2004 UK Open, Sunday 6 June, Final, best of 21 legs
Scholten blasted off to a 6-1 lead in this first to 11 legs race courtesy of some impeccable finishing. Part continued to be somewhat off the boil as Scholten took the match to 8-3. Finally Part seemed to get some rhythm going as he won the next two legs to make it 8-5. Scholten won the next and in the fifteenth leg after a 180 by Scholten, Part threw some really wayward darts. At 10-6, Scholten signalled his intent by throwing back to back 180s and the match and the UK Open title was his, along with the payout cheque of £30,000. Part admitted after the match that Roland deserved to be the champion.


2004 UK Open, Sunday 6 June, Final, best of 21 legs
Scholten himself said, "The competition is so hard. The day really starts at 7:30 and you are on the go until 10:30 at night. It took lots of focusing and concentration. I'm well happy. My form's been doubtful but I took a lot of confidence from the first and second day. When I reached the final I thought that I might as well do it now. I hope it's a turnaround. A brilliant crowd, a long day and thanks very much!"


2004 UMass Minutemen football team
The 2004 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Don Brown and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The Minutemen struggled in their first year under Coach Brown, but finished the season with a three-game winning streak and promise for the future. UMass finished second in the North division of the A-10 with a record of 6–5 (4–4 A-10).


2004 UNCAF Interclub Cup
The 2004 UNCAF Interclub Cup was the 22nd edition of the Central American Club Championship and the 6th edition under its current name, UNCAF Interclub Cup. C.S.D. Municipal from Guatemala, lifted its 4th title.


2004 UNCAF Interclub Cup, Final round, Standings
Municipal, Deportivo Saprissa, Olimpia advance to  2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup quarterfinals.


2004 UNLV Rebels football team
The 2004 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. UNLV competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. They were coached by John Robinson, who resigned as head coach at the end of the season.


2004 US Open (tennis)
The 2004 US Open was held between August 30, 2004 – September 12, 2004.


2004 US Open (tennis)
Both Andy Roddick and Justine Henin-Hardenne were unsuccessful in their title defences, Roddick losing in the quarter-finals to Joachim Johansson and Henin-Hardenne falling in the fourth round to Nadia Petrova. On the men's side, Roger Federer won his first US Open, defeating rival and 2001 champion Lleyton Hewitt in a lopsided final. Svetlana Kuznetsova won the women's title defeating Elena Dementieva in the final.


2004 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Men's doubles
Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Leander Paes /  David Rikl, 6–3, 6–3


2004 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Women's doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual /  Paola Suárez defeated  Svetlana Kuznetsova /  Elena Likhovtseva, 6–4, 7–5


2004 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Mixed doubles
Vera Zvonareva /  Bob Bryan defeated  Alicia Molik /  Todd Woodbridge, 6–3, 6–4


2004 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Boys' doubles
Brendan Evans /  Scott Oudsema defeated  Andreas Beck /  Sebastian Rieschick, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2


2004 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Girls' doubles
Marina Erakovic /  Michaëlla Krajicek defeated  Mădălina Gojnea /  Monica Niculescu, 7–6(7–4), 6–0


2004 US Open Series
In tennis, the first edition of the US Open Series was contested in 2004.


2004 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Brendan Evans and Scott Oudsema won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, against Andreas Beck and Sebastian Rieschick.


2004 US Open – Boys' Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but turned professional during this season.


2004 US Open – Boys' Singles
Gaël Monfils would have been the first junior to achieve a calendar Grand Slam since Stefan Edberg in 1983 but lost in the third round to Viktor Troicki.


2004 US Open – Boys' Singles
Andy Murray won the title by defeating Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–4, 6–2 in the final. It was the 1st and only Grand Slam title in his Juniors career. Murray would go on to win the senior title in his maiden Grand Slam title eight years later.


2004 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Marina Erakovic and Michaëlla Krajicek won in the final 7–6(7–4), 6–0, against Mădălina Gojnea and Monica Niculescu.


2004 US Open – Girls' Singles
Kirsten Flipkens was the defending champion, but did not compete in the juniors that year.


2004 US Open – Girls' Singles
Michaëlla Krajicek won the tournament, defeating Jessica Kirkland in the final, 6–1, 6–1.


2004 US Open – Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Leander Paes and David Rikl.


2004 US Open – Men's Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won the title, defeating Leander Paes and David Rikl in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2004 US Open – Men's Singles
Roger Federer defeated Lleyton Hewitt, 6–0, 7–6(7–3), 6–0, in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2004 US Open. It was his first US Open title and his fourth Major title overall. The win made him the tenth man to win three Major tournaments in a calendar year.


2004 US Open – Men's Singles
Andy Roddick was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals against Joachim Johansson.


2004 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Men's Singles at the 2004 US Open.


2004 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Katarina Srebotnik and Bob Bryan were the defending champions, but Srebtonik did not compete in the Mixed Doubles tournament at this U.S. Open. Bryan partnered Vera Zvonareva, and successfully defended the title, defeating Alicia Molik and Todd Woodbridge in the final 6–3, 6–4.


2004 US Open – Women's Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were defending champions, and won in the final 6–4, 7–5, against Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva.


2004 US Open – Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Elena Dementieva in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2004 US Open. She lost only one set the tournament (to Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals). She became the third Russian woman, after Anastasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova (who won the French Open and Wimbledon, respectively, earlier in the season), to win a major that year. This was also the second-ever all-Russian major final (the first being at the French Open earlier in the year, where Myskina defeated Dementieva).


2004 US Open – Women's Singles
Justine Henin was the defending champion, but lost to Nadia Petrovain the fourth round. As a result, Amélie Mauresmo took over the world No. 1 ranking for the first time following the tournament despite losing to Dementieva in the quarterfinals.


2004 US Open – Women's Singles
This was also the first US Open main draw appearance for the 2011 champion Samantha Stosur. She was beaten by Petrova in the second round.


2004 US Open – Women's Singles
The quarterfinal match in this tournament between Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati is often considered the main catalyst for the International Tennis Federation adoption of Hawk-Eye triangulation technology as an official method of reviewing line calls. Hawk-Eye was used by television coverage during the match, with results suggesting several crucial points awarded to Capriati were incorrectly called.


2004 US Open – Women's Singles
The most egregious of these errors was a potential Williams winner at deuce in the first game of the final set that appeared to be well within the left baseline; while the line judge called the ball in, the referee awarded the point to Capriati. Capriati ultimately ended up winning the deuce, the set, and thus the match. Following outcry from spectators and the press, the United States Tennis Association suspended official Mariana Alves for the remainder of the tournament and apologized to Williams. The ITF tested the Hawk-Eye system in an official capacity the next year, ultimately approving it for official use.


2004 USA Sevens
The 2004 USA Sevens was the first time that the USA Sevens rugby tournament was played. It was held at the Home Depot Center in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson. Argentina defeated New Zealand 21–12 in the cup final to win the tournament. It was Argentina's first victory in a World Series tournament since its inception five years before.


2004 USA Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2004 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division
The 2004 College Nationals was the 9th Women's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determined the College National Champion from 2004 from the US.


2004 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division, Venues
The championship was played at three venues at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


2004 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division, Modus
The five teams and one adult teams were split in two groups each team played two round robins. Rock THB was automatically ranked last.


2004 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division, Modus
The two first teams from each group played the semis.


2004 USC Trojans football team
The 2004 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 2004 Trojans football team won the 2004 BCS National Championship by winning the 2005 Orange Bowl, that year's BCS National Championship Game. The team also won the AP title for the second year in a row. It was the Trojans' first undisputed national championship since 1972, and the second time a team had gone wire-to-wire, with the Trojans holding the number 1 spot in the polls all season. The team was coached by Pete Carroll in his fourth year with the Trojans, and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.


2004 USC Trojans football team
Quarterback Matt Leinart won the Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding collegiate football player in the U.S. His teammate, running back Reggie Bush, finished fifth in Heisman voting, winning the following year. Both were named co-winners of the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. The team captains were Shaun Cody, Matt Grootegoed and Matt Leinart.


2004 USC Trojans football team
Because of the controversy that ended the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season with a split national title between LSU and USC, the motto for the Trojans' 2004 season became "Leave No Doubt." Ironically, the changes made to the BCS due to the 2003 season did not resolve issues with multiple undefeated teams, as Auburn and Utah finished undefeated, yet they did not get to play USC or any other team for the title.


