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2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia

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election_name	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
country	Virginia
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
previous_year	2002
next_election	2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia
next_year	2006
seats_for_election	All 11 Virginia seats to the United States House of Representatives
election_date
party1	Republican Party of Virginia
last_election1	8 seats, 66.45%
seats_before1	8
seats1	8
seat_change1
popular_vote1	1,817,422
percentage1	60.50%
swing1	5.95%
party2	Democratic Party of Virginia
last_election2	3 seats, 29.05%
seats_before2	3
seats2	3
seat_change2
popular_vote2	1,023,187
percentage2	34.06%
swing2	5.01%
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Republican Democratic

The 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 2, 2004 to determine who will represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives. Virginia has eleven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.

Overview

Statewide

Party	Votes	Seats	No.	%	No.	%
Republican Party (United States)}};"	Republican	11	1,817,422	60.50	8	71.43
Democratic Party (United States)}};"	Democratic	8	1,023,187	34.06	3	28.57
Independent Greens of Virginia}};"	Independent Greens	5	149,442	4.97	0	0.0
Write-in}};"	Write-in	11	13,956	0.46	0	0.0

By district

Results of the 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia by district:

District	Republican	Democratic	Others	Total	Result	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Democratic Party (United States)}}"
District 1	225,071	78.55%	0	0.00%	61,463	21.45%	286,534	100.0%	Republican hold
District 2	132,946	55.08%	108,180	44.82%	254	0.11%	241,380	100.0%	Republican hold
District 3	70,194	30.53%	159,373	69.33%	325	0.14%	229,892	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 4	182,444	64.46%	100,413	35.48%	170	0.06%	283,027	100.0%	Republican hold
District 5	172,431	63.68%	98,237	36.28%	90	0.03%	270,758	100.0%	Republican hold
District 6	206,560	96.68%	0	0.00%	7,088	3.32%	213,648	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	230,765	75.50%	0	0.00%	74,893	24.50%	305,658	100.0%	Republican hold
District 8	106,231	36.90%	171,986	59.73%	9,702	3.37%	287,919	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 9	98,499	38.94%	150,039	59.32%	4,409	1.74%	252,947	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 10	205,982	63.77%	116,654	36.11%	375	0.12%	323,011	100.0%	Republican hold
District 11	186,299	60.25%	118,305	38.26%	4,629	1.50%	309,233	100.0%	Republican hold
Total	1,817,422	60.50%	1,023,187	34.06%	163,398	5.44%	3,004,007	100.0%

District 1

Incumbent Republican Jo Ann Davis, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 95.9% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jo Ann Davis, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed to run.

Independent Greens primary

Candidates

Nominee

William Lee

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 2

Incumbent Republican Ed Schrock, who had represented the district since 2001, declined to run for re-election. He was re-elected with 83.1% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary

Despite having been renominated, Schrock announced on August 30, that he would no longer seek a third term in Congress. This followed Michael Rogers's blogACTIVE.com claiming that the married Schrock was gay — or at least bisexual — despite having aggressively opposed various gay-rights issues in Congress, such as same-sex marriage and gays serving in the military.

Candidates

Nominee

Thelma Drake, state delegate

Eliminated in primary

Paul Lanteigne, Virginia Beach Sheriff
Nick Rerras, state senator

Withdrawn

Ed Schrock, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

Ken Stolle, state senator
Frank Wagner, state senator

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

David Ashe, attorney and Marine reservist

General election

Endorsements

Organizations

Club for Growth

U.S. representatives

Owen B. Pickett, U.S. representative from Virginia's 2nd congressional district (1987–2001)

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Bobby Scott, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 96.1% of the vote in 2002.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bobby Scott, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Winsome Earle-Sears, former state delegate

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 4

Incumbent Republican Randy Forbes, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 97.9% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Randy Forbes, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Jonathan Menefee, HR director and former field organizer for John Edwards' presidential campaign.

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 5

Goode:
Weed:

Incumbent Republican Virgil Goode, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 63.7% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Virgil Goode, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Al Weed, orchardist and retired Green Beret

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 6

Incumbent Republican Bob Goodlatte, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 97.1% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bob Goodlatte, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed to run.

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 7

Incumbent Republican Eric Cantor, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. He was re–elected with 69.4% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eric Cantor, incumbent U.S. Representative

Independent Greens primary

Candidates

Nominee

Brad Blanton, psychotherapist and author

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 8

Incumbent Democrat Jim Moran, who had represented the district since 1985, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 59.8% of the vote in 2002.

