2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment, Creation of a new team
A telephone survey conducted by Kyodo News during the selection period of 300 people living in the Tōhoku region indicated that Livedoor was the early fan favorite to win the right to start a new team in Sendai. In the survey, forty percent of the respondents supported Livedoor's bid compared to only seven percent supporting Rakuten. Rakuten, however, was considered the more likely of the two companies to be chosen by NPB. Rakuten president Mikitani had extensive connections in established Japanese business circles and already operated another sports team, the soccer club Vissel Kobe in Japan's J.League. On November 2, NPB selected Rakuten over Livedoor to create a new Pacific League team to be based in Sendai. It was the first time a new team, excluding cases of mergers or acquisitions, joined NPB since the creation of the now-defunct Takahashi Unions in the Pacific League in 1954.


2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment, Creation of a new team
The Eagles and the newly merged Orix Buffaloes constructed their rosters from the 107 players left over from the dissolved Kintetsu and original Orix teams during a special distribution draft held on November 8. Before the draft, Orix was allowed to select 25 players that would be protected from the distribution process and thus giving them preferential signing rights. Included in this list were all free agents and foreign players. Rakuten was then allowed to select 20 unprotected players, not including any first- or second-year players.


2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment, Creation of a new team
After that, the first- and second-year players were unprotected and Orix and Rakuten alternating selecting 20 more players for the last round of the draft. Any player that was not selected during the draft defaulted back to Orix, guaranteeing that all players would play the next season. Of the 40 players the Eagles selected, 17 were pitchers and 23 were position players. On Orix's list of protected players was Hisashi Iwakuma, the Kintetsu Buffaloes' pitcher who led the league in wins the previous season.


2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment, Creation of a new team
Iwakuma, however, had wished to be left off of the list as he had no intention of playing for the newly formed team because of their involvement in the merger. He insisted that Orix team president Takashi Koizumi live up to his pledge that he would sincerely listen to the players involved in the merger regarding their futures. After four rounds of talks between Iwakuma and Koizumi, negotiations broke down and the JPBPA was brought in to mediate. Eventually, Orix agreed to trade Iwakuma to the Eagles in exchange for cash.


2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment, Aftermath
Days after the players' strike, owners met on September 2 and approved a plan to hold interleague regular-season games during the 2005 season.


2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment, Aftermath
The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes ended their 55-year history when the team merged with the Orix BlueWave to form the Orix Buffaloes on December 1. The new team used both Kintetsu's former home stadium, the Osaka Dome, and Orix's, the Yahoo! BB Stadium in Kobe, as their home stadiums. It was the first team merger since the Daiei Unions were absorbed by the Mainichi Orions in November 1957.


2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment, Aftermath
The results of a nationwide telephone survey conducted by Kyodo News showed that 61.6 percent of respondents believed Japanese baseball would become more interesting with the addition the new Sendai-based Golden Eagles while 26.1 percent said they were unconvinced that the addition of the team would not increase fan interest.


2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Seibu Lions defeating the Chunichi Dragons in the 2004 Japan Series. This season also saw the first and only players strike in Japanese professional baseball history. Players went on strike for two days in September because of the potential mergers and realignment.


2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Standings
Note:Two games for each team are cancelled due to players' strike


2004 Nokia Brier
The 2004 Nokia Brier was held from March 6 to 14 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Nova Scotia team skipped by Mark Dacey defeated the Alberta team of Randy Ferbey in dramatic fashion in the final game played on March 14. Ferbey's team was attempting to become Canadian champion for the fourth consecutive year.


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Fourth: David Nedohin Skip: Randy Ferbey Second: Scott Pfeifer Lead: Marcel Rocque Fifth: Dan Holowaychuk


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Jay Peachey Third: Ron Leech Second: Kevin Recksiedler Lead: Brad Fenton Fifth: Jamie Smith


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Brent Scales Third: Gord Hardy Second: Grant Spicer Lead: Todd Trevellyan Fifth: Doug Harrison


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Russ Howard Third: James Grattan Second: Marc LeCocq Lead: Grant Odishaw Fifth: Steve Howard


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Jamie Korab Lead: Mark Ward Fifth: Mike Adam


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Rob Gordon Third: Brian Fawcett Second: Steve Burnett Lead: Jeramie Landry Fifth: Larry Carr


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Mark Dacey Third: Bruce Lohnes Second: Rob Harris Lead: Andrew Gibson Fifth: Mat Harris


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Mike Harris Third: John Base Second: Phil Loevenmark Lead: Trevor Wall Fifth: Ross Scarrow


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Mike Gaudet Third: Evan Sullivan Second: Craig Arsenault Lead: Sean Ledgerwood Fifth: Rod MacDonald


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Daniel Lafleur Third: Steeve Gagnon Second: Jean-Sébastien Roy Lead: Maurice Cayouette Fifth: Serge Friolet


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Bruce Korte Third: Clint Dieno Second: Roger Korte Lead: Roy Galonowski Fifth: Darrell McKee


2004 Nokia Brier, Teams
Skip : Brian Wasnea Third: Pat Molloy Second: Bruce Hunt Lead: Kevin Sumner Fifth: Clarence Jack


2004 Nokia Brier, Round robin standings
Nova Scotia finished first as they defeated Alberta 8–7 in draw 13. Most of the draws were televised live on TSN.


2004 Nokia Brier, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).


2004 Nokia Brier, Playoffs
The Brier uses the page playoff system, where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.


2004 Nokia Brier, Playoffs
Normally the 3 versus 4 page playoff game is played before the 1 versus 2 playoff game on Friday. However, since a tiebreaker was played this year on the same day to decide fourth place, the 1 versus 2 game was played first.


2004 Nokia Brier, Playoffs, Page playoffs
Game one of the page playoffs was between Mark Dacey's team from Nova Scotia (first overall) versus Randy Ferbey's team from Alberta (second overall).


2004 Nokia Brier, Playoffs, Page playoffs
Game two of the page playoffs was between Brad Gushue's team from Newfoundland and Labrador (third overall) versus Jay Peachey's team from British Columbia (fourth overall).


2004 Nokia Brier, Playoffs, Semifinal
The semifinal was played between Mark Dacey's team from Nova Scotia and Jay Peachey's team from British Columbia.


2004 Nokia Brier, Playoffs, Final
The final was played and televised on the CBC across Canada. Ferbey led 8–4 after the 7th end but Dacey's team put themselves back into the game with a big 3 point 8th end. Forcing Alberta to take a single in the 9th, Dacey was 2 down coming home but had last rock advantage. A couple of errors by Ferbey's team and some good shot making, gave Nova Scotia 3 points in the 10th end and the championship.


2004 Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional election
A regional election took place in Nord-Pas-de-Calais on 21 and 28 March 2004, along with all other regions. Daniel Percheron (PS) was re-elected President of the Council.


2004 Nordea Nordic Light Open
The 2004 Nordea Nordic Light Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the Tier IV  category of the 2004 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and took place in Stockholm, Sweden from 2 August until 8 August 2004. Third-seeded Alicia Molik won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.


2004 Nordea Nordic Light Open, Finals, Doubles
Alicia Molik /  Barbara Schett defeated  Emmanuelle Gagliardi /  Anna-Lena Grönefeld, 6–3, 6–3


2004 Nordea Nordic Light Open – Doubles
Evgenia Kulikovskaya and Elena Tatarkova were the defending champions, but Kulikovskaya did not compete this year. Tatarkova teamed up with Martina Navratilova and lost in first round to Maria Elena Camerin and Flavia Pennetta.