2004 USC Trojans football team
On June 10, 2010, USC was forced to vacate its two final wins from the 2004 season (December 2004 against UCLA and the BCS championship game), as well as all wins from the 2005 season, following an NCAA investigation into possible violations by the Trojans' football and men's basketball programs. Since the vacated games included the Trojans' Orange Bowl win, the Trojans were later stripped of the 2004 BCS title in June 2011. However, the Associated Press still recognizes USC as 2004 AP title winner.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech
USC and Virginia Tech opened the 2004 college football season with the Black Coaches Association Football Classic at a sold out FedExField in Landover, Maryland. Days before the game, the NCAA declared star Trojans wide receiver Mike Williams ineligible to play after a failed attempt to join the NFL early, creating concern over whether the defending 2003 National Champions were prepared to try for another title. This was the first time the two teams had competed in football; and with the game held only three hours away from Virginia Tech, the crowd was dominated by Hokies fans.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech
The game marked the emergence of running back Reggie Bush, who often lined up at wide receiver, catching five passes for 127 yards and scored three touchdowns in a tight game. Although Virginia Tech was not ranked going into the game, they ended the season ranked 9th, going 10–3 (7–1 in the ACC), becoming ACC Champions in their first year in the conference and were invited to the 2005 Nokia Sugar Bowl.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
Colorado State visited USC in the first meeting between the two programs. The Trojans dominated the Rams en route to a 49–0 shut out, led by running back LenDale White who ran for 123 yards on 14 carries, scoring three touchdowns. Matt Leinart went 20-of-31 for 231 yards in three quarters before being retired from the game, Dwayne Jarrett caught a touchdown on what was his 18th birthday, and the Trojans handed the Rams their worse loss in eight years and first shut out in 85 games.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, BYU
The Trojans made their first visit to LaVell Edwards Stadium, on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The game marked the return of USC Offensive Coordinator Norm Chow to the program where he spent 27 years as an assistant under former Coach LaVell Edwards. Running backs Reggie Bush and LenDale White both broke 100 yards each en route to victory.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Stanford
USC had what would be its closest game of the season against the unheralded Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium in their Pacific-10 Conference opener. Both USC and Stanford had just previously beat BYU in convincing fashion; however, Stanford had the added benefit of a bye week to rest and reorganize between games. By halftime, USC found itself down 11 points after the Cardinal caught them by surprise with an 82-yard run final play while trying to run out the clock to end the half. After an energetic and emotional halftime in the locker room, the Trojan defense shut down the Cardinal while the offense put together the drives that gave the Trojans the lead and the victory.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
ESPN's College GameDay program visited the Los Angeles Coliseum for the first time in anticipation of a game between highly ranked and undefeated teams: 7th-ranked California had given USC its only loss in the 2003 season, resulting in the Trojans sharing the 2003 National Championship. It was the first time since 1968 that the teams met when both were ranked and it also was the highest-ranked Cal squad USC had faced since 1952, also the last time the two programs were ranked in the top ten. The Cal Golden Bears, led by Coach Jeff Tedford, were already ranked their highest since 1991 and looking to earn one of the biggest victories in program history. The crowd was USC's largest crowd for a non-UCLA/Notre Dame rivalry game since the 1952 Cal game.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
The game was tightly fought: Cal dominated the statistics, more than doubling USC's first downs (28–12) and total yards (424–205) while getting more plays (79–50) and possession time (37:11–22:49); Cal quarterback Aaron Rodgers had a career performance, tying an NCAA single game record by completing his first 23 passes and guiding the Golden Bears to a first-and-goal at the Trojan 9-yard line with 1:47 to play. However, in the key final series, under heavy crowd noise, the USC defense caused an incomplete pass, a sack by defensive tackle Manuel Wright, and two more incomplete passes to cause a loss of possession and effectively end the game.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
The game was highly touted by the media, with both teams earning praise for their performances. Beyond the 2004 season, the game marked a turning point in terms of crowd participation at the Coliseum, which thereafter garnered a reputation as a loud and difficult place to play for opposing teams.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, California
The quality of play met expectations and had major ramifications for both programs that season: It would be the only game the Bears would lose in the regular season, costing them a shot at the national title and their first BCS bowl appearance, including what could've been their first appearance at the Rose Bowl since 1959; and it was the Trojans' toughest game of the season on their way to winning the national championship in the Orange Bowl.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
The 15th-ranked Sun Devils, under Coach Dirk Koetter, were out to prove that they were a part of the national title picture and USC was out to prove it deserved its top-ranking after a series of close games to the Bay Area schools. USC quickly put the game out of reach, scoring 42 points in the first half behind 4 touchdown passes Matt Leinart and school single game record-tying 3 scoring grabs by Dwayne Jarrett. ASU quarterback Andrew Walter was rendered ineffective by the USC defense which achieved eight sacks, the same total ASU allowed in its previous five games. The decisive victory helped USC dispel concerns over its ability to dominate opponents. It was the second time the Trojans played before consecutive sellout crowds in the Coliseum, the first was in 1947 when the UCLA and Notre Dame rivalry games sold out, and the first against non-rival opponents.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington
The struggling Washington Huskies visited the Trojans for the 75th meeting in the series, with the Trojans dominating 38–0. The shutout was Washington's first since 1981, ending a national-best active streak of consecutive games without being shut out at 271. The victory put USC's winning streak at the Coliseum at 19, tying the school record set from 1931–33. The game marked the first career start for Husky quarterback Isaiah Stanback.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Washington State
USC became the first top-ranked team to visit Pullman, Washington, as the Trojans took on the Cougars at a sold-out Martin Stadium. The Trojans had lost in their previous visit to WSU, a 30–27 overtime game in 2002; since then the Trojans had gone 28–1. USC took the upper hand early on, taking a 14–0 lead before WSU's offense got on the field; by halftime, it was 35–0, as the Trojans had 289 yards and 16 first downs to the Cougars 54 and 4.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
The Trojans prevailed over the Beavers in a tight game in heavy fog at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon. After trailing 13–0 in second quarter, USC scored the next 28 points with a pivotal 65-yard scoring return by Reggie Bush in the 4th quarter with the game close at 14–13. Although the fog was thick enough at times to interfere with pass plays, USC tight end Dominique Byrd caught two touchdowns. It would be USC last win at Oregon State until 2013.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Arizona
USC clinched its third consecutive conference championship with a victory over the visiting Arizona Wildcats. LenDale White ran for 118 yards and three touchdowns while Matt Leinart passed for 280 yards and three more scores; the game guaranteed USC a spot in, at worst, the Rose Bowl


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
After two weeks off, the Trojans were visited by the rival Fighting Irish, led by Coach Tyrone Willingham, in the inter-sectional rivalry for the Jeweled Shillelagh. The Irish had been inconsistent during the season, coming into the game at 6–4 having defeated strong teams and lost to weak teams. ESPN's College GameDay made its second-ever visit to the Coliseum. Matt Leinart passed for a career-high 400 yards and a school record-tying five touchdowns Saturday, leading the top-ranked Trojans to a 41–10 victory and adding a highlight performance to his ultimately successful Heisman campaign.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Trailing 10–3, USC scored the final 38 points. Irish quarterback Brady Quinn completed 15-of-29 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown. The Trojans set a record for home wins (including pre-Coliseum), with their 21st victory; coincidentally, the previous team to defeat them at home were the Stanford Cardinal then-under Coach Willingham. USC set both a school home attendance (511,373) as well as the Pac-10 home per game average attendance (85,229) records. It was Willingham's third consecutive 31-point loss to USC in three seasons at Notre Dame; the Irish fired him the following Tuesday.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The top-ranked Trojans visited the Bruins for their annual crosstown rivalry game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on the 75th anniversary of the first USC-UCLA game in 1929. The Bruins, having come off a three-week break of consecutive bye weeks, came into the game as serious underdogs in the Victory Bell. Despite low expectations, the Bruins were able to shut down Leinart and give the Trojans a close game that was not decided until the final minutes. Reggie Bush scored on a pair of touchdown runs and totaled a career-best 335 all-purpose yards and placekicker Ryan Killeen kicked a USC and Pac-10 Conference game record 5 field goals. With the victory, USC sealed a bid for the BCS National Championship Game in the Orange Bowl.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The game against the Bruins was later vacated as a result of NCAA sanctions.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
The undefeated, top-ranked Trojans met the also undefeated, second-ranked Sooners in the 2005 BCS National Championship Game held at the FedEx Orange Bowl at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida. The game was the first time two Heisman Trophy winners had faced each other in a college football game with Sooners quarterback and 2003 winner Jason White facing 2004 winner Matt Leinart. The game also featured four out of five of the 2004 Heisman finalists with Leinart, White, Reggie Bush and Sooner running back Adrian Peterson, the Heisman runner-up. Both USC and Oklahoma started and ended the season ranked No. 1 and No. 2 (wire-to-wire), respectively, in the AP and Coaches polls.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
There was some controversy in the final team selections as the Auburn Tigers had also finished the regular season undefeated and won their bowl game, the Sugar Bowl, against the same Virginia Tech team USC defeated in the season opener; Auburn began the season ranked outside the top 15 and perhaps because of this they were unable to secure a spot in the national championship game, although they did tie Oklahoma at No. 2 in the AP poll at one point late in the season.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
The Sooners scored first, having stopped an opening USC drive. USC scored next 28 points en route to a 38–10 halftime lead. The turning point in the game came early in the first quarter, with the game tied 7–7, Sooner Mark Bradley made a critical special teams error that resulted in USC gaining possession on the Oklahoma 6-yard-line; after that the game turned into a USC rout.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Leinart, the game's MVP, threw an Orange Bowl record (and at the time a USC record-tying) 5 touchdowns, including 3 to wide receiver Steve Smith, tying both an Orange Bowl and USC record; Ryan Killeen set the USC career scoring record with 329 career points; USC's 55 points tied its most ever in a bowl and were the most ever allowed in a bowl by Oklahoma. White threw for 24-of-36 for 244 yards with three interceptions and two touchdowns; Peterson ran for 82 yards on 25 carries. USC gained 525 total yards, averaging 8.3 yards per play, to the Sooners’ 372; OU ran off 13 more plays, 76 to 63, and held the ball for 35:06; however, Oklahoma had 5 turnovers to USC's none.


