX 7,410,765 6,958,603 UT 927,844 911,726 908,857 VT 312,309 307,208 305,008 VI 26,931 VA 3,198,367 3,004,007 WA 2,859,084 2,818,651 2,729,995 WV 755,887 721,656 WI 2,997,007 2,949,743 2,821,613 WY 243,428 239,034 Total: 122,295,345 86,205,383 114,413,842
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2004 GENERAL ELECTION VOTES CAST BY PARTY (U.S. President, U.S. Senate and U.S. House Races Combined) State Democratic Candidates Republican Candidates Other Candidates AL 1,997,376 3,498,251 19,647 AK 318,523 553,878 48,508 AS 6,656 5,472 AZ 1,895,557 3,737,257 212,893 AR 1,477,306 1,388,774 19,454 CA 19,924,911 15,096,569 1,077,420 CO 3,078,203 3,073,758 124,934 CT 2,588,582 1,781,509 62,142 DE 305,868 417,638 7,729 DC 404,997 39,552 4,250 FL 9,386,069 10,956,682 324,447 GA 3,774,708 5,598,273 90,638 GU 31,051 837 HI 807,221 429,806 23,903 ID 352,158 1,310,397 12,250 IL 9,164,279 6,008,312 231,916 IN 3,465,069 3,765,050 82,367 IA 1,778,883 2,612,785 52,629 KS 1,132,300 2,241,113 99,748 KY 2,165,673 2,960,325 29,489 LA 2,426,066 3,114,065 48,198 ME 815,222 613,411 22,295 MD 4,149,975 2,703,990 111,851 MA 3,863,784 1,506,348 123,211 MI 4,721,618 4,602,340 146,352 MN 2,844,638 2,582,789 122,641 MS 794,334 1,343,570 130,444 MO 3,610,106 4,403,569 91,114 MT 319,316 552,139 23,220 NE 485,025 1,027,929 30,204 NV 1,225,907 1,124,041 81,140 NH 805,566 1,162,108 18,716 NJ 3,632,822 3,184,787 78,677 NM 755,842 734,735 8,626 NY 12,156,311 6,796,927 1,363,091 NC 4,828,240 5,495,747 62,173 ND 508,325 420,888 5,130 OH 7,217,031 8,974,541 46,040 OK 1,489,745 2,598,258 197,211 OR 3,023,579 2,193,630 172,429 PA 7,750,460 8,284,004 446,505 PR 1,959,553 RI 539,075 282,004 18,230 SC 1,852,562 2,708,309 93,198 SD 550,421 609,255 9,195 TN 2,068,436 2,545,196 42,425 TX 5,546,672 8,539,451 283,245 UT 861,782 1,810,785 75,860 VT 422,723 270,849 230,953 VI 17,879 1,512 7,540 VA 2,477,929 3,534,381 190,064 WA 4,668,660 3,604,971 134,099 WV 741,937 726,820 8,786 WI 4,490,738 4,160,122 117,503 WY 170,765 299,736 11,961 Total: 155,888,881 157,988,608 9,037,081 48.28% 48.93% 2.80% -8-
2004 PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION VOTES CAST FOR U.S. CONGRESS
PRIMARY GENERAL PRIMARY GENERAL State U.S. SENATE VOTE U.S. SENATE VOTE U.S. HOUSE VOTE U.S. HOUSE VOTE AL 1,839,066 180,093 1,792,759 AK 127,731 308,315 111,392 299,996 AS 12,128 AZ 508,016 1,961,677 519,133 1,871,445 AR 332,088 1,039,349 16,746 791,240 CA 4,894,020 12,053,295 4,720,340 11,623,753 CO 572,571 2,107,554 507,971 2,039,011 CT 1,424,726 18,584 1,428,738 DE 356,045 DC 61,515 221,213 FL 2,318,444 7,429,894 509,931 5,627,494 GA 1,548,366 3,200,981 1,143,911 2,960,763 GU 12,961 31,888 HI 213,941 415,347 205,258 416,570 ID 118,286 503,932 145,284 572,426 IL 1,904,800 5,141,520 1,574,355 4,988,665 IN 639,482 2,428,233 761,748 2,416,251 IA 131,753 1,479,228 131,619 