Democratic primary

After he received criticism for comments suggesting that American Jews were responsible for pushing the country to war with Iraq and that Jewish leaders could prevent war if they wanted to, Moran faced opposition in the Democratic primary.

Candidates

Nominee

Jim Moran, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Andrew Rosenberg, attorney

Withdrawn

Jay Fisette, Chair of the Arlington County Board
Katherine Hanley, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors chair and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2001

Declined

Jeremy Bash, attorney
Leslie Byrne, state senator and former U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Lisa Marie Cheney, government relations consultant (no relation to Vice President Dick Cheney)

Eliminated in primary

Jane Eshagpoor, former aide to Governor Jim Gilmore
Matt Mueda, paramedic and former Bush administration official
Mike Riccardi, Capitol Police officer

Withdrawn

Melissa Helmbrecht, entrepreneur and youth activist
Andre Hollis, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics
Robb Rourke, house parent

Declined

Joe McCain, actor, newspaper reporter, and brother of U.S. Senator John McCain
Kyle E. McSlarrow, United States Deputy Secretary of Energy and nominee for this seat in 1992 and 1994

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Rick Boucher, who had represented the district since 1983, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 65.8% of the vote in 2002.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rick Boucher, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Kevin Triplett, former managing director of business operations for NASCAR

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 10

Incumbent Republican Frank Wolf, who had represented the district since 1981, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 71.7% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Frank Wolf, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

James Socas, former United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs staffer and former Wall Street executive

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

District 11

Incumbent Republican Tom Davis, who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 82.9% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tom Davis, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Ken Longmyer, retired foreign service officer

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Results

References

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 2004".
"Candidates". Independent Greens of Virginia.
(29 October 2004). "2004 Competitive House Race Chart". Cook Political Report.
(3 November 2004). "2004 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball.
(August 30, 2004). "GOP scrambles to replace retiring Virginia lawmaker". NBC News.
(August 31, 2004). "Va. Legislator Ends Bid for 3rd Term". [[The Washington Post]].
(August 31, 2004). "GOP scrambles to replace retiring Virginia lawmaker". Associated Press.
(1 September 2004). "GOP Replaces Schrock". Daily Press.
(30 August 2004). "Schrock to Retire at Year’s End". Roll Call.
(31 August 2004). "GOP Sees No Threat in Va. Seat". Roll Call.
(31 August 2004). "U.S. Rep. Schrock drops re-election bid over allegations". The Virginian-Pilot.
(15 September 2004). "GOP Thriving in New Va. Race". Roll Call.
(24 April 2003). "Del. Sears talks battle with Rep. Scott". Richmond Free Press.
(26 May 2004). "Newcomer will challenge Forbes". Smithfield Times.
(19 February 2004). "Weed Announces Run for Congress". Tribune.
(21 May 2003). "Weed Rooted In 5th District". Farmville Herald.
Hsu, Spencer S.. (11 March 2003). "Moran Said Jews Are Pushing War". The Washington Post.
(14 November 2003). "Moran’s Democratic Opposition Fading". Roll Call.
(June 8, 2004). "No Surprise — Moran Dominates in City". Alexandria Gazette Packet.
Barakat, Matthew. (August 6, 2003). "Arlington's Fisette to challenge Moran for seat". The Free Lance–Star.
(September 30, 2003). "Across the Nation". The Advocate.
(14 November 2003). "Hanley Ends Effort to Challenge Moran". The Washington Post.
(21 October 2003). "Byrne Skips Challenge to Rep. Moran in 2004". Roll Call.
(19 November 2003). "Still Angry". Roll Call.
(23 July 2003). "Cheney Announces for 8th District". The Connection.
(19 May 2004). "Cheney Captures GOP Nomination". The Connection.
(25 April 2003). "A Real, Real Newcomer". Roll Call.
(26 March 2004). "OSC Settles Hatch Act Case in Va.". Roll Call.
(15 September 2003). "Election Day Baby Has Sights on Moran Seat". Roll Call.
(9 July 2003). "Ex-NASCAR Exec Revving Up". Roll Call.
(23 September 2003). "Ex-Racing Exec Triplett Revs Up for Boucher". Roll Call.
(6 August 2004). "Democrat Intends to Run a Hard Race Against Wolf". Roll Call.
(25 August 2004). "Socas Fills Campaign Chest against Wolf". The Connection.
(26 October 2004). "Congressional challenger makes personnel reform a campaign issue". Government Executive.
(16 March 2006). "Socas Pays Civil Penalty for Violations of Millionaire's Amendment". Federal Election Commission.
(27 October 2004). "5-Term Incumbent Faces 2 Challengers". The Washington Post.

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