United States Senate election in Alabama, 2004

November 2, 2004



Nominee	Richard Shelby	Wayne Sowell
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,242,200	595,018
Percentage	67.6%	32.4%

County Results

Senator before election

Richard Shelby
Republican

Elected Senator

Richard Shelby
Republican

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The 2004 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 2, 2004 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Richard Shelby won re-election to a fourth term.

Candidates

Democratic

Wayne Sowell, attorney, perennial candidate and first black U.S. Senate nominee of a major party in Alabama^[1]

Republican

Richard Shelby, incumbent U.S. Senator

Campaign

Shelby, who switched parties ten years prior, had over $11 million cash on hand.^[2] Shelby was Chairman of the Banking Committee.^[3]

Results

United States Senate election in Alabama, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Shelby	1,242,038^[4]	67.6
	Democratic	Wayne Sowell	594,439	32.4
	Independent	Write Ins	1,848	0.1
Total votes			1,836,477	100
Voter turnout			%

References

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