2004 Missouri Attorney General election

2004 Missouri Attorney General election

2 November 2004

Nominee Jay Nixon Chris Byrd Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,592,842 1,000,503 Percentage 59.96% 37.65%

Attorney General before election Jay Nixon Democratic Elected Attorney General Jay Nixon Democratic

The 2004 Missouri Attorney General election was held on 2 November 2004 in order to elect the attorney general of Missouri. Democratic nominee and incumbent attorney general Jay Nixon defeated Republican nominee Chris Byrd, Libertarian nominee David R. Browning and Constitution nominee David Fry.

General election

On election day, 2 November 2004, Democratic nominee Jay Nixon won re-election by a margin of 592,339 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Chris Byrd, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of attorney general. Nixon was sworn in for his fourth term on 10 January 2005.

Results

Missouri Attorney General election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jay Nixon (incumbent)	1,592,842	59.96
	Republican	Chris Byrd	1,000,503	37.65
	Libertarian	David R. Browning	43,538	1.64
	Constitution	David Fry	19,802	0.75
Total votes			2,656,685	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2004 Missouri gubernatorial election