2004 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
The championship game against the Sooners was later vacated as a result of NCAA sanctions and USC was stripped of the 2004 BCS title. The 2004 AP title, however, remains in place.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Comments
After the regular season, the University of Mississippi hired USC Assistant Head Coach Ed Orgeron, who also served as Defensive Line Coach and Recruiting Coordinator, to be the new head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels football team; although hired on December 16, 2006, he remained with USC through the Orange Bowl.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Awards
Quarterback Matt Leinart was awarded the Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States, with teammate Reggie Bush coming in 5th place.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Awards
A school-record 6 Trojans were awarded All-American first team honors in 2004: Matt Leinart, RB Reggie Bush, DE Shaun Cody, LB Matt Grootegoed, DT Mike Patterson and LB Lofa Tatupu. Wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett, offensive tackle Sam Baker and defensive end Lawrence Jackson were named to the Freshman All-American first team. In addition to winning the Heisman Trophy, Matt Leinart also won the Walter Camp Award and was named the AP Player of the Year.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Awards
In conference, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush were named 2004 Pac-10 Co-Offensive Players of the Year, while DE-DT Shaun Cody was Pac-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year; it marked the first time teammates had ever shared the honors on one side of the ball, the third time a school had won both offensive and defensive players of the year, and it was Leinart's second consecutive year being named the Offensive Player of the Year—making him the fourth to do so.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Awards
Dating back to former Trojan QB Carson Palmer's 2002 season, it was the third year in a row that a Trojan was named the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. All three players made the All-Pac-10 first team, with Bush making the team as both a running back and punt returner; they were joined by Mike Patterson, Matt Grootegoed, Lofa Tatupu and P Tom Malone. Making the second team where RB LenDale White, OT Sam Baker and S Darnell Bing, and honorable mentions to TE Dominique Byrd, TE Alex Holmes, WR Dwayne Jarrett, S Jason Leach, LB Dallas Sartz, DT Manuel Wright and CB Justin Wyatt.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, Awards
Coach Pete Carroll was named the National Quarterback Club College Coach of the Year, as well as a finalist for the Bear Bryant and Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Awards semifinalist, and was named the ESPN.com Pac-10 Coach of the Year.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NCAA investigation and sanctions
In June 2010, the NCAA imposed sanctions on USC as a result of an investigation into the football program. One of the major focuses was improper gifts given to Reggie Bush.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NCAA investigation and sanctions
The NCAA found that Bush had received gifts from sports agents Lloyd Lake and Michael Michaels from at least December 2004 in violation of NCAA rules of amateurism. As a result, USC was placed on four years' probation and forced to vacate its last two wins of the 2004 season as well as all of its wins in the 2005 season. It was also banned from bowl games in 2010 and 2011 and lost 30 scholarships over three years.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NCAA investigation and sanctions
Running backs coach Todd McNair was banned from off-campus recruiting for one year after the NCAA determined he'd known about Bush's dealings with the agents. The NCAA also forced USC to permanently disassociate itself from Bush. However, USC lifted the restrictions related to Reggie Bush in 2020, welcoming him back to the program.


2004 USC Trojans football team, After the season, NCAA investigation and sanctions
The vacated games included the Trojans' Orange Bowl win. On June 6, 2011, the BCS officially vacated USC's 2004 National Championship. The AP released a statement saying that USC will keep its 2004 AP title. The university filed an appeal of the sanctions which was later denied by the NCAA.


2004 USL A-League
The 2004 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2004.


2004 USL A-League, Eastern Conference, Richmond Kickers vs Syracuse Salty Dogs
The Syracuse Salty Dogs advance, 5–4, on penalty kicks after the series ended tied 2–2 on aggregate.


2004 USL A-League, Awards and All A-League Teams
All A-League First Team F: Byron Alvarez (Portland Timbers); Alan Gordon (Portland Timbers) (Co-Leading Goalscorer); Dante Washington (Virginia Beach Mariners) (Co-Leading Goalscorer)M: Mauro Biello (Montreal Impact); Sandro Grande (Montreal Impact); Alex Pineda Chacón (Atlanta Silverbacks); Johnny Torres (Milwaukee Wave United)D: Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact) (Defender of the Year);  Dustin Branan (Minnesota Thunder); Peter Luzak (Richmond Kickers)G: Greg Sutton (Montreal Impact) (MVP & Goalkeeper of the Year)Coach: Bobby Howe Portland Timbers) (Coach of the Year)


2004 USL A-League, Awards and All A-League Teams
All A-League Second TeamF: Mac Cozier (Atlanta Silverbacks); Ali Gerba (Toronto Lynx); Greg Howes (Milwaukee Wave United)M: Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Portland Timbers); Justin Evans (Charleston Battery); Alfredo Valente (Vancouver Whitecaps); Richie Williams (Richmond Kickers)D: Craig Demmin (Rochester Raging Rhinos); Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal Impact); Mark Watson (Charleston Battery)G: Joe Warren (Minnesota Thunder)


2004 USL Pro Soccer League
The 2004 USL Pro Soccer League was the third tier in American soccer.


2004 USL W-League season
The 2004 W-League Season was the league's 10th. The Vancouver Whitecaps Women won the W-League title, defeating the New Jersey Wildcats 4-2 in Ottawa.


2004 USL W-League season, Standings
Orange indicates bye into W-League semifinals as host. Blue indicates division title clinchedGreen indicates playoff berth clinched


2004 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format
Seven teams each from the Eastern Conference, four teams from the Central Conference and two from the Western Conference qualify for the playoffs. The Ottawa Fury Women received a bye into the W-League semifinals as hosts. All matchups are in a one-leg format.


2004 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format
In the Central Conference, the Division champions play the second-place team from the same division, who will play each other to advance to the W-League Semifinals.


2004 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format
In the Eastern Conference, the top two teams in each division play each other, except for the Division champion with the best record, that receives a bye to the Conference Semifinals, and Ottawa, who has a bye to the W-League Semifinals. The team with the worst record in the Conference Semifinals plays the team with the Divisional Finals bye, and the other two teams play each other. The winners play to advance to the W-League Semifinals.


2004 USL W-League season, Playoffs, Format
The two teams in the Western Conference will play each other to advance to the W-League Semifinals.


2004 UTEP Miners football team
The 2004 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Mike Price. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas. This was the team's final season participating in the Western Athletic Conference. UTEP averaged 41,209 fans per game.


2004 Uganda Super League
The 2004 Ugandan Super League was the 37th season of the official Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.


2004 Uganda Super League, Overview
The 2004 Uganda Super League was contested by 16 teams and was won by SC Villa, while Tower Of Praise TV, Iganga Town Council FC, Mbale Heroes, Ruhinda FC, Old Timers FC and Moyo Town Council FC were relegated.


2004 Uganda Super League, Leading goalscorer
The top goalscorers in the 2004 season were David Kiwanuka (Uganda Revenue Authority SC) and Robert Ssentongo (Simba FC) with 10 goals each.


2004 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
The 2004 Ukrainian Amateur Cup  was the ninth annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition for amateur football teams. The competition started on 31 July 2004 and concluded on 2 October 2004.


2004 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals (1/4)
This year Haray Zhovkva, Pivdenstal Yenakieve, and ODEK Orzhiv received a bye to quarterfinals.


2004 Ukrainian Cup Final
The 2004 Ukrainian Cup Final was a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on 30 May 2004. The match was the 13th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by Shakhtar Donetsk and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The Olympic stadium is the traditional arena for the cup final.


2004 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to Kiev
All 16 Ukrainian Premier League clubs do not have to go through qualification to get into the competition; Dnipro and Shakhtar therefore both qualified for the competition automatically.


2004 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships
The 2004 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships took place between 23 and 25 December 2003 in Kiev. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. The results were used to choose the teams to the 2004 World Championships and the 2004 European Championships.


