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Election 2004 Results

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2004 US Senate election in North Carolina

Richard Burr (Republican) beat Erskine Bowles (Democrat) in North Carolina in 2004, 51.6% to 47.0%, a margin of 4.6 points and 158,923 votes.

North Carolina changed party: in 1998 it went Democratic, for John Edwards.

Republicans led in 65 of the 100 counties and Democrats in 35. The largest, Wake, cast 344,674 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.1 points. The closest was Madison, where 11 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Richard Burr won Republican 1,791,450 51.6%
Erskine Bowles Democratic 1,632,527 47.0%
All other candidates 48,105 1.4%
Total3,472,082

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 177,324 51.4% 163,069 47.3% 4,281 344,674 D+4.1
Mecklenburg 173,964 54.4% 141,653 44.3% 4,105 319,722 D+10.1
Guilford 106,315 53.5% 89,926 45.3% 2,373 198,614 D+8.3
Forsyth 63,899 45.8% 74,108 53.1% 1,460 139,467 R+7.3
Durham 76,294 69.5% 32,217 29.4% 1,207 109,718 D+40.2
Buncombe 51,745 51.4% 46,763 46.5% 2,123 100,631 D+5.0
Cumberland 50,097 52.4% 44,145 46.2% 1,331 95,573 D+6.2
New Hanover 36,218 45.8% 41,231 52.1% 1,639 79,088 R+6.3
Orange 43,476 67.8% 19,797 30.9% 846 64,119 D+36.9
Gaston 22,750 35.7% 39,857 62.6% 1,093 63,700 R+26.9
Cabarrus 22,206 36.5% 37,494 61.7% 1,068 60,768 R+25.2
Union 19,451 32.7% 39,383 66.1% 703 59,537 R+33.5
Davidson 19,530 32.9% 38,913 65.5% 952 59,395 R+32.6
Catawba 20,153 35.4% 35,946 63.1% 841 56,940 R+27.7
Iredell 20,402 35.8% 35,600 62.5% 933 56,935 R+26.7
Alamance 22,580 41.9% 30,614 56.8% 718 53,912 R+14.9
Johnston 19,966 37.1% 33,334 61.9% 576 53,876 R+24.8
Pitt 26,019 49.2% 26,489 50.1% 400 52,908 R+0.9
Rowan 18,543 36.0% 31,998 62.1% 1,011 51,552 R+26.1
Randolph 15,199 29.5% 35,495 68.9% 792 51,486 R+39.4
Henderson 15,652 37.6% 25,430 61.1% 552 41,634 R+23.5
Wayne 17,116 42.3% 23,026 56.9% 319 40,461 R+14.6
Nash 17,611 46.4% 19,985 52.7% 332 37,928 R+6.3
Moore 14,708 39.1% 22,522 59.9% 360 37,590 R+20.8
Brunswick 16,128 43.2% 20,554 55.1% 623 37,305 R+11.9
Craven 15,299 41.0% 21,402 57.4% 589 37,290 R+16.4
Cleveland 16,342 43.9% 20,324 54.6% 534 37,200 R+10.7
Rockingham 15,435 41.5% 21,224 57.1% 523 37,182 R+15.6
Onslow 12,542 34.8% 22,790 63.2% 756 36,088 R+28.4
Robeson 20,896 60.7% 13,025 37.9% 489 34,410 D+22.9
Harnett 13,417 41.5% 18,501 57.2% 447 32,365 R+15.7
Burke 13,137 40.9% 18,371 57.3% 577 32,085 R+16.3
Caldwell 11,079 35.4% 19,612 62.7% 577 31,268 R+27.3
Wilson 15,566 51.5% 14,416 47.7% 223 30,205 D+3.8
Lincoln 10,657 36.0% 18,422 62.2% 556 29,635 R+26.2
Wilkes 8,967 32.5% 18,173 65.9% 436 27,576 R+33.4
Haywood 12,710 48.6% 12,949 49.5% 482 26,141 R+0.9
Surry 8,735 33.9% 16,740 65.0% 279 25,754 R+31.1
Chatham 13,601 52.8% 11,816 45.9% 334 25,751 D+6.9
Carteret 8,875 34.9% 16,082 63.3% 451 25,408 R+28.4
Stanly 8,603 34.4% 16,036 64.1% 376 25,015 R+29.7
Rutherford 9,669 40.1% 14,061 58.4% 358 24,088 R+18.2
Watauga 10,987 46.2% 12,207 51.3% 580 23,774 R+5.1
Lenoir 11,012 48.2% 11,707 51.2% 145 22,864 R+3.0
Sampson 10,626 47.5% 11,574 51.7% 169 22,369 R+4.2
Edgecombe 13,822 65.5% 7,072 33.5% 195 21,089 D+32.0
Franklin 10,197 48.8% 10,421 49.8% 296 20,914 R+1.1
Columbus 11,860 56.8% 8,721 41.8% 282 20,863 D+15.0
Stokes 6,138 30.9% 13,456 67.8% 264 19,858 R+36.9
Halifax 12,457 63.1% 7,110 36.0% 164 19,731 D+27.1
Beaufort 8,231 41.9% 11,109 56.5% 306 19,646 R+14.6
Lee 8,900 45.9% 10,218 52.7% 253 19,371 R+6.8
Granville 9,806 53.1% 8,447 45.7% 215 18,468 D+7.4
Pender 7,390 43.9% 9,182 54.6% 252 16,824 R+10.7
Davie 4,505 27.1% 11,861 71.4% 238 16,604 R+44.3
Duplin 7,768 46.9% 8,613 52.0% 192 16,573 R+5.1
Richmond 9,221 57.2% 6,574 40.8% 334 16,129 D+16.4
Vance 9,633 60.6% 6,137 38.6% 115 15,885 D+22.0
McDowell 6,179 39.1% 9,366 59.2% 270 15,815 R+20.2
Alexander 5,430 34.5% 10,073 64.1% 222 15,725 R+29.5
Yadkin 3,956 25.3% 11,464 73.3% 215 15,635 R+48.0
Dare 6,995 44.8% 8,215 52.7% 391 15,601 R+7.8
Transylvania 6,421 42.0% 8,586 56.2% 277 15,284 R+14.2
Person 6,701 44.4% 8,212 54.4% 185 15,098 R+10.0
Macon 5,896 40.8% 8,399 58.1% 159 14,454 R+17.3
Jackson 7,220 51.2% 6,656 47.2% 228 14,104 D+4.0
Pasquotank 7,426 55.9% 5,669 42.7% 184 13,279 D+13.2
Bladen 6,661 56.1% 5,073 42.7% 143 11,877 D+13.4
Ashe 4,651 39.3% 7,021 59.3% 174 11,846 R+20.0
Hoke 6,271 57.5% 4,431 40.6% 199 10,901 D+16.9
Scotland 6,282 58.5% 4,336 40.4% 113 10,731 D+18.1
Cherokee 3,966 37.6% 6,426 60.9% 156 10,548 R+23.3
Martin 5,779 55.1% 4,615 44.0% 98 10,492 D+11.1
Montgomery 4,693 46.6% 5,234 52.0% 145 10,072 R+5.4
Yancey 4,718 49.9% 4,594 48.6% 136 9,448 D+1.3
Caswell 4,737 50.4% 4,559 48.5% 104 9,400 D+1.9
Anson 5,734 62.4% 3,367 36.6% 92 9,193 D+25.7
Polk 4,169 45.5% 4,825 52.7% 159 9,153 R+7.2
Madison 4,479 49.1% 4,490 49.2% 149 9,118 R+0.1
Northampton 5,861 66.9% 2,822 32.2% 73 8,756 D+34.7
Currituck 3,172 37.8% 5,007 59.7% 212 8,391 R+21.9
Warren 5,424 67.6% 2,510 31.3% 91 8,025 D+36.3
Hertford 5,428 68.0% 2,478 31.0% 80 7,986 D+36.9
Bertie 5,227 66.0% 2,640 33.3% 54 7,921 D+32.7
Mitchell 2,208 28.7% 5,340 69.4% 141 7,689 R+40.7
Avery 1,917 26.5% 5,157 71.3% 162 7,236 R+44.8
Greene 3,043 46.9% 3,400 52.4% 49 6,492 R+5.5
Pamlico 2,605 43.3% 3,326 55.3% 83 6,014 R+12.0
Washington 3,285 60.1% 2,126 38.9% 58 5,469 D+21.2
Chowan 2,638 50.9% 2,457 47.4% 90 5,185 D+3.5
Swain 2,587 51.6% 2,344 46.8% 80 5,011 D+4.8
Perquimans 2,242 46.0% 2,566 52.7% 64 4,872 R+6.7
Clay 1,749 36.9% 2,896 61.1% 98 4,743 R+24.2
Alleghany 1,908 40.4% 2,754 58.3% 65 4,727 R+17.9
Jones 2,092 46.1% 2,392 52.7% 52 4,536 R+6.6
Gates 2,352 57.9% 1,654 40.7% 53 4,059 D+17.2
Graham 1,445 38.3% 2,267 60.1% 62 3,774 R+21.8
Camden 1,576 42.4% 2,083 56.0% 62 3,721 R+13.6
Hyde 1,118 50.7% 1,060 48.1% 28 2,206 D+2.6
Tyrrell 857 55.7% 658 42.8% 24 1,539 D+12.9