1,458,161 KS 438,904 1,129,022 395,379 1,156,383 KY 333,909 1,724,362 148,853 1,635,243 LA 1,848,056 1,797,167 ME 118,909 710,176 MD 593,731 2,323,183 573,520 2,255,955 MA 353,468 2,580,955 MI 1,145,745 4,631,058 MN 250,413 2,721,681 MS 49,374 1,116,203 MO 1,358,702 2,706,402 1,323,465 2,667,023 MT 179,310 444,230 NE 197,859 764,972 NV 120,997 810,068 121,857 791,433 NH 113,843 657,086 114,442 651,566 NJ 341,055 3,284,595 NM 169,757 742,899 NY 6,702,875 320,125 6,222,418 NC 343,875 3,472,082 454,643 3,413,071 ND 78,965 310,696 78,740 310,814 OH 1,786,268 5,426,196 1,689,928 5,183,508 OK 591,187 1,446,846 256,605 1,374,610 OR 590,441 1,780,550 622,800 1,772,306 PA 1,640,348 5,559,105 1,444,355 5,152,274 PR 576,084 1,959,553 RI 60,118 402,175 SC 723,583 1,597,221 154,824 1,439,118 SD 391,188 389,468 TN 409,635 2,218,738 TX 1,386,130 6,958,603 UT 911,726 100,432 908,857 VT 43,525 307,208 30,845 305,008 VI 6,240 26,931 VA 41,188 3,004,007 WA 1,304,553 2,818,651 1,165,355 2,729,995 WV 311,891 721,656 WI 686,550 2,949,743 573,476 2,821,613 WY 113,526 239,034 Total: 24,058,879 86,205,383 25,901,187 114,413,842
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2004 VOTES CAST FOR THE U.S. SENATE BY PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL ELECTION State Democratic Republican Other Democratic Republican Other AL 595,018 1,242,200 1,848 AK 43,006 78,628 6,097 140,424 149,773 18,118 AS AZ 173,540 331,720 2,756 404,507 1,505,372 51,798 AR 278,047 54,041 580,973 458,036 340 CA 2,566,298 2,267,000 60,722 6,955,728 4,555,922 541,645 CO 237,140 335,431 1,081,188 980,668 45,698 CT 945,347 457,749 21,630 DE DC FL 1,152,513 1,165,931 3,590,201 3,672,864 166,829 GA 897,374 650,992 1,267,690 1,864,202 69,089 GU HI 167,855 43,956 2,130 313,629 87,172 14,546 ID 118,286 499,796 4,136 IL 1,242,996 661,804 3,597,456 1,390,690 153,374 IN 304,267 335,215 1,496,976 903,913 27,344 IA 52,716 79,037 412,365 1,038,175 28,688 KS 109,185 329,719 310,337 780,863 37,822 KY 218,969 114,940 850,855 873,507 LA 877,482 943,014 27,560 ME MD 454,876 138,855 1,504,691 783,055 35,437 MA MI MN MS MO 739,434 615,352 3,916 1,158,261 1,518,089 30,052 MT NE NV 120,997 494,805 284,640 30,623 NH 47,679 66,164 221,549 434,847 690 NJ NM NY 4,384,907 1,625,069 692,899 NC 343,875 1,632,527 1,791,450 48,105 ND 39,636 39,329 212,143 98,553 OH 950,710 835,558 1,961,249 3,464,651 296 OK 352,796 238,391 596,750 763,433 86,663 OR 348,606 241,835 1,128,728 565,254 86,568 PA 595,816 1,044,532 2,334,126 2,925,080 299,899 PR RI SC 167,790 555,793 704,384 857,167 35,670 SD 193,340 197,848 TN TX UT 258,955 626,640 26,131 VT 29,113 14,170 242 216,972 75,398 14,838 VI VA WA 769,514 522,094 12,945 1,549,708 1,204,584 64,359 WV WI 252,777 432,872 901 1,632,697 1,301,183 15,863 WY Total: 12,192,653 11,776,517 89,709 43,605,968 39,920,857 2,678,558