2004 Nordea Nordic Light Open – Doubles
Alicia Molik and Barbara Schett won the title by defeating Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2004 Nordea Nordic Light Open – Singles
Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi was the defending champion, but was forced to retire in her second round match against Sandra Kleinová due to a hamstring injury.


2004 Nordea Nordic Light Open – Singles
Alicia Molik won the title by defeating Tatiana Perebiynis 6–1, 6–1 in the final.


2004 Nordic Figure Skating Championships
The 2004 Nordic Figure Skating Championships were held from February 13th through 15th, 2004 at the Olympiarinken in Helsingborg, Sweden. The competition was open to elite figure skaters from Nordic countries. Skaters competed in two disciplines, men's singles and ladies' singles, across two levels: senior (Olympic-level) and junior.


2004 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2004 took place in Stryn, Norway from 3 February to 8 February 2004. It was the 27th Junior World Championships in nordic skiing.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election
Elections to choose members of the North Carolina Council of State (who head executive branch departments) were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election
In all but two races (Superintendent of Public Instruction and Labor Commissioner), incumbent Democrats sought re-election.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election
The U.S. Presidential election, U.S. House election, U.S. Senate election, North Carolina gubernatorial election, North Carolina General Assembly election, and North Carolina judicial elections were all held on the same day. Note that the Governor and Lt. Governor are also members of the Council of State, but their elections are covered in the article on the 2004 gubernatorial election.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election
On a national level, Republican George W. Bush captured the state's electoral votes while incumbent Democratic governor Mike Easley won a second term.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, Secretary of State
Incumbent Democratic  Secretary of State Elaine Marshall defeated both a primary challenge from Doris A. Sanders and from Republican challenger Jay Rao.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, State Auditor
Les Merritt, a former Wake County commissioner, and 2000 candidate, narrowly defeated 3-term incumbent State Auditor Ralph Campbell.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, Attorney General
North Carolina's incumbent Attorney General, Roy Cooper, defeated Republican challenger Joe Knott.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, State Treasurer
Incumbent State Treasurer Richard H. Moore defeated Republican challenger Edward Meyer by an eight-point margin.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, Superintendent of Public Instruction, General Assembly vote of August 24, 2005
With the resignation of Mike Ward, the Superintendent of Public Instruction race was the only 2004 Council of State contest in which there was no incumbent; consequently both major parties saw contested primaries. On the Republican side, former Wake County board of education member Bill Fletcher easily bested retired professor Jeanne Smoot. The Democratic primary between state Department of Instruction official June Atkinson,  North Carolina Board of Education member J. B. Buxton and state agricultural education coordinator Marshall Stewart led to a second primary. Stewart polled narrowly ahead of Atkinson in the first primary, but failed to capture the 40% support needed to take the nomination. In a statewide runoff primary, Atkinson captured the Democratic nomination.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, Superintendent of Public Instruction, General Assembly vote of August 24, 2005
The race, along with the race for Agriculture Commissioner (see below) was caught up for nearly a month in a statewide recount because of the narrow margin. Fletcher argued that provisional ballots, required under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 for federal races, were improperly counted in state races under North Carolina law. However, on 30 November 2004, the State Board of Elections certified Atkinson the winner. Fletcher appealed the recision to the North Carolina Supreme Court. Atkinson, in turn, petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly to resolve the disputed election. On August 24, 2005, the General Assembly met in a joint session to vote on the disputed election, as the state constitution called for. Atkinson won this vote and was sworn-in that afternoon.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, Superintendent of Public Instruction, General Assembly vote of August 24, 2005
The election of the Superintendent of Public Instruction was the last American election from 2004 to be decided.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
Interim Agriculture Commissioner Britt Cobb defeated former state representative Tom Gilmore to take the Democratic nomination; Steve Troxler, the 2000 candidate for this position, was unopposed for the Republican nomination.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
Because of the loss of about 4,000 votes in Carteret County, North Carolina, the race for State Agriculture Commissioner could not be resolved for several months. Although the North Carolina Board of Elections certified the close race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction on 30 November 2004, they reached an impasse on the Agriculture Commissioner Race, splitting 3-2 in favor of calling a new statewide election for the seat over calling a new election in Carteret County alone; 4 votes would have been required to take action on either option.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
In early December, the North Carolina Board of Elections ordered a new election for January 11, 2005, in Carteret County alone, for voters whose ballots had been lost or who had not voted in the November 2 election. Both candidates appealed the decision, Cobb arguing that a statewide revote should be held, Troxler arguing that a revote should be limited to those voters whose votes were lost. A Wake County superior court judge overturned this decision on December 17, calling it "arbitrary and capricious" and "contrary to law," requiring the State Board of Elections to revisit the issue.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
On December 29, the State Board of Elections ordered a new statewide election for the post. On January 13, 2005, the superior court invalidated this order as well, and sent the contest back to the Elections Board for resolution. Following this ruling, Cobb conceded defeat. On February 4, the State Board of Elections officially certified Troxler as the winner of the 2004 election.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, Commissioner of Labor
Incumbent Cherie Berry, the only sitting Republican on the Council of State, defeated both a primary challenge from Lloyd T. Funderburg and a general election challenge from state representative Wayne Goodwin.


2004 North Carolina Council of State election, State Insurance Commissioner
Five-term incumbent Jim Long defeated a challenge from Republican C. Robert Brawley to win the greatest number of votes for any candidate in the 2004 Council of State elections.


