Election Name: | 2004 United States Senate election in Alabama |
Country: | Alabama |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1998 United States Senate election in Alabama |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2010 United States Senate election in Alabama |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
Image1: | File:Richard Shelby official portrait.JPG |
Nominee1: | Richard Shelby |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,242,200 |
Percentage1: | 67.55% |
Nominee2: | Wayne Sowell |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 595,018 |
Percentage2: | 32.35% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Richard Shelby |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Richard Shelby |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2004 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 2, 2004, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Richard Shelby won re-election to a fourth term.
Shelby, who switched parties ten years prior, had over $11 million cash on hand.[1] Shelby was Chairman of the Banking Committee.[2] Wayne Sowell became the first black U.S. Senate nominee of a major party in Alabama.[3]