Missouri Lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2004

Missouri Lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2004

2000 ← November 2, 2004 → 2008

Nominee Peter Kinder Bekki Cook Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,300,209 1,286,295 Percentage 48.95% 48.43%

Lieutenant Governor before election Joe Maxwell Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder Republican

The Missouri Lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2004 was an election for the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, held on November 4, 2008. Republican Peter Kinder won the election narrowly.

Candidates

Republican

• Peter Kinder, Missouri State Senator
• Pat Secrest, Missouri State Representative

Democratic

• Bekki Cook, former Missouri Secretary of State
• Ken Jacob, Missouri State Senator

Libertarian

• Mike Ferguson

Constitution

• Bruce Hillis

Primary elections

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Bekki Cook	493,081	64.28%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	273,953	35.72%
Totals			767,034	100%

Republican primary results[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Peter Kinder	313,528	56.16%
	Republican	Pat Secrest	244,699	43.84%
Totals			558,227	100%

Libertarian primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Libertarian	Mike Ferguson	3,864	100.00%
Totals			3,864	100.00%

Results

Missouri Lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2004[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter Kinder	1,300,209	48.95%	+4.95%
	Democratic	Bekki Cook	1,286,295	48.43%	-3.71%
	Libertarian	Mike Ferguson	53,770	2.02%	+1.14%
	Constitution	Bruce Hillis	15,935	0.60%	-0.08%
Majority			13,914	0.52%	-7.61%
Turnout			2,656,109
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

See also

• U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2004
• Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004

References

1. ^ http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/allresults.asp?arc=1&eid=116
2. ^ http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/allresults.asp?arc=1&eid=116
3. ^ http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/allresults.asp?arc=1&eid=116
4. ^ http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/statewideresults.asp?arc=1&eid=131

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