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


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 1
Incumbent Democrat Bill Owens has represented the 1st District since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 2
Incumbent Democrat Bill Culpepper has represented the 2nd district and its predecessors since 1993.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 3
Incumbent Republican Michael Gorman has represented the 3rd district since 2003. Gorman lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Michael Speciale. Former Democratic representative Alice Graham Underhill defeated Speciale in the general election.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 4
The new 4th district includes all of Duplin County and a portion of Onslow County. Former Democratic representative Russell Tucker won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 5
Incumbent Democrat Howard Hunter Jr. has represented the 5th district since 1989.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 6
The new 6th district includes the homes Incumbent Democrats Arthur Williams, who has represented the 6th district since 2003, and Charles Elliott Johnson, who has represented the 4th district since 2003. Johnson sought the Democratic nomination for Senate District 3 challenging incumbent Clark Jenkins, but he was defeated by Jenkins. Williams was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 7
Incumbent Democrat John Hall has represented the 7th district since his appointment on 2000.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 8
Incumbent Democrat Edith Warren has represented the 8th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 9
Incumbent Democrat Marian McLawhorn has represented the 9th district since 1999.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 10
Incumbent Republican Stephen LaRoque has represented the 10th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 11
Incumbent Republican Louis Pate has represented the 11th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 12
Incumbent Democrat William Wainwright has represented the 12th district and its predecessors since 1991.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 13
Incumbent Republican Jean Preston has represented the 13th district and its predecessors since 1993.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 14
Incumbent Republican Keith Williams has represented the 14th district since 2005. Williams lost re-nomination to fellow Republican George Cleveland. Cleveland won the general election.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 15
Incumbent Republican Robert Grady has represented the 15th district and its predecessors since 1987.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 16
Incumbent Republican Carolyn Justice has represented the 16th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 17
Incumbent Republican Bonner Stiller has represented the 17th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 18
Incumbent Democrat Thomas Wright has represented the 18th district and its predecessors since 1993.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 19
Incumbent Republican Danny McComas has represented the 19th district and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 20
Incumbent Democrat Dewey Hill has represented the 20th district and its predecessors since 1993.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 21
Incumbent Democrat Larry Bell has represented the 21st district and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 22
Incumbent Democrat Edd Nye has represented the 22nd district and its predecessors since 1985.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 23
Incumbent Democrat Joe Tolson has represented the 23rd district and its predecessors since 1997.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 24
Incumbent Democrat Jean Farmer-Butterfield has represented the 24th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 25
Incumbent Republican Bill Daughtridge has represented the 25th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 26
The new 26th district includes the homes Incumbent Republicans Billy Creech, who has represented the 26th district and its predecessors since 1989, and Leo Daughtry, who has represented the 28th district and its predecessors since 1993. Creech ran for the U.S House and Daughtry was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 27
Incumbent Democrat Stanley Fox has represented the 27th district and its predecessors since 1995. Fox didn’t seek re-election and fellow Democrat Michael Wray won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 28
The new 28th district continues to be based in Johnston County and continues to favor Republicans. Republican James Langdon Jr. won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 29
Incumbent Democrat Paul Miller has represented the 29th district and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 30
Incumbent Democrat Paul Luebke has represented the 30th district and its predecessors since 1991.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 31
Incumbent Democrat Mickey Michaux has represented the 31st district and its predecessors since 1985.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 32
Incumbent Democrat Jim Crawford has represented the 32nd district and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 33
Incumbent Democrat Bernard Allen has represented the 33rd district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 34
Incumbent Republican Don Munford has represented the 34th district since 2003. Munford lost re-election to Democrat Grier Martin.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 35
Incumbent Democrat Jennifer Weiss has represented the 35th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 36
Incumbent Republican David Miner has represented the 36th district since 1993. Miner lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Nelson Dollar. Dollar won the general election.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 37
Incumbent Republican Paul Stam has represented the 37th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 38
Incumbent Democrat Deborah Ross has represented the 38th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 39
Incumbent Republican Sam Ellis has represented the 39th district and its predecessors since 1993. Ellis lost re-election to Democrat Linda Coleman.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 40
Incumbent Republican Rick Eddins has represented the 40th district and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 41
The new 41st district overlaps with much of the former 50th district. Incumbent Republican Russell Capps, who has represented the 50th district and its predecessors since 1995, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 42
Incumbent Democrat Marvin Lucas has represented the 42nd district and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 43
Incumbent Democrat Mary McAllister has represented the 43rd district and its predecessors since 1991.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 44
The new 44th district overlaps with much of the former 41st district. Incumbent Democrat Margaret Dickson, who has represented the 41st district since 2003, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 45
The new 45th district includes the homes of Incumbent Democrats Alex Warner, who has represented the 45th district and its predecessors since 1987, and Rick Glazier, who has represented the 44th district since 2003. Glazier defeated Warner in the Democratic primary and won the general election.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 46
Incumbent Democrat Douglas Yongue has represented the 46th district and its predecessors since 1994.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 47
Incumbent Democrat Ronnie Sutton has represented the 47th district since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 48
Incumbent Democrat Donald Bonner has represented the 48th district and its predecessors since 1997. Bonner didn’t seek re-election and fellow Democrat Garland Pierce won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 49
Incumbent Democrat Lucy Allen has represented the 49th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 50
The new 50th district includes all of Caswell County and part of Orange County. Democrat Bill Faison won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 51
Incumbent Republican John Sauls has represented the 51st district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 52
Incumbent Republican Co-Speaker of the House Richard Morgan has represented the 52nd district and its predecessors since 1991.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 53
Incumbent Republican David Lewis has represented the 53rd district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 54
Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader Joe Hackney has represented the 54th district and its predecessors since 1981.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 55
Incumbent Democrat Gordon Allen has represented the 55th district and its predecessors since 1997. Allen didn’t seek re-election and Democrat Winkie Wilkins won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 56
Incumbent Democrat Verla Insko has represented the 56th district and its predecessors since 1997.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 57
Incumbent Republican Joanne Bowie has represented the 57th district and its predecessors since 1989. Bowie lost re-election to Democrat Pricey Harrison.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 58
Incumbent Democrat Alma Adams has represented the 58th district and its predecessors since 1994.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 59
Incumbent Democrat Maggie Jeffus has represented the 59th district since 1991.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 60
Incumbent Democrat Earl Jones has represented the 60th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 61
Incumbent Republican Stephen Wood has represented the 61st District since 2003. Wood lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Republican Laura Wiley. Wiley won the general election unopposed.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 62
Incumbent Republican John Blust has represented the 62nd District and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 63
Incumbent Democrat Alice Bordsen has represented the 63rd District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 64
Incumbent Republican Cary Allred has represented the 64th District and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 65
The new 65th district includes the homes of Incumbent Democrat Nelson Cole, who has represented the 65th District since and its predecessors since 1997, and Incumbent Republican Wayne Sexton, who has represented the 66th district and its predecessors since 1993. Cole defeated Sexton in the general election.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 66
The new 66th district overlaps with much of the former 68th district. Incumbent Democrat Wayne Goodwin, who has represented the 68th district and its predecessors since 1997, didn’t seek re-election. He instead ran for Labor Commissioner and his wife, Democrat Melanie Wade Goodwin won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 67
The new 67th district overlaps with much of the former 70th district. Incumbent Republican Bobby Barbee Sr, who has represented the 70th District since 1987, lost re-nomination here to fellow Republican David Almond. Almond won the general election.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 68
The new 68th district overlaps with much of the former 73rd district. Incumbent Republican Curtis Blackwood, who has represented the 73rd District since 2003, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 69
Incumbent Democrat Pryor Gibson has represented the 69th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 70
The new 70th district overlaps with much of the former 67th district. Incumbent Republican Arlie Culp, who has represented the 67th District and its predecessors since 1989, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 71
Incumbent Democrat Larry Womble has represented the 71st District and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 72
Incumbent Democrat Earline Parmon has represented the 72nd District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 73
The new 73rd district overlaps with much of the former 94th district. Incumbent Republican Michael Decker(though he had spent much of the last term as a Democrat), who has represented the 94th district and its predecessors since 1985 lost re-nomination here to fellow Republican Larry Brown, who won the general election.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 74
The 74th district is based in Forsyth County and it is expected to favor Republicans. Republican Dale Folwell won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 75
The new 75th district overlaps with much of the former 93rd district. Incumbent Republican Bill McGee, who has represented the 93rd District since 2003 was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 76
Incumbent Republican Fred Steen II has represented the 76th District since his appointment in February 2004. Steen was elected to a full term unopposed.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 77
Incumbent Democrat Lorene Coates has represented the 77th District since and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 78
Incumbent Republican Harold Brubaker has represented the 78th District and its predecessors since 1977.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 79
The new 79th district includes the homes of Incumbent Republicans Julia Craven Howard, who has represented the 79th District and its predecessors since 1989, and Frank Mitchell, who has represented the 96th district and its predecessors since 1993. Howard defeated Mitchell in the Republican primary and won the general election unopposed.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 80
Incumbent Republican Jerry Dockham has represented the 80th district and its predecessors since 1991.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 81
Incumbent Democrat Hugh Holliman has represented the 81st District and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 82
The new 82nd district overlaps with much of the former 75th district. Incumbent Republican Jeff Barnhart, who has represented the 75th district since 2001, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 83
The new 83rd district overlaps with much of the former 74th district. Incumbent Republican Linda Johnson, who has represented the 74th District and its predecessors since 2001, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 84
Incumbent Republican Phillip Frye has represented the 84th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 85
Incumbent Republican Mitch Gillespie has represented the 85th District since 1999.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 86
Incumbent Republican Walt Church has represented the 86th District and its predecessors since 1993.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 87
Incumbent Republican Edgar Starnes has represented the 87th District and its predecessors since 1997.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 88
The new 88th district includes all of Alexander County and a portion of Catawba County. Republican Mark Hollo won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 89
Incumbent Republican Mitchell Setzer has represented the 89th District and its predecessors since 1999.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 90
Incumbent Democrat Jim Harrell has represented the 90th District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 91
Incumbent Republican Rex Baker, who has represented the 91st District and its predecessors since 1995, lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Bryan Holloway. Holloway won the general election.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 92
Incumbent Republican George Holmes has represented the 92nd district and its predecessors since 1979.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 93
The new 93rd district overlaps with much of the former 82nd district. Incumbent Republican Gene Wilson, who has represented the 82nd district and its predecessors since 1995, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 94
The new 94th district overlaps with much of the former 83rd district. Incumbent Republican Tracy Walker, who has represented the 83rd District and its predecessors since 2001, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 95
Incumbent Republican Karen Ray has represented the 95th District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 96
The new 96th district overlaps with much of the former 88th district. Incumbent Republican Mark Hilton, who has represented the 88th District and its predecessors since 2001, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 97
Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Joe Kiser has represented the 97th District and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 98
Incumbent Republican John Rhodes has represented the 98th District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 99
Incumbent Democrat Drew Saunders has represented the 99th District and its predecessors since 1997.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 100
Incumbent Democrat Co-Speaker of the House Jim Black has represented the 100th District and its predecessors since 1991.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 101
Incumbent Democrat Beverly Earle has represented the 101st District and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 102
Incumbent Democrat Becky Carney has represented the 102nd District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 103
Incumbent Republican Jim Gulley has represented the 103rd District and its predecessors since 1997.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 104
The new 104th district contains the homes of Incumbent Republicans Connie Wilson, who has represented the 104th district and its predecessors since 1993, and Ed McMahan, who has represented the 105th District and its predecessors since 1995. Wilson didn't seek re-election and McMahan was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 105
The new 105th district continues to be based in Mecklenburg County and it is expected to favor Republicans. Republican Doug Vinson won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 106
Incumbent Democrat Martha Alexander has represented the 106th district and its predecessors since 1993.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 107
Incumbent Democrat Pete Cunningham has represented the 107th District and its predecessors since 1987.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 108
Incumbent Republican John Rayfield has represented the 108th District and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 109
Incumbent Republican Patrick McHenry has represented the 109th District since 2003. McHenry ran for the U.S House and fellow Republican William Current won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 110
Incumbent Republican Debbie Clary has represented the 110th District and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 111
Incumbent Republican Tim Moore has represented the 111th District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 112
Incumbent Democrat Bob England has represented the 112th District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 113
Incumbent Republican Trudi Walend has represented the 113th District and its predecessors since 1999.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 114
Incumbent Democrat Susan Fisher has represented the 114th District since her appointment in February 2004. Fisher was elected to a full term.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 115
Incumbent Democrat Bruce Goforth has represented the 115th District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 116
Incumbent Republican Wilma Sherrill has represented the 116th district and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 117
Incumbent Republican Carolyn Justus has represented the 117th District since October 2002.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 118
Incumbent Democrat Ray Rapp has represented the 118th District since 2003.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 119
Incumbent Democrat Phil Haire has represented the 119th District and its predecessors since 1999.