2004 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
This season competition consisted of three stages. All of the stages were organized in regional principal and was played in two rounds where each team could play another at its home ground except the last one. The third stage was played in the single round to identify the finalists and the third place contenders. There were six groups in the first stage and four – in the second. The third part, which was the final consisted of two groups. The winners of groups advance to the finals and runners-up match up in the game for the third place.


2004 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Final
The game took place in  Slovyansk, Donetsk Oblast. October 1, 2006.


2004 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Final
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2004 Ukrainian Super Cup
The 2004 Ukrainian Super Cup became the first edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Top League and Ukrainian Cup competitions.


2004 Ukrainian Super Cup
The match was played at the Central Stadium "Chornomorets", Odessa, on 10 July 2004, and contested by league winner Dynamo Kyiv and cup winner Shakhtar Donetsk. Dynamo won on penalties 6–5 after the regular time ended in 1-1 draw.


2004 Ukrainian Super Cup, Post-match reactions
In an interview to the Czech News Agency (CTK) the newly acquired Jan Laštůvka stated that Shakhtar was dictating the game tempo.


2004 Ukrainian Super Cup, Post-match reactions
The penalty kick from goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskyi became the game winner. In an interview he stated that decision on taking the shot was his own initiative.


2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids
The 2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids occurred a few months before the First Orange Revolution, when police in Ukraine raided a softcore child pornography ring operating in the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Simferopol. The ring had operated since 2001 and used a modeling agency as a front.


2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids
The Crime Investigation Department of the Ministry for the Interior conducted the raids. The deputy head of the department, Vitaly Yarema, said that the bank accounts of the agency, containing hundreds of thousands of dollars, had been frozen.


2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids
The raids were conducted after a joint investigation between Ukrainian police and Interpol. In 2005, the United States Department of State announced that there was further cooperation between Ukrainian police and other law enforcement agencies internationally.


2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids
The investigation following the raids was completed by 6 April 2005.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 October, 21 November and 26 December 2004. The election was the fourth presidential election to take place in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union. The last stages of the election were contested between the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko and the incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych from the Party of Regions. The election was held in a highly charged political atmosphere, with allegations of media bias, voter intimidation and a poisoning of candidate Yushchenko with dioxin.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election
According to Ukraine's electoral law, a two-round system is used to elect the President in which a candidate must win a majority (50% or more) of all ballots cast. The first round of voting was held on 31 October. As no candidate had 50% or more of the votes cast a run-off ballot between the two-highest polling candidates, Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych, was held on 21 November. According to official Central Election Commission results announced on 23 November, the run-off election was won by Viktor Yanukovych. The election results were challenged by Viktor Yushchenko and his supporters with many international observers claiming that the election was rigged.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election
The subsequent events led to a political crisis in Ukraine, with widespread peaceful protesters, dubbed the "Orange Revolution," calling for a re-run second round election. The Ukrainian Supreme Court annulled the official run-off results and ordered a repeat of second round ballot.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election
The final re-run ballot was held on 26 December. Viktor Yushchenko was declared the winner with 52 percent of the vote to Yanukovych's 44 percent.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election
International observers reported that the re-run ballot was considered overall fairer than the previous ballots.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Candidates
All together 26 candidates had been nominated and participated in presidential elections.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Candidates
The two main contenders in the election were the incumbent Prime Minister and government-supported candidate Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Viktor Yanukovych, who was the Prime Minister since 2002, was supported by the outgoing President Leonid Kuchma, as well as by the Russian government and then president Vladimir Putin.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Candidates
Viktor Yushchenko was portrayed as being more pro-Western and had received support of the European Union states and the United States.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Preliminary vote
The preliminary ballot of the 2004 presidential election was held on October 31, 2004. The official results recorded Viktor Yushchenko with 39.87 percent and Victor Yanukovych 39.32 percent of the votes cast. As no candidate had secured 50% or more votes required for outright victory, a run-off election was scheduled for November 21. Although a 75 percent turnout was recorded in the initial vote, observers reported many irregularities, particularly in the regions where Yushchenko's support was seen to be strongest. It was unclear how much of an impact this had on the result.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Preliminary vote
A total of 28,035,184 voters participated in the first round of voting. Results of the preliminary vote were as follows:


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Run-off
Following the November 21 run-off ballot, Ukraine's electoral commission declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych with 49.42% of the vote the winner with Viktor Yushchenko receiving 46.69% of the ballots cast. Observers for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said the run-off vote "did not meet international standards" and U.S. senior election observer, Senator Richard Lugar, called it a "concerted and forceful program of election day fraud".


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Run-off
The geographic distribution of the votes showed a clear east-west division of Ukraine, which is rooted deeply in the country's history. The western and central parts roughly correspond with the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th century. They are considered more pro-Western, with the population mostly Ukrainian-speaking and Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Uniate) in the west or Ukrainian Orthodox in the center, and have voted predominantly for Yushchenko. The heavy-industrialized eastern part, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where the links with Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church are much stronger, and which contains many ethnic Russians, is a Yanukovych stronghold.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Run-off
Between the two rounds of the election, dramatic increases in turnout were recorded in Yanukovych-supporting regions, while Yushchenko-supporting regions recorded the same turnout or lower than recorded in the first round. This effect was most marked in eastern Ukraine and especially in Yanukovych's stronghold of Donetsk Oblast, where a turnout of 98.5% was reportedly claimed—more than 40% up from the first round. In some districts, turnout was recorded to be more than 100% than the previous ballot, with one district reported by observers to have recorded a 127% turnout. According to election observers and post-election investigations, pro-Yanukovych activists traveled around the country and voted many times as absentees. Some groups dependent on government assistance, such as students, hospital patients and prisoners, were told to vote for the government candidate.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Run-off
Many other alleged irregularities were reported, including ballot stuffing, intimidation at voting booths and huge numbers of new voters appearing on the electoral rolls—in Donetsk alone, half a million more voters were registered for the runoff election. Yanukovych won all but one of the regions where significant increases in turnout were noted. It was later determined by the Ukrainian Supreme Court that this was in fact due to widespread falsification of the results.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction
Many commentators saw the elections as being influenced by outside powers, notably the United States, the European Union and Russia, with the US and EU backing Yushchenko (Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and Senator John McCain all visited Kyiv, in official or private capacities), and Russian president Vladimir Putin publicly backing Yanukovych. In the media the two candidates were contrasted, with Yushchenko representing both the pro-Western Kyiv residents as well as the rural Ukrainians, whereas Yanukovych representing the Eastern, pro-Russian industrial laborers.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction
More specifically it was considered that a Yushchenko victory would represent a halt of Ukraine's integration with the rest of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and possibly a cancellation of the Common Economic Space between Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan that had already been agreed to by the Ukrainian parliament; he would instead be likely to increase attempts at further integration with Europe and a possible membership in the EU and NATO. Viktor Yanukovych had promised to make Russian an official language for Ukraine, as is also the case in other CIS member states Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, European Union
The European Union made it clear that they would not recognize the results of the election. All 25 member countries of the EU summoned their ambassadors from Ukraine in order to register a sharp protest against what is seen as election fraud.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, European Union
The European Union disputed the election process in Ukraine, with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso warning of consequences if there is no review of the election. During a meeting between Putin and EU officials in the Hague, the Russian president opposed the EU reaction by saying that he was "deeply convinced that we have no moral right to push a big European state to any kind of massive disorder."


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, European Union
Among EU member countries, Ukraine's western neighbors were most concerned. In Poland, Ukraine's largest western neighbor, politicians, the media and ordinary citizens enthusiastically supported Yushchenko and opposed the election fraud. Polish deputies to the European Parliament have called for giving Ukraine the prospect of future EU membership provided the country uniformed to democratic standards. Western EU members are however more reluctant with the idea of Ukrainian membership in the EU, which results in Polish media accusing them of being more interested in the integration process with Turkey and maintaining good relations with Russia.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, European Union
On November 25, former Ukrainian foreign minister and a close collaborator of Yushchenko, Borys Tarasyuk delivered a speech before the Polish Sejm, urging Poland not to recognize the election result and help solve the political crisis. On the same day former Polish President Lech Wałęsa went to Kyiv to publicly express his support for Viktor Yushchenko. He was later followed by a number of Polish MPs from different parties.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, European Union
On November 26 the President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski arrived in Kyiv, followed on the same day by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Javier Solana and the Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, United States
The United States government also decided not to recognize the election, and expressed dissatisfaction with the results; the outgoing US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, quite unequivocally stated that the result announced could not be accepted as legitimate by the United States. President George W. Bush and various members of Congress made statements disclosing their concern over the legitimacy of the polling. Prominent former Cold War hawk Zbigniew Brzezinski cast the election as an opposition to renewed Russian imperialism:


