United States Senate election in Iowa, 2004

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2004

November 2, 2004

175px Nominee Chuck Grassley Arthur A. Small Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,038,175 412,365 Percentage 70.18% 27.88%

County Results

Senator before election Chuck Grassley Republican Elected Senator Chuck Grassley Republican

The 2004 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Chuck Grassley ran for re-election to a fifth term in the United States Senate. Grassley and former State Senator Arthur A. Small won the Republican and Democratic primaries, respectively, unopposed, and faced each other in the general election. Though this election coincided with the highly competitive presidential election, Grassley was in little danger of losing his seat and defeated Small handily.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Arthur A. Small, former Iowa State Senator

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur A. Small	52,318	99.25
	Democratic	Write-ins	398	0.75
Total votes			52,716	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

• Chuck Grassley, incumbent United States Senator

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Grassley (inc.)	78,819	99.72
	Republican	Write-ins	218	0.28
Total votes			79,037	100.00

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chuck Grassley (inc.)	1,038,175	70.18%	+1.77%
	Democratic	Arthur A. Small	412,365	27.88%	-2.62%
	Libertarian	Christy Ann Welty	15,218	1.03%
	Green	Daryl A. Northrop	11,121	0.75%
	Socialist Workers	Edwin Fruit	1,874	0.13%	-0.14%
	Write-ins		475	0.03%
Majority			625,810	42.31%	+4.39%
Turnout			1,479,228
	Republican hold		Swing