United States Senate election in Nevada, 2004

United States Senate election in Nevada, 2004

November 2, 2004

Candidate Harry Reid Richard Ziser Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 494,805 284,640 Percentage 61.1% 35.1%

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U.S. senator before election Harry Reid Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Harry Reid Democratic

The 2004 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Minority Whip, won re-election to a fourth term.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Richard Ziser, anti-gay marriage activist
• Kenneth A. Wegner, U.S. Army veteran
• Robert Brown
• Royle Melton
• Cherie Tilley, businessman
• Carlo Poliak, perennial candidate

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Ziser	40,533	33.50
	Republican	Kenneth A. Wegner	21,406	17.69
	Republican	Robert Brown	19,553	16.16
	Republican	None of these candidates	16,827	13.91
	Republican	Royle Melton	10,552	8.72
	Republican	Cherie M. Tilley	10,357	8.56
	Republican	Carlo Poliak	1,769	1.46
Total votes			120,997	100.00

General election

Candidates

• Thomas Hurst (L)
• Gary Marinch (NL)
• Harry Reid (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
• David Schumann (I)
• Richard Ziser (R), conservative activist

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry Reid (inc.)	494,805	61.08%	+13.22%
	Republican	Richard Ziser	284,640	35.14%	-12.63%
	None of These Candidates		12,968	1.60%	-0.26%
	Libertarian	Thomas L. Hurst	9,559	1.18%	-0.69%
	Independent American	David K. Schumann	6,001	0.74%
	Natural Law	Gary Marinch	2,095	0.26%	-0.38%
Majority			210,165	25.94%	+25.85%
Turnout			810,068
	Democratic hold		Swing