2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election

2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election

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All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives
61 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jim Black Joe Kiser
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 1, 1999 January 1, 2003
Leader's seat 100th - Matthews 97th - Vale
Last election 59 61
Seats before 59 61[a]
Seats won 63 57
Seat change Increase4 Decrease4
Popular vote 1,361,804 1,490,695
Percentage 46.68% 51.10%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Jim Black &
Richard Morgan[1]
Coalition

Elected Speaker

Jim Black
Democratic

An election was held on November 2, 2004 to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including the Presidency, U.S Senate, Governorship, U.S. House of Representatives, Council of State, and state senate. The primary election was held on July 20, 2004 with a run-off occurring on August 17, 2004. These elections were the first to use new district lines drawn by the General Assembly to account the for changes in population amongst each of the districts after the 2000 census.[2] The 2002 elections had been conducted under a map ordered by the North Carolina Superior Court.[3]


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  1. ^ "Journal of The House of Representatives Of The 2003 General Assembly Of The State Of North Carolina First Session 2003 Volume 1" (PDF). Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "House Redistricting Plan" (PDF). Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Interim House Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Election" (PDF). Retrieved May 10, 2021.