2004 Missouri Secretary of State election

2004 Missouri Secretary of State election

2 November 2004

Nominee Robin Carnahan Catherine Hanaway Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,367,783 1,243,003 Percentage 51.07% 46.41%

Secretary of State before election Matt Blunt Republican Elected Secretary of State Robin Carnahan Democratic

The 2004 Missouri Secretary of State election was held on 2 November 2004 in order to elect the secretary of state of Missouri. Democratic nominee Robin Carnahan defeated Republican nominee and incumbent speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives Catherine Hanaway, Libertarian nominee Christopher Davis and Constitution nominee Donna L. Ivanovich.

General election

On election day, 2 November 2004, Democratic nominee Robin Carnahan won the election by a margin of 124,780 votes against her foremost opponent Republican nominee Catherine Hanaway, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of secretary of state. Carnahan was sworn in as the 38th secretary of state of Missouri on 10 January 2005.

Results

Missouri Secretary of State election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robin Carnahan	1,367,783	51.07
	Republican	Catherine Hanaway	1,243,003	46.41
	Libertarian	Christopher Davis	51,964	1.94
	Constitution	Donna L. Ivanovich	15,576	0.58
Total votes			2,678,326	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• 2004 Missouri gubernatorial election