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2004 VOTES CAST FOR THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL ELECTION State Democratic Republican Other Democratic Republican Other AL 108,220 71,873 708,425 1,079,657 4,677 AK 29,613 70,142 11,637 67,074 213,216 19,706 AS 6,656 5,472 AZ 164,895 351,515 2,723 597,526 1,127,591 146,328 AR 16,746 426,380 357,840 7,020 CA 2,528,775 2,164,493 27,072 6,223,698 5,030,821 369,234 CO 206,196 301,775 995,283 991,835 51,893 CT 18,584 785,747 629,934 13,057 DE 105,716 245,978 4,351 DC 59,342 1,951 222 202,027 18,296 890 FL 280,668 229,263 2,212,324 3,319,296 95,874 GA 486,267 657,644 1,140,869 1,819,817 77 GU 12,961 31,051 837 HI 151,760 52,525 973 261,884 148,443 6,243 ID 25,741 119,543 171,060 401,366 IL 991,706 582,607 42 2,675,273 2,271,676 41,716 IN 292,264 469,484 999,082 1,381,699 35,470 IA 57,580 74,039 624,620 822,653 10,888 KS 89,824 305,555 386,970 723,794 45,619 KY 81,674 67,179 602,085 1,017,379 15,779 LA 728,285 1,068,882 ME 65,133 53,776 418,380 283,210 8,586 MD 414,901 158,619 1,310,791 896,232 48,932 MA 310,071 43,099 298 2,059,984 435,239 85,732 MI 490,270 655,475 2,242,435 2,288,594 100,029 MN 142,254 104,106 4,053 1,399,624 1,236,094 85,963 MS 25,254 24,120 336,240 658,589 121,374 MO 744,314 575,385 3,766 1,192,674 1,429,767 44,582 MT 72,001 107,309 145,606 286,076 12,548 NE 66,600 127,741 3,518 230,697 515,115 19,160 NV 103,157 18,700 333,912 420,711 36,810 NH 48,284 66,158 243,506 396,024 12,036 NJ 206,331 134,724 1,721,392 1,514,784 48,419 NM 121,385 48,372 384,900 357,805 194 NY 209,625 109,287 1,213 3,457,124 2,209,291 556,003 NC 207,448 247,195 1,669,864 1,743,131 76 ND 38,925 39,815 185,130 125,684 OH 979,803 710,125 2,514,615 2,650,122 18,771 OK 171,130 85,475 389,029 875,033 110,548 OR 344,272 278,528 951,688 761,545 59,073 PA 607,701 836,654 2,478,239 2,565,077 108,958 PR 576,084 1,959,553 RI 52,517 7,601 279,315 112,958 9,902 SC 15,140 139,684 486,479 913,168 39,471 SD 207,837 178,823 2,808 TN 202,063 207,572 1,031,959 1,160,821 25,958 TX 670,972 715,158 2,713,968 4,012,534 232,101 UT 100,432 361,628 520,403 26,826 VT 17,263 12,915 667 21,684 74,271 209,053 VI 6,240 17,879 1,512 7,540 VA 41,188 1,023,187 1,817,422 163,398 WA 685,036 474,780 5,539 1,608,751 1,095,493 25,751 WV 216,966 94,925 415,396 303,042 3,218 WI 244,711 327,960 805 1,368,537 1,380,819 72,257 WY 30,769 82,595 162 99,989 132,107 6,938 Total: 13,137,794 12,124,619 638,774 53,254,474 56,027,141 5,132,227
