The Green Papers: Massachusetts 2004 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 14 September 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Electoral Votes:12(2.23% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:10(2.30% of 435)
2000 Census:6,355,568 (2.25% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):4,749,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):4,008,796
Capital:Boston
Tuesday 14 September 2004 polls close 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 8:00p EST (0100 UTC)
 

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Massachusetts State and Local Government

Massachusetts 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats   Republicans   Third Parties

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 12 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details.
Up for election in 2004
  Elected Democrat 1,803,800 61.94% Senator John Kerry
(12 Electoral Votes)
• Vice President: Senator John Edwards
  Candidate Republican 1,071,109 36.78% President George W. Bush
• Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney
Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
  Candidate Libertarian 15,022 0.52% Michael Badnarik
• Vice President: Richard Campagna
  Candidate Green 10,623 0.36% David Keith Cobb
• Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche
  Candidate --scatter-- 7,028 0.24% All others
  Candidate Write-In 4,806 0.17% Ralph Nader
• Vice President: David Cobb. Running as an Independent Write-In.

The Elections Division reports 15,067 blank ballots.
Total 2,912,388 100.00%  
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1   Democrat   Senator Edward M. Kennedy
• First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1962 [held to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator John F. Kennedy (Democrat): 22 December 1960- which Benjamin A. Smith II (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor Foster Furcolo (Democrat) to fill, 27 December 1960]; elected to first full term: 1964; re-elected: 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Class 2   Democrat   Senator John F. Kerry
• First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None, All Governors
    Republican   Governor Mitt Romney
• First elected: 2002
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor
    Republican   Lieutenant Governor Kerry Murphy Healey
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
108th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
10 Democrats (10 Renominated)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman John W. Olver
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Democrat 229,465 99.02% Congressman John W. Olver
  Candidate --scatter-- 2,282 0.98% All others
Total 231,747 100.00%  
CD 2
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Richard E. Neal
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Democrat 217,682 98.73% Congressman Richard E. Neal
  Candidate --scatter-- 2,802 1.27% All others
Total 220,484 100.00%  
CD 3
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman James P. McGovern
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 192,036 70.49% Congressman James P. McGovern
  Candidate Republican 80,197 29.44% Ronald A. Crews
  Candidate --scatter-- 179 0.07% All others
Total 272,412 100.00%  
CD 4
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Barney Frank
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 219,260 77.74% Congressman Barney Frank
  Candidate Independent 62,293 22.09% Charles A. Morse
  Candidate --scatter-- 486 0.17% All others
Total 282,039 100.00%  
CD 5
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Martin T. Meehan
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 179,652 66.99% Congressman Martin T. Meehan
  Candidate Republican 88,232 32.90% Thomas P. Tierney
  Candidate --scatter-- 305 0.11% All others
Total 268,189 100.00%  
CD 6
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman John F. Tierney
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 213,458 69.87% Congressman John F. Tierney
  Candidate Republican 91,597 29.98% Stephen P. O'Malley, Jr.
  Candidate --scatter-- 467 0.15% All others
Total 305,522 100.00%  
CD 7
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Edward J. Markey
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 202,399 73.57% Congressman Edward J. Markey
  Candidate Republican 60,334 21.93% Kenneth G. Chase
  Candidate Independent 12,139 4.41% James O. Hall
  Candidate --scatter-- 227 0.08% All others
Total 275,099 100.00%  
CD 8
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Michael E. Capuano
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Democrat 165,852 98.67% Congressman Michael E. Capuano
  Candidate --scatter-- 2,229 1.33% All others
Total 168,081 100.00%  
CD 9
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Stephen F. Lynch
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected 16 October 2001 in a special election, re: the death of J. Joseph Moakley 28 May 2001.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Democrat 218,167 99.03% Congressman Stephen F. Lynch
  Candidate --scatter-- 2,145 0.97% All others
Total 220,312 100.00%  
CD 10
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman William D. "Bill" Delahunt
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 14 September 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 222,013 65.87% Congressman William D. "Bill" Delahunt
  Candidate Republican 114,879 34.08% Michael J. Jones
  Candidate --scatter-- 178 0.05% All others
Total 337,070 100.00%  
Secretary of the Commonwealth  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis "Bill" Galvin
• First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Attorney General Thomas F. "Tom" Reilly
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Treasurer and Receiver-General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Treasurer and Receiver-General Timothy P. "Tim" Cahill
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Auditor A. Joseph "Joe" DeNucci
• First elected: 1994(?); re-elected: 1998, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
 

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