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, United States
Russia is more likely to make a break with its imperial past if the newly independent post-Soviet states are vital and stable. Their vitality will temper any residual Russian imperial temptations. Political and economic support for the new states must be an integral part of a broader strategy for integrating Russia into a cooperative transcontinental system. A sovereign Ukraine is a critically important component of such a policy, as is support for such strategically pivotal states as Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, United States
U.S. Senators John McCain and Hillary Clinton jointly wrote a letter nominating Victor Yushchenko along with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili for the Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination was unsuccessful.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, Russia and the CIS
Russia's President, Vladimir Putin congratulated Viktor Yanukovych, which was followed shortly afterward by Belorussian president Alexander Lukashenko, on his victory before election results were officially declared. CIS election observers praised the second round of the elections as "legitimate and of a nature that reflected democratic standards", a view in direct contradiction to other monitoring organizations such as the ENEMO, the Committee of Voters of Ukraine and the IEOM.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, Russia and the CIS
Prominent hardliners in Russia cast the election as opposition to renewed Western imperialism. Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, for example, blames the West for interfering in the situation in Ukraine in the run-up to the October 31 presidential election:


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, Russia and the CIS
I have been in Kyiv for a third day and I see for myself that the numerous actions of local opposition bear the earmarks of those groups that at different times tried to destabilize Prague, Budapest and Bucharest — the earmarks of U.S. special services.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, Russia and the CIS
On November 28, Yury Luzhkov, the Mayor of Moscow, gave a speech denouncing the Ukrainian opposition, calling its members a "sabbath of witches" pretending to "represent the whole of the nation." Russian newspapers have printed increasingly shrill warnings, with the Communist party paper Pravda claiming: "NATO troops in Hungary and Poland are preparing to move, and Romanian and Slovakian military units have been put on alert. Ukrainian towns are in their sights."


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, Russia and the CIS
Several other CIS countries lined up with Russia in supporting Yanukovych. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko phoned Yanukovych to offer his own congratulations before the results had been officially declared. Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev wrote to Yanukovych that "Your victory shows that the Ukrainian people have made a choice in favour of the unity of the nation, of democratic development and economic progress." The presidents of Kyrgyzstan (Askar Akayev) and of Uzbekistan (Islam Karimov) likewise sent their congratulations. However, later Karimov criticized Russia's involvement in the Ukrainian election, saying that "Russia's excessive demonstration of its willingness to see a certain outcome in the vote has done more harm than good."


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, Russia and the CIS
In contrast, the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili indicated his support for the supporters of Yushchenko, saying that "What is happening in Ukraine today clearly attests to the importance of Georgia's example for the rest of the world." This was a reference to the Rose Revolution of late 2003. Indeed, Georgians have been highly visible in the demonstrations in Kyiv and the flag of Georgia has been among those on display in the city's Independence Square, while Yushchenko himself held up a rose in a seeming reference to the Rose Revolution. Moldova's Foreign Ministry issued a statement late November 2004 that stated "basic democratic principles were distorted" and expressed regret that the poll "lacked the objective criteria necessary for their recognition by both the citizens of Ukraine and the international community".


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, Russia and the CIS
Armenia and Azerbaijan kept more cautious positions, supporting neither side but stressing the need for Ukrainian unity.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, International influence and reaction, Russia and the CIS
On December 2, one day before the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a repeat runoff ballot, President Kuchma visited Moscow to discuss the crisis with Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Putin supported Kuchma's position of desiring wholly new elections, rather than just a repeat of the second round.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Re-run
The final results of the rerun ballot recorded Viktor Yushchenko receiving 52.00% of the votes, with Viktor Yanukovych on 44.19% which represented a change in the vote by +5.39% to Yushchenko and -5.27% from Yanukovych.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Re-run
Viktor Yanukovych conceded defeat on December 31, 2004 and subsequently resigned as Ukraine's Prime Minister the same day. Despite Yushchenko's victory in the second round of voting, the regional voting patterns remained largely unchanged between each round, with many southern and eastern provinces supporting Yanukovych, with the west and central regions favoring Yushchenko.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Re-run
Ukraine's supreme court rejected an appeal lodged by Viktor Yanukovych against the electoral commission's conduct of the election on January 6.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Re-run
On January 10 the Ukrainian Electoral Commission officially declared Viktor Yushchenko the winner and on January 11 published the final election results, clearing the way for Yushchenko to be inaugurated as Ukraine's third President. The official ceremonies took place on Sunday, January 23 at about noon, when Yushchenko undertook the constitutional oath was sworn in as President.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Re-run
In November 2009 Yanukovych stated that although his victory in the elections was "taken away" he gave up this victory in order to avoid bloodshed. "I didn't want mothers to lose their children and wives their husbands. I didn't want dead bodies from Kyiv to flow down the Dnipro. I didn't want to assume power through bloodshed."


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Aftermath
Despite alleged convincing evidence pointing to high-level involvement in the Kuchma administration and the Central Election Commission of Ukraine no criminal election fraud charges have been filed against any top officials. The prosecutor general did arrest several public figures on charges of election fraud in the first half of 2005, but no high-profile case was brought to court. On 23 September 2005 Yushchenko announced a pact with the Party of Regions in which he promised to look into an amnesty for those convicted of vote rigging during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential elections. One of the top election-fraud suspects, former CEC head Serhiy Kivalov, is a Party of Regions deputy who heads the Ukrainian Parliament's Judiciary Committee.


2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Aftermath
During the 2010 presidential election-campaign Viktor Yanukovych pledged to prevent electoral fraud during those elections: "We will properly respond to all provocations and attempts to fake election results".


2004 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election
The 2004 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election was triggered by the decision of a group of UUP members to challenge incumbent leader David Trimble over the party's direction following the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections at the party's annual general meeting on 27 March 2004. The UUP has held a leadership election every March since at least the Ulster Unionist Council constitution was altered in 1973, however it is rarely contested. This is one of the few occasions when it has been contested.


2004 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election
The election was decided by delegates to the Ulster Unionist Council. After one round of voting Trimble retained his leadership.


2004 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, Candidates
Hoey declared prior to the election that he was a Stalking horse candidate who would stand aside in favour of others should he win the contest. Oliver insisted that should he win he would serve as leader despite holding no elected office.


2004 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, Candidates
It was believed that Trimble would easily win, but would have to stand down should both challengers poll more than 50% of votes cast combined.


2004 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, Results
In addition the party Presidency was subject to re-election. The incumbent, the Rev. Martin Smyth MP, a constant critic of Trimble, lost the post to Lord Rogan by 407 to 329 votes.


2004 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, Results
Following the election neither defeated candidate immediately left the party. Hoey contested the party selection convention for the nomination to fight the East Londonderry seat in the 2005 UK general election but was defeated by MLA, David McClarty. He also unsuccessfully stood to be a party officer at the 2006 AGM of the UUC. Hoey left the party sometime in 2006, and contested the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election for Robert McCartney's UK Unionist Party (UKUP) in South Belfast. Oliver unsuccessfully stood for election to Craigavon Borough Council in 2005 as a UUP candidate, and considered also standing for the 2010 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election.


2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts
The 2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the event then known as the Uncle Tobys Hardcourts, and was a Tier III event on the 2004 WTA Tour. It took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, from 4 January through 10 January 2004. First-seeded Ai Sugiyama won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts, Finals, Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova /  Elena Likhovtseva defeated  Liezel Huber /  Magdalena Maleeva, 6–3, 6–4


2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts – Doubles
The doubles tournament for the 2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts was won by Russian pair, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva who defeated South African player Liezel Huber and Magdalena Maleeva from Bulgaria 6–3, 6–4 in the final. For Kuznetsova, this was her second Gold Coast title after winning with Martina Navratilova in 2003. This was also Likhovtseva second Gold Coast title after winning the tournament in 1998 with Japanese doubles partner Ai Sugiyama.


2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts – Singles
Nathalie Dechy was the defending champion, but lost in semifinals to Nadia Petrova.


2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts – Singles
Ai Sugiyama won the title by defeating Nadia Petrova 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


2004 Uncle Tobys Hardcourts – Singles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2004 Under-16 European Promotion Cup for Men
The 2004 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C was held in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, from 20 to 24 July 2004. Five teams participated in the competition.


2004 Under-16 European Promotion Cup for Women
The 2004 Under-16 European Promotion Cup for Women was the third edition of the basketball European Promotion Cup for U16 women's teams, today known as FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division C. It was played in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, from 20 to 24 July 2004. Luxembourg women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2004 ICC Under-19 World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament played in Bangladesh from 15 February to 5 March 2004. It was the fifth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the first to be held in Bangladesh.


