Certified returns for every federal race in Minnesota in 2004, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 8 of 8 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
1,445,014
51.1%
Republican
1,346,695
47.6%
Better Life (Independent Party Candidate)
18,683
0.7%
Libertarian
4,639
0.2%
Green
4,408
0.2%
Constitution
3,074
0.1%
Write-in
2,532
0.1%
Christian Freedom
2,387
0.1%
Socialist Equality
539
0.0%
Socialist Workers
416
0.0%
Total
2,828,387
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2004 election page.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gil Gutknecht
Republican
193,132
59.6%
Leigh Pomeroy
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
115,088
35.5%
Gregory Mikkelson
Independence
15,569
4.8%
Write-in
266
0.1%
Total
324,055
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Kline
Republican
206,313
56.4%
Teresa Daly
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
147,527
40.3%
Doug Williams
Independence
11,822
3.2%
Write-in
283
0.1%
Total
365,945
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Ramstad
Republican
231,871
64.6%
Deborah Watts
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
126,665
35.3%
Write-in
356
0.1%
Total
358,892
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Betty McCollum
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
182,387
57.5%
Patrice Bataglia
Republican
105,467
33.2%
Peter F. Vento
Independence
29,099
9.2%
Write-in
346
0.1%
Total
317,299
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Martin Olav Sabo
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
218,434
69.7%
Daniel Mathias
Republican
76,600
24.4%
Jay Pond
Green
17,984
5.7%
Write-in
508
0.2%
Total
313,526
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mark R. Kennedy
Republican
203,669
54.0%
Patty Wetterling
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
173,309
45.9%
Write-in
246
0.1%
Total
377,224
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Collin C. Peterson
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
207,628
66.1%
David E. Sturrock
Republican
106,349
33.8%
Write-in
280
0.1%
Total
314,257
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James L. Oberstar
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
228,586
65.2%
Mark Groettum
Republican
112,693
32.2%
Van Presley
Green
8,933
2.5%
Write-in
271
0.1%
Total
350,483
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2004 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 58543113de9d3bcda4e3a5d315d321fda96a61cdc10d9c32abe81fac7fad075c
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.