2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 120
Incumbent Republican Roger West has represented the 120th District and its predecessors since 2000.


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


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 1
Incumbent Democrat President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight has represented the 1st district since 1985.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 2
Incumbent Democrat Scott Thomas has represented the 2nd district and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 3
Incumbent Democrat Clark Jenkins has represented the 3rd district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 4
Incumbent Democrat Robert Holloman has represented the 4th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 5
The new 5th district includes the homes of Incumbent Democrat turned Republican Tony Moore, who has represented the 5th district since 2003 and Incumbent Democrat John Kerr, who has represented the 7th district and its predecessors since 1993. Kerr defeated Moore in the general election.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 6
Incumbent Democrat Cecil Hargett has represented the 6th district since 2003. Hargett lost re-election to Republican Harry Brown.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 7
The new 7th district includes all of Franklin, Granville, Vance, and Warren Counties. Democrat Doug Berger won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 8
Incumbent Democrat R. C. Soles Jr. has represented the 8th district and its predecessors since 1977.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 9
Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Patrick Ballantine had represented the 9th district and its predecessors since 1995. Ballantine ran for Governor and resigned his seat on April 20, 2004. Fellow Republican Woody White was appointed to replace him on May 5, 2004. White ran for re-election to a full term, but he lost re-election to Democrat Julia Boseman.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 10
Incumbent Democrat Charles Albertson has represented the 10th district and its predecessors since 1993.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 11
Incumbent Democrat A.B. Swindell has represented the 11th district and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 12
Incumbent Republican Fred Smith has represented the 12th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 13
Incumbent Democrat David Weinstein has represented the 13th district and its predecessors since 1997.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 14
incumbent Democrat Vernon Malone has represented the 14th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 15
Incumbent Republican John Carrington has represented the 15th district and its predecessors since 1995. Carrington lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Neal Hunt, who won the general election.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 16
Incumbent Democrat Eric Miller Reeves has represented the 16th district and its predecessors since 1997. Reeves retired and Democrat Janet Cowell won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 17
Incumbent Republican Richard Stevens has represented the 17th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 18
Incumbent Democrat Wib Gulley, who had represented the 18th district and its predecessors since 1993, resigned on March 19, 2004. Ralph Alexander Hunt was appointed to finish Hunt's term on April 21, 2004. Hunt didn't seek a full term and Democrat Bob Atwater won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 19
Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader Tony Rand has represented the 19th district and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 20
Incumbent Democrat Jeanne Lucas has represented the 20th district and its predecessors since 1993.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 21
Incumbent Democrat Larry Shaw has represented the 21st district and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 22
Incumbent Republican Harris Blake has represented the 22nd district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 23
Incumbent Democrat Eleanor Kinnaird has represented the 23rd district and its predecessors since 1997.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 24
Incumbent Republican Hugh Webster has represented the 24th district since 1995.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 25
Incumbent Democrat Bill Purcell has represented the 25th district and its predecessors since 1997.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 26
Incumbent Republican Phil Berger has represented the 26th district and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 27
Incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan has represented the 27th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 28
Incumbent Democrat Katie Dorsett has represented the 28th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 29
Incumbent Republican Jerry Tillman has represented the 29th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 30
The new 30th district includes all of Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin counties and has no incumbent. Republican Don East won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 31
Incumbent Republican Hamilton Horton Jr. has represented the 31st district and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 32
Incumbent Democrat Linda Garrou has represented the 32nd district and its predecessors since 1999.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 33
Incumbent Republican Stan Bingham has represented the 33rd district and its predecessors since 2001.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 34
Incumbent Republican Andrew Brock has represented the 34th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 35
Incumbent Republican Fern Shubert has represented the 35th district since 2003. Shubert ran for Governor. Fellow Republican Eddie Goodall won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 36
Incumbent Republican Fletcher Hartsell Jr. has represented the 36th district and its predecessors since 1991.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 37
Incumbent Democrat Dan Clodfelter has represented the 37th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 38
Incumbent Democrat Charlie Dannelly has represented the 38th district and its predecessors since 1995.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 39
The new 39th distirct includes the homes of incumbent Republicans Bob Rucho, who has represented the 39th district and its predecessors since 1997, and Robert Pittenger, who has represented the 40th district since 2003. Rucho retired and Pittenger was elected here.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 40
The new 40th district is based in Mecklenburg County and had no incumbent. Democrat Maclom Graham won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 41
The new 41st district includes the homes of incumbent Republicans R. B. Sloan Jr., who has represented the 41st district since 2003, and James Forrester, who has represented the 42nd district and its predecessors since 1991. Forrester defeated Sloan in the Republican primary and was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 42
The new 42nd district overlaps with much of the former 44th district. Incumbent Republican Austin Allran, who has represented the 44th district and its predecessors since 1987, was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 43
Incumbent Democrat David Hoyle has represented the 43rd district and its predecessors since 1993.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 44
The new 44th district includes all of Burke and Caldwell counties and has no incumbent. Republican Jim Jacumin won the open seat.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 45
The new 45th district includes the homes of Incumbent Republicans Virginia Foxx, who has represented the 45th district and its predecessors since 1995, and John Garwood, who has represented the 30th district and its predecessors since 1997. Foxx ran for the U.S. House and Garwood was re-elected here.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 46
Incumbent Democrat Walter Dalton has represented the 46th district and its predecessors since 1997.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 47
Incumbent Democrat Joe Sam Queen has represented the 47th district since 2003. Queen lost re-election to Republican Keith Presnell.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 48
Incumbent Republican Tom Apodaca has represented the 48th district since 2003.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 49
Incumbent Democrat Martin Nesbitt has represented the 49th district since his appointment in 2004. Nesbitt was elected to a full term.