2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2004 World Cup was contested by sixteen teams, including one (Uganda) making its tournament debut. After an initial group stage, the top eight teams played off in a super league to decide the tournament champions, with the non-qualifiers playing a separate "plate" competition. Pakistan and the West Indies eventually progressed to the final, played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, where Pakistan won by 25 runs to claim their maiden title. The West Indies had been making their first appearance in the final. Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan was named player of the tournament and was the leading run-scorer, while Bangladesh's Enamul Haque was the leading wicket-taker.


2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Teams and qualification
The ten full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) qualified automatically:


2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Plate competition
The plate competition was contested by the eight teams that failed to qualify for the Super League.


2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads
Sixteen members of the International Council (ICC) fielded teams at the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh. One team, Uganda, was making its debut.


2004 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election
The 2004 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election was held on November 28, 2004 to elect the leadership of the French Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire, UMP). The congress was organized after the UMP's first president, Alain Juppé, was forced to resign from the party's presidency following his conviction in a corruption scandal.


2004 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election
Nicolas Sarkozy, the finance minister and main intraparty rival of incumbent President Jacques Chirac easily won the UMP's presidency and thereafter focused the party machinery on his candidacy in the 2007 presidential election.


2004 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election, Presidential candidates
Candidates seeking to run for the party presidency needed to win the endorsements of at least 3% of party members. Each candidate created a "ticket" with two other party members for the offices of vice-president and secretary-general of the UMP.


2004 United Kingdom budget
The 2004 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Opportunity for all: The strength to take the long-term decisions for Britain was the formal government budget for the year 2004.


2004 United Kingdom elections
Super Thursday is significant both in politics and in publishing.


2004 United Kingdom elections, Politics
Many elections in the United Kingdom took place on "Super Thursday", 10 June 2004.


2004 United Kingdom elections, Politics
The UK government used this opportunity to trial all-postal voting in both the local and European elections across four regions: North East, North West, East Midlands, and Yorkshire and the Humber. For more details, see here.


2004 United Kingdom elections, Politics, Results
The ruling Labour Party polled poorly in the local elections, and was beaten into third place, in terms of share of the vote, after the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. They lost control of several large (and traditionally Labour) councils, including Newcastle upon Tyne and Leeds.


2004 United Kingdom elections, Politics, Results
Of the minor parties, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party increased their number of councillors, whilst the United Kingdom Independence Party picked up a handful. The British National Party failed to make predicted gains in Burnley, and lost a seat in Blackburn with Darwen, but took three seats in Epping Forest and four in Bradford.


2004 United Kingdom elections, Politics, Results
The UKIP made a much stronger showing in the European Parliament elections, where it increased its number of MEPs from 3 to 12.


2004 United Kingdom elections, Politics, Results
See 2004 United Kingdom local elections for the full council results.


2004 United Kingdom elections, Publishing
Super Thursday, in the publishing industry, also refers to an annual industry promotional event held on the second Thursday in October. The Guardian termed it "the publishing industry’s major assault on the Christmas market," and the occasion is associated with activities, advertising, and booklists previewed in the following day's The Bookseller." Super Thursday creates a "buzz" around books and, according to Waterstone's national press officer Jon Howells (quoted on 1 October 2009): "In the space of a year Super Thursday has gone from a clever turn of phrase to an essential date in the bookselling calendar. It has alerted everyone – booksellers, publishers, the media, and ultimately customers, to the incredible array of new titles available, and marks the unofficial start of the Christmas season." Sp


2004 United Kingdom local elections
The United Kingdom local elections of 2004 were held on 10 June, as part of the 2004 set of elections along with the European elections and the London mayoral and Assembly elections.


2004 United Kingdom local elections
The councils of all the metropolitan boroughs in England and all the principal areas of Wales were all up for re-election, along with many other district and unitary authorities throughout England. No local elections were held in Scotland.


2004 United Kingdom local elections
They were the first since the election of Michael Howard to the leadership of the Conservative Party. Howard was looking for a good result in the election to confirm that the Conservatives were back on the road to being able to seriously consider winning the next general election.


2004 United Kingdom local elections
Early results confirmed that the Labour Party was having a bad time. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said that, "Iraq was a cloud, or indeed a shadow, over these elections. I am not saying we haven't had a kicking. It's not a great day for Labour".


2004 United Kingdom local elections
However the Conservatives were not making many of the gains that would have indicated a complete change of electoral fortune. The national equivalent share of the vote in the election was found by academics Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher to be 37% to the Conservatives, 27% to the Liberal Democrats and 26% to Labour. For one of the two major parties to come third in local elections was unheard of in the post-1945 period, let alone for a governing party with such a large majority to come third.


2004 United Kingdom local elections
Even in the North, Labour's traditional heartland, Labour did not do too well, losing control of Doncaster, Leeds, Newcastle and St Helens. However, they did pick up several councils, notably Caerphilly and Rhondda Cynon Taff from Plaid Cymru in Wales.


2004 United Kingdom local elections
Despite an increase in their vote and number of councillors, the Liberal Democrats saw a net loss of councils to NOC. The loss to the Conservatives of Eastbourne was in a single-seat by-election. This was partially offset by victories in Newcastle upon Tyne and Pendle.


2004 United Kingdom local elections
The British National Party made a net gain of four seats, and held 14. This left them with a total 21 councillors in the country, including six in Burnley and four in Bradford. In the wards they contested, they averaged 16.1% of the vote.


2004 United Kingdom local elections
It was to prove a false dawn for the Conservatives; when Britain went to the polls for the following year's general election, Labour was re-elected, although its majority was greatly reduced and the Conservatives did make gains.


2004 United Malays National Organisation leadership election
A leadership election was held by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party on 23 September 2004. It was won by incumbent Prime Minister and acting President of UMNO, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.


2004 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2004 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place between December 6 and December 17, 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference included the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).


2004 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The parties discussed the progress made since the first United Nations Climate Change Conference ten years ago and its future challenges, with special emphasis on climate change mitigation and adaptation. To promote developing countries better adapt to climate change, the Buenos Aires Plan of Action was adopted. The parties also began discussing the post-Kyoto mechanism, on how to allocate emission reduction obligation following 2012, when the first commitment period ends.


2004 United Nations Security Council election
The 2004 United Nations Security Council election was held on 15 October 2004 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City during the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly elected five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year terms commencing on 1 January 2005.


2004 United Nations Security Council election
The five candidate nations elected were Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan, and Tanzania.


2004 United Nations Security Council election, Geographic distribution
In accordance with the General Assembly's rules for the geographic distribution of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, and established practice, the members were to be elected as follows: one from Africa, one from Asia, one from Latin American and the Caribbean, and two from Western Europe and Other States.


2004 United Nations Security Council election, Candidates
Before voting, the representative from Eritrea took the floor to formally withdraw his country's candidacy. The country has never been elected to the UN Security Council. Consequently, to Eritrea's withdrawal, all the available seats would be elected without any serious contest. The five declared candidates therefore easily obtained the required 2/3 majority in the General Assembly.


2004 United Nations Security Council election, Results
Voting proceeded by secret ballot. For each geographic group, each member state could vote for as many candidates as were to be elected. There were 189 ballots in each of the three elections.


2004 United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit opinions of John Roberts
John Roberts served his first and only full year on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2004. The following are opinions written by Judge Roberts in 2004.


2004 United States Grand Prix
The 2004 United States Grand Prix (officially the 2004 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 20 June 2004 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was Race 9 of 18 in the 2004 FIA Formula One World Championship.


2004 United States Grand Prix
Rubens Barrichello started from pole position in his Ferrari ahead of teammate Michael Schumacher. However, following a start-line incident between five cars, four of whom retired as a result, Schumacher overtook Barrichello on the safety car restart on lap six, and despite a threat from Barrichello after the final pit stops, Schumacher held on to take his eighth win of the season. Takuma Sato became only the second Japanese driver to achieve a podium finish.