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SENATE RACES: SIX YEAR CYCLE ======CLASS UP IN 2004 (WINNERS) ALABAMA: Richard Shelby (R) MARYLAND: Barbara A. Mikulski (D) ALASKA: Lisa Murkowski (R) MISSOURI: Christopher S. Bond (R) ARIZONA: John McCain (R) NEVADA: Harry Reid (D) ARKANSAS: Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D) NEW HAMPSHIRE: Judd Gregg (R) CALIFORNIA: Barbara Boxer (D) NEW YORK: Charles E. Schumer (D) COLORADO: Ken Salazar (D) NORTH CAROLINA: Richard Burr (R) CONNECTICUT: Christopher J. Dodd (D) NORTH DAKOTA: Byron L. Dorgan (D) FLORIDA: Mel Martinez (R) OHIO: George V. Voinovich (R) GEORGIA: Johnny Isakson (R) OKLAHOMA: Tom Coburn (R) HAWAII: Daniel K. Inouye (D) OREGON: Ron Wyden (D) IDAHO: Michael D. Crapo (R) PENNSYLVANIA: Arlen Specter (R) ILLINOIS: Barack Obama (D) SOUTH CAROLINA: Jim DeMint (R) INDIANA: Evan Bayh (D) SOUTH DAKOTA: John Thune (R) IOWA: Charles E. Grassley (R) UTAH: Robert F. Bennett (R) KANSAS: Sam Brownback (R) VERMONT: Patrick J. Leahy (D) KENTUCKY: Jim Bunning (R) WASHINGTON: Patty Murray (D) LOUISIANA: David Vitter(R) WISCONSIN: Russell D. Feingold (D)
CLASS UP IN 2006 WITH CURRENT INCUMBENTS ARIZONA: Jon Kyl (R) NEW JERSEY: Jon S. Corzine (D) CALIFORNIA: Dianne Feinstein (D) NEW MEXICO: Jeff Bingaman (D) CONNECTICUT: Joe Lieberman (D) NEW YORK: Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) DELAWARE: Thomas R. Carper (D) NORTH DAKOTA: Kent Conrad (D) FLORIDA: Bill Nelson (D) OHIO: Mike DeWine (R) HAWAII: Daniel K. Akaka (D) PENNSYLVANIA: Rick Santorum (R) INDIANA: Richard G. Lugar (R) RHODE ISLAND: Lincoln D. Chafee (R) MAINE: Olympia J. Snowe (R) TENNESSEE: Bill Frist (R) MARYLAND: Paul S. Sarbanes (D) TEXAS: Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) MASSACHUSETTS: Edward M. Kennedy (D) UTAH: Orrin G. Hatch (R) MICHIGAN: Debbie Stabenow (D) VERMONT: Jim Jeffords (I) MINNESOTA: Mark Dayton (DFL) VIRGINIA: George F. Allen (R) MISSISSIPPI: Trent Lott (R) WASHINGTON: Maria Cantwell (D) MISSOURI: Jim Talent (R) WEST VIRGINIA: Robert C. Byrd (D) MONTANA: Conrad Burns (R) WISCONSIN: Herbert H. Kohl (D) NEBRASKA: Ben Nelson (D) WYOMING: Craig Thomas (R) NEVADA: John Ensign (R)
CLASS UP IN 2008 WITH CURRENT INCUMBENTS ALABAMA: Jeff Sessions (R) MONTANA: Max Baucus (D) ALASKA: Ted Stevens (R) NEBRASKA: Charles Hagel (R) ARKANSAS: Mark Pryor (D) NEW HAMPSHIRE: John Sununu (R) COLORADO: Wayne A. Allard (R) NEW JERSEY: Frank Lautenberg (D) DELAWARE: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) NEW MEXICO: Pete V. Domenici (R) GEORGIA: Saxby Chambliss (R) NORTH CAROLINA: Elizabeth Dole (R) IDAHO: Larry E. Craig (R) OKLAHOMA: James M. Inhofe (R) ILLINOIS: Richard J. Durbin (D) OREGON: Gordon Smith (R) IOWA: Tom Harkin (D) RHODE ISLAND: Jack Reed (D) KANSAS: Pat Roberts (R) SOUTH CAROLINA: Lindsey Graham (R) KENTUCKY: Mitch McConnell (R) SOUTH DAKOTA: Tim Johnson (D) LOUISIANA: Mary Landrieu (D) TENNESSEE: Lamar Alexander (R) MAINE: Susan Collins (R) TEXAS: John Cornyn (R) MASSACHUSETTS: John F. Kerry (D) VIRGINIA: John W. Warner (R) MICHIGAN: Carl Levin (D) WEST VIRGINIA: Jay Rockefeller (D) MINNESOTA: Norm Coleman (R) WYOMING: Mike Enzi (R) MISSISSIPPI: Thad Cochran (R)
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