2004 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 50
Incumbent Republican Bob Carpenter has represented the 50th district and its predecessors since 1989. Carpenter lost re-election to Democrat John Snow.


2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach John Bunting, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 6–6 overall and 5–3 in ACC play to tie for third place. They lost to Boston College in the Continental Tire Bowl.


2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on 2 November 2004. The general election was between the Democratic incumbent Mike Easley and the Republican nominee Patrick J. Ballantine. Easley won by 56% to 43%, winning his second term as governor.


2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic
Mike Easley was first elected as governor in 2000 and opted to run for a second term. He faced opposition in the Democratic primary from Rickey Kipfer, a former corporate manager from Lee County. Kipfer campaigned on a platform of abolishing North Carolina's personal income tax and exploring potential natural gas resources in the state. He envisioned the state replacing income tax revenue with revenue from natural gas exploration. Kipfer also proposed a system similar to the Alaska Permanent Fund as a means of distributing potential natural gas revenues to citizens in North Carolina.


2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic
Easley's campaign manager stated that they did not consider Kipfer as serious competition. Easley did not campaign against Kipfer.


2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primaries, Democratic
Mike Easley won the primary comfortably with over 85% of the vote.


2004 North Carolina judicial election
Several judges of the North Carolina Supreme Court and the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the state's two appellate courts, were elected on November 2, 2004. The U.S. Presidential election, 2004, U.S. House election, 2004, U.S. Senate election, 2004, North Carolina Council of State election, 2004 and North Carolina General Assembly election, 2004 were held on the same day.


2004 North Carolina judicial election
Appellate judges in North Carolina are elected to eight-year terms in statewide judicial elections. In 2004, for the first time, all these elections were non-partisan. If more than two candidates filed for a given seat, a non-partisan primary would be held, and the two highest vote-getters, regardless of party, would advance to the general election. The only 2004 race in which more than two candidates filed for the primary was the Thornburg Court of Appeals seat.


2004 North Carolina judicial election, Supreme Court (Parker seat)
Associate Justice Sarah Parker, the incumbent, was challenged by Court of Appeals Judge John M. Tyson.


2004 North Carolina judicial election, Supreme Court (Orr seat)
The resignation of Associate Justice Robert F. Orr, too late for a primary election to be held, led to a situation in which there was no primary election to eliminate candidates, but rather, the winner was simply determined by plurality.


2004 North Carolina judicial election, Supreme Court (Orr seat)
Eight candidates filed: Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Newby (who received the endorsement of the state Republican Party), North Carolina Superior Court Judge Howard Manning, Pre-Paid Legal Services attorney and former judicial law clerk Rachel Hunter, Administrative Law Judge Fred Morrison, attorney Ronnie Ansley, former appeals court judge Betsy McCrodden, current appeals court judge Jim Wynn, and attorney Marvin Schiller (who had just lost in the primary for the Thornburg Court of Appeals seat).


2004 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (McGee seat)
Incumbent Judge Linda McGee was challenged by attorney Bill Parker.


2004 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (Bryant seat)
Incumbent Judge Wanda G. Bryant had been appointed to the Court by the Governor following her 2002 defeat for a different seat. She was challenged by Wake County District Court Judge Alice Stubbs.


2004 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals (Thornburg seat)
Incumbent Judge Alan Thornburg had been appointed to the court by the Governor. Three candidates filed to challenge Thornburg for a full term: Barbara Jackson, who was then general counsel at the N.C. Department of Labor, along with attorneys Marcus W. Williams and Marvin Schiller. Jackson and Thornburg finished first and second, respectively, in the July primary, thereby qualifying them to compete in the general election.


2004 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 2004 North Carolina lieutenant governor election was held on November 2, 2004, as part of the elections to the Council of State. North Carolina also held a gubernatorial election on the same day, but the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected independently.


2004 North Carolina's 1st congressional district special election
The 2004 United States House of Representatives special election in North Carolina's 1st congressional district was held on July 20, 2004 to select the successor to Frank Ballance (D) who resigned due to health concerns and ongoing investigations which would ultimately culminate in criminal convictions on charges of committing money laundering and mail fraud. The election was won by a wide margin by former State Supreme Court Associate Justice G. K. Butterfield.


2004 North Carolina's 1st congressional district special election
Republicans did not seriously contest this election given the strong Democratic tilt of the district, which has not elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives since Reconstruction nor been represented by a moderate to conservative Representative since 1992 when Walter B. Jones, Sr. (D), the father of former 3rd District Representative Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R) died.


2004 North Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, Party primaries
Each party held a nominating convention to choose their nominee for the special election. Democrats nominated Superior Court Judge and former State Supreme Court Associate Justice G. K. Butterfield, while Republicans chose security consultant Greg Dority. Butterfield overwhelmingly won the election to fill out the rest of Ballance's unexpired term. On the same day, he and Dority both won their respective parties' primaries and would face each other again in the November general election, which Butterfield would win.


2004 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2004 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses were held on February 3 along with six other states. Frontrunner John Kerry had earlier won New Mexico, Missouri, Arizona and Delaware by large margins. Army General Wesley Clark had hoped to win some primaries this day but got only second and third place finishes. Howard Dean just months earlier Dean had narrowly been leading in polls over Wesley Clark. The endorsements were former governor George A. Sinner who endorsed Wesley Clark. The results were Kerry with 51% to Wesley 24% and Dean at 12%.