2004 United States Grand Prix
The race saw two serious accidents caused by Michelin tire failures in what would be a precedent for the 2005 United States Grand Prix, at which all Michelin-shod cars withdrew over safety concerns. First, Fernando Alonso's Renault crashed into the barriers alongside the end of the pit straight on lap nine. Later, Ralf Schumacher's Williams suffered the same fate, but in the most dangerous part of the track, causing him to hit the wall at a ninety-degree angle rearwards. The impact left Schumacher with spinal fractures and concussion, which prevented him from racing until the 2004 Chinese Grand Prix, three months later.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Background
Heading into round nine, the season had so far belonged to Michael Schumacher, driving for Ferrari, winning all but one race, in Monaco, owing to a crash with Juan Pablo Montoya, and so had 70 points out of a possible 80. However, Rubens Barrichello, Schumacher's teammate at Ferrari, was only 16 points behind him, having taken six podiums and two other points finishes. In the Constructors' Championship, however, Ferrari were dominating, with 124 points: more than double that of second-placed Renault, the only other team to win a Grand Prix that year so far, with Jarno Trulli triumphing in Monaco.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Background
Third-placed BAR had a quick car, but suffered reliability problems. Lead driver Jenson Button, like his future teammate Barrichello, picking up six podiums and two other points finishes. However, of the eight races so far, Takuma Sato, in the other BAR, had suffered five engine failures, three of which had occurred in the preceding three Grands Prix in Monaco, Europe, and Canada.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Background
Williams and Toyota had been disqualified from the last event in Canada for illegal brake ducts, even though, in Williams's case, this proved to be a manufacturing error and had not given them any aerodynamic or cooling gain.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2003 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Four practice sessions were held before qualifying - two 60-minute sessions on Friday and two 45-minute sessions on Saturday. All of the teams, with the exception of Ferrari, Williams, McLaren, and Renault, were permitted to run three drivers on Friday. Rubens Barrichello topped the timesheets in practices one, two, and three, with times of 1:11.354, 1:10.365, and 1:10.911 respectively. Jenson Button, driving for BAR, however, prevented Barrichello from a clean sweep in the second Saturday session: his time of 1:10.056 was 0.143 quicker than second-placed Michael Schumacher. Third was Takuma Sato, Button's teammate, whilst Barrichello languished in fourth. However, despite the pace of the Ferraris, their Bridgestone tires had grained in the long runs, meaning that balls of rubber would form on the surface of the tire, reducing mechanical grip.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Qualifying was split into two sections. In the first session, dubbed "pre-qualifying", each driver took turns to record one lap at a time. The order the cars ran in was the reverse order to the classified results at the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix. For example, Michael Schumacher won the race, so would be the last car to run in pre-qualifying.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The second qualifying session (dubbed "qualifying") repeated this process (with the drivers running in reverse order to the pre-qualifying results), but with the caveat that the drivers would not be allowed to alter their fuel loads between then and the race. The fastest time in the second session would take pole. As in 2003, setups and fuel loads could not be altered between the end of the second qualifying session and the race. Rubens Barrichello started from pole from teammate Michael Schumacher after setting a time of 1:10:223. Michael Schumacher started second, making it an all-Ferrari front row.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
BAR locked out the second row, with Takuma Sato lining up ahead of team leader Jenson Button. Williams locked out row three, with Juan Pablo Montoya in fifth, ahead of Ralf Schumacher. A gearbox issue prevented Jarno Trulli in the Renault from setting a lap, meaning he started last. Jean Todt had told the media that Barrichello would be allowed to race Schumacher and would not be forced to concede to him, as in the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
As the formation lap began, Juan Pablo Montoya's Williams failed to start. Montoya jumped out of the car and ran to the pits to use the spare car; it was set up for him as he was higher up on the grid than his teammate. Montoya started the race from the pit lane.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
Rubens Barrichello led into the first corner from pole position. Michael Schumacher retained second place. Fernando Alonso started in ninth place on the grid, but went around the outside of the similarly fast-starting Kimi Räikkönen in the McLaren, and then used the inside line at turn two to pass Takuma Sato and move into third place. Jenson Button dropped from fourth to sixth, whilst Ralf Schumacher dropped to seventh. Jarno Trulli moved up to eleventh place, having started last, partially helped by a big crash in turn two.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
A gear selection issue for Cristiano da Matta meant that he lost momentum, and an unsighted Christian Klien ploughed into the back of him and speared across the track, hitting Giorgio Pantano's Jordan and Felipe Massa's Sauber. Nick Heidfeld in the other Jordan attempted to avoid the chaos, and squeezed Gianmaria Bruni's Minardi onto the kerb, terminally damaging the suspension of the Minardi. The safety car was deployed, and remained out until the end of lap five.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
As the safety car came in, Michael Schumacher overtook Barrichello for the lead of the race. On lap nine, Fernando Alonso, in a Michelin-shod Renault, crashed out from third place at the end of the main straight after his right rear tire deflated under braking. He lost control of the car and it crashed nose-first into the barriers along the track, destroying the front end of the Renault and some polystyrene boards at turn one. Double yellow flags were deployed, meaning the drivers were not allowed to overtake in that zone.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the end of lap ten, the Williams of Ralf Schumacher, also on Michelin tires, suffered a tire failure in turn thirteen, the only banked corner at the time in Formula One, backing the car into the wall at a ninety-degree angle. The car skidded several hundred metres down the race track before coming to rest. Schumacher sat motionless in the car for two minutes, unable to talk to his team over the radio, as the radio had been smashed in the incident. The safety car was deployed, and so many people opted to make an early pit stop.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
Michael Schumacher pitted, as did his teammate Barrichello, but Barrichello had to queue behind Schumacher, and also struggled to get going from the stop, costing him track position to Kimi Räikkönen, who also pitted. As he left the pit lane, David Coulthard ran over a piece of debris from Alonso's Renault. Michael Schumacher now led the race from Takuma Sato, Jenson Button, and Juan Pablo Montoya, none of whom had made a pit stop. Kimi Räikkönen was now fifth, ahead of Barrichello in sixth, Trulli in seventh place, and Olivier Panis in the last points position in eighth.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
The safety car pulled in at the end of lap nineteen, and as the BARs had not stopped, they were pressuring Michael Schumacher's much heavier Ferrari: the top three were within two seconds of each other for a long period of time. Takuma Sato was very quick through the first and second sectors of the lap, but Michael Schumacher's Ferrari had good traction out of turn eleven, the only overtaking opportunity, and so Sato was unable to pass. On lap 24, Button was the first BAR to make a pit stop.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
Button's arrival in his pit box was messy, causing him to lose a couple of seconds whilst his mechanics readjusted their positions. Sato pitted one lap later, and had a clean stop, rejoining in eleventh place, just in front of Button in twelfth. Sato had good traction, however, out of turn seven on his out lap, and overtook Mark Webber's Jaguar to move up to tenth. On the same lap, he overtook David Coulthard through turn thirteen, finishing off the move into turn one on lap twenty seven. Mark Webber ran wide at turn one, gifting a place to Button. However, BAR's reliability problems continued: Button retired at the end of lap twenty seven with a gearbox issue. On lap 29, Sato repeated his move on Webber on Giancarlo Fisichella, and moved into a points position. A few corners later, he passed Nick Heidfeld and moved into seventh.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
Räikkönen made his second stop of the race at the end of lap 29, rejoining in eleventh place, behind Webber. On lap 31, he moved past Webber, and into tenth place, behind David Coulthard. One lap later, the McLarens swapped positions, as Räikkönen moved into ninth. However, Räikkönen had to make yet another pit stop at the end of lap thirty four due to an electronics problem on his car. The stop lasted fifteen seconds and he rejoined last. Montoya made his first pit stop at the end of lap 35, rejoining in sixth.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
Michael Schumacher now led the race by thirteen seconds from Rubens Barrichello, and continued to pull away. Jarno Trulli, now in third place, drove sharply over the kerb at turn eight and lost a piece of his car on lap 38. Nick Heidfeld pitted at the end of lap 38 and rejoined the race in eleventh. Takuma Sato, meanwhile, had caught Olivier Panis's Toyota, and overtook him on lap 40 for fourth place. Schumacher pitted at the end of lap 42 with a fifteen-second gap to his teammate, and Barrichello assumed the lead.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
Schumacher's 10.3-second stop fuelled him to get to the end of the race. Barrichello then pushed hard, attempting to leapfrog Schumacher. Heidfeld retired on lap 45, and Sato pitted on the same lap for his second and final pit stop. Sato rejoined in sixth place, behind Montoya. Jarno Trulli pitted on lap 46 and rejoined in fifth place, behind Olivier Panis, although that quickly changed when Panis pitted at the end of lap 47. Panis rejoined behind Sato, and Coulthard pitted on the same lap for McLaren, rejoining in ninth.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
Fisichella, on Bridgestone tires, then suffered a left rear puncture on lap 49. He took the opportunity to make his final fuel stop, rejoining near the back of the field. Barrichello had been pushing hard, and so when he finally stopped for fuel on lap 51, the gap between the two Ferraris had been cut to approximately two seconds - Barrichello had cut the gap by approximately thirteen seconds. On lap 52, Barrichello went up the inside of Schumacher in turn four, but Schumacher cut across the front of his teammate.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
The two cars nearly collided, and Barrichello then, contrary to Todt's earlier statements, was told to remain behind Schumacher. The battle between the two Ferraris meant that Montoya and Trulli were catching them. Sato was, in turn, catching Trulli for fourth place. David Coulthard pitted on lap 55, and, similarly to Button, had a messy arrival. Montoya pitted on lap 56, but as he left the pit lane, he was disqualified from the race due to him changing cars too late on the grid; it was his second consecutive disqualification.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
Mark Webber's engine expired on lap 60, and he coasted down the pit straight, pulling off at turn one. Takuma Sato went down the inside of Jarno Trulli on lap 61, and although they both ran on the grass, Sato moved up into third position. In attempting to recover from the excursion, Trulli spun. With eight laps to go, Fisichella retired with a hydraulics problem.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Race
Michael Schumacher held off the threat of Barrichello to win the race, his eighth win of 2004. Barrichello finished second, and Takuma Sato became only the second Japanese driver to achieve a podium finish after Aguri Suzuki, a feat not repeated until Kamui Kobayashi in the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix. Jarno Trulli finished fourth, Panis fifth, Räikkönen sixth, Coulthard seventh, and Zsolt Baumgartner rounded out the points scorers.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Christian Klien did not claim responsibility for the crash on lap one, claiming that he had "nowhere to go". Barrichello was disappointed to have conceded the lead on the safety car restart and criticised the Ferrari technicians for indecision regarding his first pit stop, which lost him position to Kimi Räikkönen.


