KERRY CONCEDES DEFEAT, BUSH RE-ELECTED US PRESIDENT
President Bush formally won a second term in office Wednesday and quickly promised to unite the country after a taut and chaotic contest that wasn't decided until the pivotal state of Ohio went to Bush in the late morning after Election Day.
2004 US Presidential Election Result
The winner George W. Bush got 286 Electoral Votes out of the total of 538 Electoral College Votes.
| State | Bush / Cheney | Kerry / Edwards | Nader / Camejo | Badnarik / Campagna | Other | Total Votes | State Electors to Winner |
| AL | 1,176,394 | 693,933 | 6,701 | 3,495 | 2,892 | 1,883,415 | 9 |
| AK | 190,889 | 111,025 | 5,069 | 1,675 | 3,150 | 311,808 | 3 |
| AZ | 1,104,294 | 893,524 | - | 11,856 | 2,911 | 2,012,585 | 10 |
| AR | 572,770 | 468,631 | 6,287 | 2,359 | 3,647 | 1,053,694 | 6 |
| CA | 5,509,826 | 6,745,485 | 19,218 | 50,165 | 95,163 | 12,419,857 | 55 |
| CO | 1,101,255 | 1,001,732 | - | 7,664 | 19,679 | 2,130,330 | 9 |
| CT | 693,766 | 857,434 | - | - | 27,462 | 1,578,662 | 7 |
| DE | 171,660 | 200,152 | - | - | 3,378 | 375,190 | 3 |
| DC | 21,256 | 202,970 | 1,485 | 502 | 1,373 | 227,586 | 3 |
| FL | 3,964,522 | 3,583,544 | - | 11,996 | 49,748 | 7,609,810 | 27 |
| GA | 1,914,254 | 1,366,149 | - | - | 18,387 | 3,298,790 | 15 |
| HI | 194,184 | 231,691 | - | 1,377 | 1,737 | 428,989 | 4 |
| ID | 409,235 | 181,098 | - | 3,844 | 3,084 | 597,261 | 4 |
| IL | 2,346,608 | 2,891,989 | 3,674 | 32,452 | 4 | 5,274,727 | 21 |
| IN | 1,479,438 | 969,011 | 1,328 | 18,058 | 167 | 2,468,002 | 11 |
| IA | 751,957 | 741,898 | - | 2,992 | 8,967 | 1,505,814 | 7 |
| KS | 736,456 | 434,993 | - | 4,013 | 12,247 | 1,187,709 | 6 |
| KY | 1,069,439 | 712,733 | 8,856 | 2,619 | 2,235 | 1,795,882 | 8 |
| LA | 1,102,169 | 820,299 | - | - | 20,638 | 1,943,106 | 9 |
| ME | 330,201 | 396,842 | 8,069 | 1,965 | 3,671 | 740,748 | 4 |
| MD | 1,024,703 | 1,334,493 | 11,854 | 6,094 | 7,062 | 2,384,206 | 10 |
| MA | 1,071,109 | 1,803,800 | 4,806 | 15,022 | 10,623 | 2,905,360 | 12 |
| MI | 2,313,746 | 2,479,178 | 24,035 | 10,552 | 11,736 | 4,839,247 | 17 |
| MN | 1,346,695 | 1,445,014 | 18,683 | 4,639 | 10,835 | 2,825,866 | 10 |
| MS | 684,981 | 458,094 | 3,177 | 1,793 | 4,100 | 1,152,145 | 6 |
| MO | 1,455,713 | 1,259,171 | 1,294 | 9,831 | 5,355 | 2,731,364 | 11 |
| MT | 266,063 | 173,710 | - | 1,733 | 8,928 | 450,434 | 3 |
| NE | 512,814 | 254,328 | 5,698 | 2,041 | 2,374 | 777,255 | 5 |
| NV | 418,690 | 397,190 | - | - | 10,019 | 825,899 | 5 |
| NH | 331,237 | 340,511 | - | - | 4,479 | 676,227 | 4 |
| NJ | 1,668,003 | 1,911,430 | 19,418 | 4,514 | 6,326 | 3,609,691 | 15 |
| NM | 376,930 | 370,942 | 4,053 | 2,382 | 1,997 | 756,304 | 5 |
| NY | 2,962,567 | 4,314,280 | - | 11,607 | 102,278 | 7,448,266 | 31 |
| NC | 1,961,166 | 1,525,849 | - | 11,731 | - | 3,498,746 | 15 |
| ND | 196,651 | 111,052 | 3,756 | 851 | 514 | 312,833 | 3 |
| OH | 2,859,764 | 2,741,165 | - | 14,676 | 12,298 | 5,627,903 | 20 |
| OK | 959,792 | 503,966 | - | - | - | 1,463,758 | 7 |
| OR | 866,831 | 943,163 | - | 7,260 | 10,572 | 1,827,826 | 7 |
| PA | 2,793,847 | 2,938,095 | - | 21,185 | 12,637 | 5,765,764 | 21 |
| RI | 169,046 | 259,760 | - | - | 8,328 | 437,134 | 4 |
| SC | 937,974 | 661,699 | 5,520 | 3,608 | 6,805 | 1,615,606 | 8 |
| SD | 232,584 | 149,244 | 4,320 | 964 | 1,103 | 388,215 | 3 |
| TN | 1,384,375 | 1,036,477 | 8,992 | 4,866 | 2,609 | 2,437,319 | 11 |
| TX | 4,526,917 | 2,832,704 | 9,153 | 38,787 | 3,188 | 7,410,749 | 34 |
| UT | 663,742 | 241,199 | - | - | 7,787 | 912,728 | 5 |
| VT | 121,180 | 184,067 | 4,494 | 1,102 | 1,466 | 312,309 | 3 |
| VA | 1,716,959 | 1,454,742 | - | - | 21,193 | 3,192,894 | 13 |
| WA | 1,304,894 | 1,510,201 | 23,283 | 11,955 | 8,751 | 2,859,084 | 11 |
| WV | 423,778 | 326,541 | 4,063 | 1,405 | 100 | 755,887 | 5 |
| WI | 1,478,120 | 1,489,504 | 16,390 | 6,464 | 3,543 | 2,997,007 | 10 |
| WY | 167,629 | 70,776 | 2,741 | 1,171 | 631 | 242,948 | 3 |
| Totals | 62,039,073 | 59,027,478 | 240,896 | 353,265 | 563,698 | 122,284,939 | for Bush 286 of 538 Electors |
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