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Carolina Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ted Budd (R) R+3.2
2020 Thom Tillis (R) R+1.7
2016 Richard Burr (R) R+5.7
2014 Thom Tillis (R) R+1.6
2010 Richard Burr (R) R+11.8
2008 Kay Hagan (D) D+8.5
2004 Richard Burr (R) R+4.6
2002 Elizabeth H. Dole (R) R+8.6
1998 John Edwards (D) D+4.1
1996 Jesse Helms (R) R+6.7
1992 Lauch Faircloth (R) R+4.0
1990 Jesse Helms (R) R+5.1
1986 Terry Sanford (D) D+3.5
1984 Jesse Helms (R) R+3.9
1980 John P. East (R) R+0.6
1978 Jesse Helms (R) R+9.0
1974 Robert B. Morgan (D) D+24.0
1972 Jesse Helms (R) R+8.0
1968 Sam J. Ervin (D) D+21.1
1966 B. Everett Jordan (D) D+11.2
1962 Sam J. Ervin (D) D+20.9
1960 B. Everett Jordan (D) D+22.9
1956 Sam J. Ervin (D) D+33.1
1954 W. Kerr Scott (D) D+31.8
1950 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+37.3
1948 J. Melville Broughton (D) D+42.2
1944 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+40.5
1942 Josiah W. Bailey (D) D+31.8
1938 Robert R. Reynolds (D) D+27.6
1936 Josiah W. Bailey (D) D+41.5
1932 Robert R. Reynolds (D) D+37.2
1930 Josiah W. Bailey (D) D+21.2
1926 Lee S. Overman (D) D+21.0
1924 Furnifold Simmons (D) D+23.1
1920 Lee S. Overman (D) D+15.0
1918 Furnifold Simmons (D) D+21.0
1914 Lee S. Overman (D) D+16.4