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2004 Senate elections · Wisconsin history

Wisconsin U.S. Senate election 2004

Russ Feingold DEM +11.2 · Class III seat · held 11/2/04

Votes counted
2,949,743
Margin
11.2 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld
President in WI
D+0.4same year

General election 11/2/04

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Russ Feingold WonDEM1,632,69755.35%
Tim MichelsREP1,301,18344.11%
Arif KhanLIB8,3670.28%
Eugene A. HemIND6,6620.23%
Scattering—8340.03%
Total2,949,743

Official source: Election-Statistics

Other Wisconsin Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class ITammy Baldwin0.9
2022Class IIIRon Johnson1.0
2018Class ITammy Baldwin10.8
2016Class IIIRon Johnson3.4
2012Class ITammy Baldwin5.6
2010Class IIIRon Johnson4.8
2006Class IHerb Kohl37.8
2004Class IIIRuss Feingold11.2
2000Class IHerb Kohl24.5
1998Class IIIRuss Feingold2.2
1994Class IHerb Kohl17.6
1992Class IIIRuss Feingold6.6

Full Wisconsin Senate history →

Questions and answers

Who won the 2004 Wisconsin Senate race?

Russ Feingold (DEM) won with 55.4% of the vote, ahead of Tim Michels (44.1%), a margin of 11.2 points.

Did the Wisconsin Senate seat change party in 2004?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2004 Wisconsin Senate race?

2,949,743 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.