2004 North Dakota State Bison football team
The 2004 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's first season competing at the NCAA Division I-AA level. The Bison were led by second-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. They finished the season with an overall record of 8–3 and tied for third in the Great West Conference with a 2–3 mark. North Dakota State was ineligible for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs per NCAA rules, during their first four seasons at the NCAA Division I-AA/FCS level.


2004 North Dakota State Bison football team
During the regular season, the Bison were never ranked in The Sports Network poll, but beat two of the three top-25 teams they played. After the playoffs, the Bison were ranked #24 in the final rankings. During their first four years in Division I-AA (2004–2007), NDSU had a North Dakota State of 35–9 (.795) and were ranked in the top-25 32 out of 44 weeks.


2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election
The 2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election took place on 2 November 2004 for the post of Governor of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven was easily re-elected defeating Democratic-NPL former state senator Joe Satrom.


2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election, Republican nomination
Incumbent Governor John Hoeven was unopposed for the Republican nomination and accepted the nomination by stating that the economy of North Dakota was his priority.


2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election, Democratic-NPL nomination
Former state senator Joe Satrom defeated North Dakota House of Representatives minority leader Merle Boucher for the Democratic-NPL nomination. Satrom began campaigning for the nomination almost a year before the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Convention would choose the parties candidate for Governor. Boucher announced his candidacy in December 2003 but struggled to make up ground against Satrom.


2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election, Democratic-NPL nomination
The two candidates debated at the University of North Dakota, just before the convention, with education and the future of the state's youth the main topics. The Democratic-NPL Convention voted by 632 to 341 to endorse Satrom as their candidate for Governor.


2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The two candidates met in three debates during the campaign, during the final debate on 9 October 2004 they clashed over a smoking ban, outmigration and a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.


2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Satrom called for North Dakota to introduce a one thousand dollar donation limit, for individuals and political action committees, to avoid any perception of conflict of interest. Hoeven named education, growth and jobs as his priorities but faced anger from some hunting groups over changes to hunt seasons.


2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Opinion polls gave Hoeven a strong lead over Satrom with one in October 2004 showing Hoeven on 70% as against 22% for Satrom. Hoeven raised far more money than his challenger and even a normally Democratic supporting teachers union, the North Dakota Education Association, endorsed Hoeven for Governor.


2004 North East England devolution referendum
The North East England devolution referendum was an all postal ballot referendum that took place on 4 November 2004  throughout North East England on whether or not to establish an elected assembly for the region. Devolution referendums in the regions of Northern England were initially proposed under provisions of the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003. Initially, three referendums were planned, but only one took place. The votes concerned the question of devolving limited political powers from the UK Parliament to elected regional assemblies in North East England, North West England and Yorkshire and the Humber respectively.


2004 North East England devolution referendum
Each were initially planned to be held on 4 November 2004, but on 22 July 2004 the planned referendums in North West England and in Yorkshire and the Humber were postponed, due to concerns raised about the use of postal ballots, but the referendum in North East England was allowed to continue, particularly as it was assumed that the region held the most support for the proposed devolution.


2004 North East England devolution referendum
On 4 November 2004, voters in the North East rejected the proposal, in an all-postal ballot, by 77.9% to 22.1%, on a turnout of 48%. Every council area in the region had a majority for "no". The referendum was held in what was at the time arguably Labour's strongest region within the United Kingdom which included at the time the then Prime Minister Tony Blair's own constituency in Sedgefield.


2004 North East England devolution referendum
The defeat marked the end of the Labour Government's policy of devolution for England, and the other proposed referendums for the North West and for Yorkshire and the Humber were dropped indefinitely. This would also be the last major devolution referendum to be held in any part of the United Kingdom under the Labour Government of 1997–2010.


2004 North East England devolution referendum
The campaign against the proposed Assembly was successfully led by local businessman John Elliott, who argued that the institution would have no real powers and that it would be a "white elephant" and too centric to Newcastle upon Tyne.


2004 North East England devolution referendum
It was the first major referendum to be held in any part of the United Kingdom which was conducted and overseen by the Electoral Commission after its establishment in 2000 under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Background
The Labour government attempted to introduce directly elected English regional assemblies. The London Assembly was the first of these, established following a referendum in 1998, in which public and media attention was focused principally on the post of Mayor of London.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Assembly proposals
Voters were asked whether they wanted an elected regional assembly to be created for their region. The structure and powers of elected regional assemblies was outlined in a Draft Regional Assemblies Bill presented to Parliament by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in July 2004.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Assembly proposals
The draft bill would have given the assemblies the following powers:


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Local government reorganisation
The creation of regional assemblies was to be tied to abolition of the existing two-tier structure for local government in these regions; and its replacement with a uniform system of unitary authorities. In areas that had two-tier government (Cheshire, County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland), voters were to be asked which pattern of unitary government they would like to see.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Local government reorganisation
Two options were proposed by the Boundary Committee for each county in the review area – generally consisting of a single unitary authority for the entire county, or a break-up into smaller authorities which are larger than the existing districts. It was recommended that ceremonial counties be left untouched in most cases. This recommendation was broadly (with one minor alteration in West Lancashire) accepted by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Local government reorganisation
Voting was to take place on a per-county council-area basis, except that the Cumbria and Lancashire votes would have been run as one – since it would be impossible to have option 1 in one and option 2 in another.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Local government reorganisation
Any changes as a result of the North East referendum would probably have come into effect on 1 April 2006 – to give time for preparation, and taking into account 1 April as the traditional day of local government reform in the UK.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Local government reorganisation
In Lancashire and Cumbria the proposals for multiple unitary authorities were very similar to those proposed by the Redcliffe-Maud Report in 1969. This proposed authorities for North Cumbria based in Carlisle, and one for Morecambe Bay covering Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster for the north of the region. In central Lancashire there were to be divided into four authorities based on Blackpool, Preston, Blackburn and Burnley. The area of West Lancashire was to be given to Merseyside and included with Southport in a district.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Referendum questions
All voters in the North East England region were asked to vote on the question of whether or not there should be an elected Assembly. Voters in County Durham and Northumberland were asked to vote on an additional second question on proposals for local government reorganisation in the event of a "yes" vote.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Referendum questions, Assembly referendum question
You can help to decide whether there should be an elected assembly in the North East region. If an elected assembly is to be established, it is intended that:


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Referendum questions, Assembly referendum question
Should there be an elected assembly for the North East region?


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Referendum questions, Assembly referendum question
permitting a simple YES / NO answer (to be marked with a single (X)).