2004 United States Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Juan Pablo Montoya was frustrated to have lost points for the second race running due to a disqualification beyond his control. However, he said that the pace of the car was positive and allowed Williams to push on for the rest of the season.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
The Alaska congressional election of 2004 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. The term of the state's sole Representative to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 2005. The winning candidate would serve a two-year term from January 3, 2005, to January 3, 2007.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia
The 2004 congressional election for the Delegate from the District of Columbia was held on November 2, 2004. The winner of the race was incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton (D).


2004 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia
The non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia is elected for two-year terms. This coincided with the presidential election in 2004.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia, Candidates
Incumbent Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat, sought re-election for an 8th full term to the United States House of Representatives. Norton was opposed in this election by Republican Party challenger Michael Andrew Monroe who received 8.27%, resulting in Norton being re-elected with 91.33% of the vote.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
The 2004 United States House of Representatives election in Montana were held on November 2, 2004 to determine who will represent the state of Montana in the United States House of Representatives. Montana has one, at large district in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census, due to its low population. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
The 2004 U.S. House of Representatives election for the state of North Dakota's at-large congressional district was held November 2, 2004. The incumbent, Democratic-NPL Congressman Earl Pomeroy was re-elected to his seventh term, defeating Republican candidate Duane Sand.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
Only Pomeroy filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Duane Sand, who had previously faced Democrat Kent Conrad in 2000 for North Dakota's Senate seat (see election). Pomeroy and Sand won the primary elections for their respective parties.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
Although Sand ran an aggressive campaign, it was not as aggressive as that of Rick Clayburgh who had faced the congressman in the previous election. On June 26, U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay visited Fargo, North Dakota to campaign for Sand.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico
The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 2, 2004, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States general elections, 2004.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
The 2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district, who ran on a statewide ballot.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
In the regularly scheduled election in November 2004, freshman incumbent Stephanie Herseth and state Senator Larry Diedrich, who had run in the July 2004 special election earlier, faced each other in a rematch; Libertarian candidate Terry L. Begay also ran in this election.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
Herseth again prevailed, this time by a wider margin of 53% to 46% despite President George W. Bush's dominant 59.9% to 38.4% over Senator John Kerry in South Dakota in the 2004 presidential election.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
The 2004 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, to elect the U.S. Representative from the state's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
As of 2020, this is the last time someone who was not a member of the Democratic or Republican party was elected to the House of Representatives.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, General election, Controversy
On Friday, October 29, 2004, the Greg Parke campaign aired a radio ad which portrayed Rep. Sanders (I-Vt) as being on friendly terms with pornographers, pedophiles, illegal aliens and terrorists. The ad was pulled the same day that it first aired. Parke was criticized by both the state chairman of the Vermont Republican Party, James Barnett and Vermont Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie, as well as by other Vermont Republicans.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, General election, Controversy
Parke had earlier blamed Sanders for the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks based on Sanders prior vote to cut the intelligence budget.


2004 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
The 2004 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming were held on November 2, 2004 to determine who will represent the state of Wyoming in the United States House of Representatives. Wyoming has one, at large district in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census, due to its low population. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections
The 2004 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 2004 to elect all 435 seats of the chamber. It coincided with the reelection of President George W. Bush as well as many Senate elections and gubernatorial elections. In the 108th Congress, Republicans held 227 seats, Democrats held 205, with two Republican vacancies and one independent. As a result of this election, the 109th Congress began composed of 232 Republicans, 201 Democrats, one independent (who caucuses with the Democrats), and one vacancy (Democrat Bob Matsui won reelection, but died just two days before the beginning of the 109th Congress. ).


2004 United States House of Representatives elections
Democrats won open seats in Colorado, South Dakota, and New York while ousting incumbents in Georgia and Illinois. Republicans won an open seat in Kentucky and multiple seats in Texas while ousting an incumbent in Indiana. Two seats in Louisiana swapped party control. George W. Bush became the first Republican president to have his party gain seats in consecutive elections for the first time since Teddy Roosevelt in 1902 and 1904.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections
As of 2021, this is the last election in which someone who was not from the Democratic or Republican party was elected to the House (Independent Bernie Sanders). As of 2021, this is also the last election where Republicans made consecutive net gains in the House after gaining seats in the 2002 election. This was also the first election that the Republicans made gains in the chamber during a Presidential election year in which their candidate won since 1984.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections, Retirements
In the November general elections, thirty incumbents did not seek re-election, either to retire or to seek other positions.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections, Resignations
Two seats opened early due to resignations and were not filled until the November elections.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections, Newly created seats
Of the thirty-two seats created in the 2003 Texas redistricting, three had no incumbent representative.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections, Special elections
There were three special elections held in 2004, all of them separate from the November elections.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections, Louisiana
On December 4, 2004, a run-off election was held to determine the winner of the 3rd and 7th congressional districts. In the 3rd district, Charlie Melancon narrowly defeated Billy Tauzin III. In the 7th district, Charles Boustany defeated Willie Mount. Thus, both seats switched to the opposite party.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections, Washington
All seven incumbents who ran for re-election, none of whom faced viable challengers, were returned to Congress. None received less than 60% of the vote, and one received over 80%. In addition, the two seats vacated by retiring Republicans were both reclaimed by Republicans despite Democratic hopes to gain at least one seat in the vulnerable 8th district.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
The 2004 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 2, 2004. Arizona has eight seats, as apportioned during the 2000 United States Census. Republicans held six of the eight seats and Democrats held two.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas
The United States House of Representatives elections of 2004 in Arkansas occurred on November 2, 2004 to elect the members of the State of Arkansas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Arkansas had four seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas
These elections were held concurrently with the United States presidential election of 2004, United States Senate elections of 2004 (including one in Arkansas), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, Overview
(*Given Representative Mike Ross ran unopposed (earning 100% by default) the Secretary of State of Arkansas's election division recorded no voting data for the Fourth Congressional District election. Thus vote totals for Democratic candidates and all candidates do not account Ross's votes earned)


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2004 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 2, 2004. The districts after the 2000 census were gerrymandered to protect incumbents of both parties, so there was no change in the party balance, 33 Democrats and 20 Republicans.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results
The following are the final results from the Secretary of State of California.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado
The 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 2, 2004, with all seven House seats up for election. The winners served from January 3, 2005, to January 6, 2007.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, Overview
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2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
The 2004 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida were held on November 2, 2004 to determine who would represent the state of Florida in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 109th Congress from January 3, 2005 to January 3, 2007. The election coincided with the 2004 U.S. presidential election as well as an election to the United States Senate.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Florida had twenty-five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its delegation to the 108th Congress of 2003-2005 consisted of eighteen Republicans and seven Democrats. In 2004, no districts changed party control, leaving the congressional delegation as an 18-7 split favoring the Republicans.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
The following members of Congress went unopposed in the 2004 election and thus their election is not reported below:


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 1
Incumbent Republican representative Jeff Miller, who was initially elected in a special election in 2001, ran for re-election in this staunchly conservative district based in the Florida Panhandle. Miller easily defeated Democratic challenger Mark Coutu.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 2
The incumbent was Democrat Allen Boyd, first elected to this seat in 1997. Other contestants in this race included Republican challenger Bev Kilmer, who had served in the Florida House of Representatives, and write-in candidate T. A. Frederick.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 2
Shortly before the election, a company owned by Kilmer's husband sued Boyd for defamation of character. Nonetheless, Boyd was reelected with slightly under 62 percent of the vote.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 3
Democrat Corrine Brown, the incumbent since 1993, faced no major-party opposition and easily won re-election over write-in candidate Johnny Brown.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 4
Incumbent Republican Ander Crenshaw faced only marginal opposition from the write-in campaign of perennial candidate Richard Grayson. Crenshaw easily won another term.


2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, District 5
Incumbent Republican Ginny Brown-Waite easily won re-election against attorney Robert Whittel in a race that was not viewed as competitive.