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Elections to the Illinois. Republicans gained an open seat in Kentucky and ousted an incumbent in Indiana. A pair of seats in Louisiana swapped party control. Republicans gained several redistricted seats in Texas.
On the same date were the 2004 Presidential election, the 2004 Senate election, and many state gubernatorial elections. The Republicans retained a majority, a newly reelected Republican President had stated that he had earned political capital after the election,[1] and the party seemed [2] to be in a position of great strength. However, this would change in the 2006 elections.
1 Vacancy due to death of Patsy Mink (D-Hawaii).
Three special elections were held apart from those in November. The elected winners would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November.
Key to party abbreviations: AI=American Independent, C=Constitution, D=Democratic, G=Green, I=Independent, IP=Independence Party, PF=Peace and Freedom Party, L=Libertarian, R=Republican.
On December 4, 2004, a run-off election was held to determine the winner of the 3rd and 7th Congressional districts. In the 3rd district, Charlie Melancon narrowly defeated Billy Tauzin III. In the 7th district, Charles Boustany defeated Willie Mount. Thus, both seats switched to the opposite party.
All seven incumbents who ran for re-election, none of whom faced viable challengers, were returned to Congress. None received less than 60% of the vote, and one received over 80%. In addition, the two seats vacated by retiring Republicans were both reclaimed by Republicans despite Democratic hopes to gain at least one seat in the vulnerable 8th district.
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