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Referendum questions, Local Government reorganisation referendum question
The question that appeared on ballot papers in County Durham and Northumberland was:


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Referendum questions, Local Government reorganisation referendum question
If an assembly is established in the North East region, it is intended that local government will be reorganised into a single tier in those parts that currently have both county councils and district councils.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Referendum questions, Local Government reorganisation referendum question
Your part of the region has currently both county councils and district councils. You can help to decide how local authorities in your part of the region will be reorganised into a single tier. There will be no such reorganisation if an elected Assembly is not established.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Referendum questions, Local Government reorganisation referendum question
with the responses to the question to be (to be marked with a single (X)):


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Results
On 4 November 2004, in a turnout of almost 48% in an all postal ballot, voters in the North East decisively rejected the proposed regional assembly. The reasons for this result are varied; however, it is felt that the regional power would have been concentrated in an Assembly situated in Newcastle upon Tyne, which given the strong historic rivalries between urban centres in the North-East may have caused resentment from the people of Sunderland and Middlesbrough. Notwithstanding this, in the Newcastle upon Tyne local council area itself the majority of votes cast were against the proposal. It was also felt that not enough of a case had been put forward for the necessity of the Assembly, and it was feared that it would add another layer of politicians and public servants, thereby increasing taxes for the citizens of the areas affected.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Results, Assembly question result
The referendum result was declared at 00:52 GMT on Friday 5 November 2004 at Crowtree Leisure Centre in Sunderland by the Chief Counting Officer for the North East region Ged Fitzgerald, who was also then Chief Executive of Sunderland City Council.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Results, Local government reorganisation question result
The related votes in Northumberland and County Durham on local government changes became moot, though new single merged unitary authorities were later established based on the county council areas (i.e. Option A in each case) as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. The votes had been:


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Planned referendums in North West England and Yorkshire and the Humber
Similar referendums had been planned in North West England and Yorkshire and the Humber. These were postponed on 22 July due to issues with all-postal ballots – there were many allegations of fraud and procedural irregularities. Following the rejection of the proposal in the north east of England the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the time, ruled out holding further referendums in other regions for the foreseeable future.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Planned referendums in North West England and Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England
These were the proposals for local government reorganisation in Northwest England. After the result in North East England the planned referendum for the region was postponed indefinitely and was never put before the electorate.


2004 North East England devolution referendum, Planned referendums in North West England and Yorkshire and the Humber, Yorkshire and the Humber
These were the proposals for local government reorganisation in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. After the result in North East England the planned referendum was postponed indefinitely and was also never put before the electorate.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was the first in which tropical cyclones were officially named in the basin. Cyclone Onil, which struck Pakistan, was named in late September. The final storm, Cyclone Agni, was also named, and crossed into the southern hemisphere shortly before dissipation. This storm became notable during its origins and became one of the storms closest to the equator. The season was fairly active, with ten depressions forming from May to November. The India Meteorological Department designated four of these as cyclonic storms, which have maximum sustained winds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) averaged over three minutes. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center also issued warnings for five of the storms on an unofficial basis.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
In early May, two tropical storms formed on opposite sides of India. The first formed on May 5 and meandered while intensifying, dropping 1,840 mm (72 in) in Aminidivi in the Lakshadweep group offshore western India, which was the highest daily rainfall total in the basin. A week later, a cyclone – the strongest of the season – struck Myanmar, killing 236 people and leaving 25,000 people homeless. Depressions also formed on opposite sides of India in June. A depression in September killed 59 people after dropping torrential rainfall over Bangladesh and adjacent West Bengal. In October, another depression struck the region, killing 273 people. There was also a short-lived cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea in November.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season summary
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) was designated a Regional Specialized Meteorological Center by the World Meteorological Organization in July 1988 to monitor and warn on tropical cyclones in the northern Indian Ocean. The basin is defined between 45° and 100° E, and north of the equator. The agency also used geostationary satellites and a network of buoys to track the storms, and utilized various tropical cyclone forecast models to predict future tracks. The American-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also issued warnings for storms in the basin on an unofficial basis.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season summary
The monsoon became active in May as water temperatures became warm. Twin depressions formed during June on opposite sides of India, which helped intensify the monsoon over the country. A notable feature of the season was the Arabian Sea being more active than the Bay of Bengal. The IMD began naming tropical cyclones within the basin in 2004, beginning after the monsoon season. As such, only two cyclonic storms in the latter half of the year were named.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01
Toward the end of April, an area of convection persisted in the southern Bay of Bengal. It developed into a distinct low-pressure area on May 1 over the body of water, but soon moved westward into India without developing. On May 4, the system emerged from Kerala into the Arabian Sea, and soon after convection rapidly increased. Early on May 5, the JTWC classified the system as Tropical Cyclone 01A about 370 km (230 mi) west-southwest of Kochi, India.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01
On the same day, the IMD began classifying it as a depression, but soon after upgraded it to a deep depression and later cyclonic storm after increased organization. The storm meandered off southwest India for three days due to weak steering currents. During that time, the convection pulsed around the circulation, and the IMD upgraded it to a severe cyclonic storm on May 7 with winds of 100 km/h (60 mph). By contrast, the JTWC only estimated peak winds of 85 km/h (55 mph). Increased wind shear, cooler waters, and dry air rapidly weakened the convection, exposing the center and causing the storm to deteriorate quickly into a depression. On May 10, the system degenerated into a remnant low off Gujarat, without any discernible low-level circulation.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01
The precursor to the storm brought heavy rainfall to southern India, reaching 124.8 mm (4.91 in) in Thiruvananthapuram over 48 hours. The remnants also brought upwards of 225 mm (8.9 in) of rainfall in Gujarat. While an active tropical cyclone, the storm dropped torrential rainfall to the Lakshadweep group offshore western India. Aminidivi recorded 1,840 mm (72 in) over three days, including 1,170 mm (46 in) in just 24 hours. This broke the record for the highest daily rainfall total related to a North Indian Ocean cyclone. The high rains cut communications from the island group to the mainland, and damaged 45 houses in conjunction with the winds. High waves sank 15 boats and one cargo ship while also causing erosion in Kerala. The storm killed nine people and caused ₹300 million rupees ($6.7 million USD).


