The Mexican state of Chihuahua held an election on Sunday, 4 July 2004.At stake was the office of the Chihuahua State Governor, all 33 members of the unicameral Chihuahua State Congress, and 67 mayors and municipal councils.
Turnout was around 46% of the 2,254,234 chihuahuenses eligible to vote.
At the time of the election, the sitting governor was Patricio Martínez García of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Reyes Baeza | "Alianza con la Gente" (PRI/PVEM/PT) | 561,106 | 56.48% | |
| Javier Corral Jurado | "Todos Somos Chihuahua" (PAN/PRD/CD) | 411,162 | 41.38% | |
| Nο registered candidates | 140 | 0.01% | ||
| Null votes | 21,103 | 2.12% | ||
| Totals | 993,511 | 100.00% |
At the close of voting, exit polls were indicating a victory for José Reyes Baeza of a PRI-led alliance with a lead of ten percentage points. As the count progressed, Javier Corral Jurado of the PAN - representing an unusual alliance of his party and the left-leaning PRD - conceded the election at around 23h00 local time.
Preliminary results indicated the state's 67 municipalities would be divided as follows:
The PAN/PRD alliance won a closely fought mayoral race in state capital Chihuahua, previously governed by the PRI. In a give-and-take action between the state's two largest cities, borderland industrial and commercial powerhouse Ciudad Juárez fell to the PRI after 12 years of PAN rule.