The 2004 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski won re-election to a fourth term. This is the most recent time that a Democratic Senate candidate has won Allegeny County, Caroline County, St. Mary's County or Worcester County. This is the last time that the winning candidate carried a majority of Maryland's county-level jurisdictions in a United States Senate election in Maryland.

Democratic primary Candidates Barbara Mikulski, incumbent U.S. Senator Robert Kaufman, social organizer Sid Altman, accountant

Results

Republican primary Candidates Ray Bly, Vietnam War veteran Earl S. Gordon, surveyor Dorothy Curry Jennings, educator James A. Kodak, research associate at the University of Maryland Eileen Martin, educator E. J. Pipkin, State Senator John Stafford, government bureaucrat Corrogan R. Vaughn, Baptist deacon Gene Zarwell, perennial candidate

Results

General election Candidates Maria Allwine (G) Barbara Mikulski (D), incumbent U.S. Senator E. J. Pipkin (R), State Senator Thomas Trump (C)

Predictions Source Ranking As of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2004

Results

Results by county

+CountyBarbara A. Mikulski DemocraticE.J. Pipkin RepublicanMaria Allwine GreenMarginTotal Votes

Cast#%#%#%#% Allegany 15238 53.67% 12882 45.37% 271 0.95% 2356 8.30% 28391 Anne Arundel 129166 55.16% 102522 43.79% 2458 1.05% 26644 11.38% 234146 Baltimore (City) 172427 86.55% 23759 11.93% 3045 1.53% 148668 74.62% 199231 Baltimore (County) 217688 63.00% 124092 35.91% 3781 1.09% 93596 27.09% 345561 Calvert 19543 50.97% 18422 48.05% 374 0.98% 1121 2.92% 38339 Caroline 5543 50.09% 5439 49.15% 84 0.76% 104 0.94% 11066 Carroll 32391 41.64% 44704 57.47% 692 0.89% -12313 -15.83% 77787 Cecil 17371 47.56% 18843 51.59% 310 0.85% -1472 -4.03% 36524 Charles 34305 60.89% 21547 38.24% 491 0.87% 12758 22.64% 56343 Dorchester 7571 58.52% 5284 40.84% 82 0.63% 2287 17.68% 12937 Frederick 49336 50.60% 47081 48.29% 1081 1.11% 2255 2.31% 97498 Garrett 4540 38.01% 7330 61.37% 73 0.61% -2790 -23.36% 11943 Harford 53444 48.24% 56465 50.96% 890 0.80% -3021 -2.73% 110799 Howard 82479 63.14% 46610 35.68% 1538 1.18% 35869 27.46% 130627 Kent 5117 56.54% 3860 42.65% 73 0.81% 1257 13.89% 9050 Montgomery 291839 72.48% 106101 26.35% 4702 1.17% 185738 46.13% 402642 Prince George's 264088 85.96% 39863 12.98% 3270 1.06% 224225 72.98% 307221 Queen Anne's 9332 43.52% 11964 55.80% 146 0.68% -2632 -12.27% 21442 St. Mary's 18440 50.37% 17802 48.63% 368 1.01% 638 1.74% 36610 Somerset 5157 59.21% 3501 40.20% 51 0.59% 1656 19.01% 8709 Talbot 9855 53.26% 8501 45.94% 147 0.79% 1354 7.32% 18503 Washington 26431 47.11% 29181 52.01% 496 0.88% -2750 -4.90% 56108 Wicomico 19866 54.48% 16348 44.83% 251 0.69% 3518 9.65% 36465 Worcester 13524 54.93% 10954 44.49% 142 0.58% 2570 10.44% 24620 Total 1504691 65.07% 783055 33.86% 24816 1.07% 721636 31.21% 2312562

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carroll (largest municipality: Eldersburg) Cecil (largest municipality: Elkton) Harford (largest municipality: Aberdeen) Queen Anne's (largest municipality: Stevensville) Washington (largest municipality: Hagerstown)

See also 2004 United States Senate elections 2004 United States elections

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