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]] The United States Senate election, 2004 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the Re-election of George W. Bush as President and the United States House Election , as well as many state and local elections. LATEST RESULT, SUMMARY
MAJOR PARTIES The Senate, as of the pre-election 108th Congress , was composed of 51 Republican s, 48 Democrat s, and 1 independent. (The independent, Jim Jeffords of Vermont , is allied with the Democratic caucus and has voted with Democrats to give them the majority in the past.) The Democrats, therefore, needed to make a net gain of at least two seats from retiring or incumbent Republicans to gain control of the Senate. In the election, incumbent senators won reelection in all races but one ( Democratic Leader Tom Daschle , in South Dakota , lost to Republican John Thune ). The seats of retiring senators were taken by the opposing party in Colorado , Florida , Georgia , Illinois , Louisiana , North Carolina , and South Carolina . In fact, the only retiring senator whose seat was taken by a member of his party was Republican Don Nickles of Oklahoma , who was succeeded by Tom Coburn . Republicans gained four seats in the 2004 elections, and entered the 109th Congress with a 55-44-1 lead. While such a majority is formidable, it is still less than the 60 seats needed to override a Filibuster and completely control the body's agenda and procedures.
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