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 01
The second storm of the season formed as a depression on May 16 in the central Bay of Bengal. With low wind shear and a surge in the monsoon trough, the storm intensified while meandering over open waters. The storm eventually began a steady northeastward motion due to a ridge to the north over India. While approaching land, an eye developed in the center of the storm, indicative of a strong cyclone. On May 19, the cyclone made landfall along northwestern Myanmar near Sittwe, with maximum sustained winds estimated at 165 km/h (105 mph) by the IMD. The storm rapidly weakened over land, although its remnants spread rainfall into northern Thailand and Yunnan province in China.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm BOB 01
Winds from the cyclone reached 157 km/h (98 mph) in Myanmar, occurring in conjunction with heavy rainfall and a high storm surge. Despite the storm's ferocity, the government did not report about the cyclone for ten days, as they usually under report on landfalling storms. The cyclone caused heavy damage throughout Rakhine State, destroying or heavily damaging 4,035 homes and leaving 25,000 people homeless. There was widespread crop damage, resulting in food shortages, and damaged roads disrupted subsequent relief efforts. Damage in Myanmar totaled over K621 million kyat (US$99.2 million), making it the worst storm in the country since 1968, and there were 236 deaths. Although damage was heaviest in Myanmar, the cyclone's effects also spread into neighboring Bangladesh, where strong winds knocked over trees and capsized two ships.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 02
On June 8, a low-pressure area formed in the eastern Arabian Sea. A nearby buoy recorded winds of 45 km/h (30 mph), which organized into a depression on June 10. While remaining nearly stationary, the depression quickly intensified into a deep depression. The system later began a slow westward movement, due to a ridge to the north. On June 11, and again on the following day, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA), although the system never strengthened beyond its initial stages. Strong wind shear caused the depression to weaken, and the IMD downgraded it to a remnant low on June 13.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression BOB 02
A surge in the monsoon developed an area of convection over the Andaman Sea in early June, spawning a low-pressure area, which later became a depression on June 11. Moving to the northwest along a ridge, it strengthened into a deep depression the next day. Early on June 13, the system struck Odisha near Puri, and initially maintained its intensity over land. However, it eventually weakened, degenerating into a remnant low over Chhattisgarh on June 14. The depression dropped heavy rainfall in eastern India, particularly Odisha. There, the peak 24-hour precipitation total was 320 mm (13 in) in Madanpur Rampur. There were no reports of damage.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Land Depression 01
For about ten days in September, a monsoon depression persisted around the northern edge of the Bay of Bengal onto adjacent landmasses, initially associated with an upper-level low. On September 10, a low-pressure area developed within the monsoon trough in the extreme northern Bay of Bengal. Moving northwestward, it organized into a depression after it moved ashore, organizing over West Bengal near Kolkata. The system attained peak winds of 45 km/h (30 mph) despite being over land. Located within a col, or weakness between ridges, the depression meandered over eastern India, weakening into a remnant low on September 15. It moved slowly northwestward, reaching Uttar Pradesh by September 22.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Land Depression 01
The depression dropped heavy rainfall in eastern India, including as a tropical cyclone, a precursor, and its remnant. Notable rainfall totals include 340 mm (13 in) in Chepan on September 9, 480 mm (19 in) on September 21 at a station in Uttar Pradesh, and 341 mm (13.4 in) in Dhaka in neighboring Bangladesh, the heaviest daily total in 50 years. Flash flooding in the Indian state of Tripura killed four people and isolated about 55,000 people. Three people died in West Bengal, where floodwaters left about 650,000 people homeless in hundreds of villages. Flash flooding in Uttar Pradesh killed 33 people overnight on September 21. In nearby Bangladesh, the depression produced additional flooding after a similar disaster occurred in July, temporarily isolating about 1 million people, and killing 19.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Onil
A depression formed out of an area of convection southwest of India on September 30. The next day, it intensified into Cyclonic Storm Onil. becoming the first tropical cyclone on record to be named in the northern Indian Ocean. Cyclone Onil quickly attained its peak intensity on October 2 with winds of 100 km/h (60 mph) and a barometric pressure of 990 mbar (hPa; 29.23 inHg). However, dry air quickly entered the system, causing it to rapidly weaken to a depression just off the coast of Gujarat, India. Over the following several days, the system took a slow, erratic track towards the south-southeast. After turning northeastward, the system made landfall near Porbandar on October 10 and dissipated shortly thereafter.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Onil
Throughout southeastern Pakistan and northwestern India, thousands of residents were evacuated prior to the cyclone's arrival. In these areas, the storm produced moderate to heavy rainfall, peaking at 145 mm (5.7 in) in Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan. These rains led to flash flooding in several areas. Nine people died in several incidents related to the storm in Karachi. The drainage system of Hyderabad sustained significant damage, leading to several protests and demonstrations by city residents. Offshore, 300 fishermen are believed to have gone missing during the storm.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 03/04
A low-pressure area formed in the Bay of Bengal on September 30 and gradually became more organized. It moved northwestward and developed into a depression on October 2. Without intensifying beyond winds of 45 km/h (30 mph), the depression moved ashore Andhra Pradesh near Kalingapatnam on October 4. It rapidly weakened into a remnant low and turned to the northeast. On October 7, the system re-intensified into a depression near Bankura despite being over land, aided by moisture from the Bay of Bengal. After crossing into northern Bangladesh, the system again weakened into a remnant low, which gradually elongated and weakened.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 03/04
For several days in early October, the depression dropped rainfall across southeastern India, which was heaviest after it re-intensified over land. Alipurduar in northeastern West Bengal recorded 310 mm (12 in) in a 24-hour period, and Malda reported 430 mm (17 in) in two days. In northern Andhra Pradesh, flooding from the depression affected 40 villages, wrecking 50 houses. The waters also inundated 50,000 acres (20,000 ha) of rice paddies and damaged 200 irrigation water tanks. In West Bengal, the floods killed 3,000 migratory birds and damaged ₹1.1 billion rupees (US$23.9 million) worth of crops; 51 people also died in the state. In neighboring Odisha, four people were killed, and the floods washed away a bridge and affected several villages.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 03/04
The third large flood event of the year, the depression caused its most severe impact in northeastern India, where 218 people were killed, including 112 in the city of Goalpara alone. There, the floods struck in the middle of the night, catching residents off guard and washing away hundreds of houses along two whole blocks. Flash flooding caused landslides in Kamrup, while regional and national roads were damaged or submerged. Over 15,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes to emergency shelters. Across the region, 98,721 ha (243,940 acres) of crops were damaged, and 30,000 homes were damaged or destroyed.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Depression BOB 03/04
Rainfall spread into Nepal, where 51.3 mm (2.02 in) was recorded at the airport in Kathmandu. The precipitation led to a snowstorm in Tibet, reaching 60 mm (2.4 in) in one location; this marked the highest daily snowfall for the station in October, and caused a loss of crops and livestock.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 04
An area of convection formed west of Sri Lanka on October 31, organizing around a circulation center. Low wind shear allowed slow development, and a low-pressure area developed on November 1 in the southeastern Arabian Sea. The following day, a depression formed off the southwest coast of India. Moving northward, the system's convection continued to organize around the center, and the JTWC classified it as Tropical Cyclone 04A on November 4. The IMD upgraded it to a deep depression on the next day as the storm began moving westward.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression ARB 04
Despite good outflow, the convection failed to intensify further and was limited to the eastern portion, and the JTWC did not estimate 1 minute winds higher than 75 km/h (45 mph). The IMD only assessed a peak of 55 km/h (35 mph). Drier air from the north caused the thunderstorms to weaken and expose the circulation. The IMD downgraded the system to a remnant low on November 7, and the remnants continued to the west-southwest, passing near Socotra Island. On November 9, the remnant circulation brushed the coast of Somalia after redeveloping some convection, but there was no redevelopment.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Agni
A tropical disturbance was observed on November 19 about 800 km (500 mi) southeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka in the Bay of Bengal. The disturbance tracked westward, weakening after passing south of Sri Lanka. It entered the Arabian Sea on November 26, and despite being located unusually close to the equator, the system maintained convection about its circulation, aided by low wind shear. While the system was organizing, the center crossed the equator to reach about 0.5° S, thus becoming an anticyclonic circulation in the southern hemisphere.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Agni
This was unusual, as the Coriolis effect is nonexistent along the equator—the Coriolis effect refers to planetary vorticity, which provides the spin in a cyclone. On November 28, the JTWC classified it as Tropical Cyclone 05A just 78 km (48 mi) from the equator. The IMD classified it as a depression the next day at 1.5° N, noting that "cyclogenesis ... at such low latitudes has not occurred in the past." It rivaled Tropical Storm Vamei as one of the closest storms to the equator.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Agni
After developing, the system moved northwestward due to a ridge over India. The IMD upgraded the depression to Cyclonic Storm Agni late on November 29 and further to a severe cyclonic storm the next day. The JTWC also upgraded Agni to the equivalent of a minimal hurricane, estimating 120 km/h (75 mph). Wind shear and dry air caused the storm to weaken.


2004 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Agni
After Agni turned westward, the IMD downgraded it to a depression and later remnant low on December 2, although the JTWC tracked it for another day, issuing their final advisory while Agni was about 450 km (275 mi) south-southeast of Cape Guardafui—the easternmost point of the Horn of Africa. The remnants moved ashore at eastern Somalia, before turning to the south and dissipating on December 5.


2004 North Queensland Cowboys season
The 2004 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 10th in the club's history. Coached by Graham Murray and captained by Travis Norton, they competed in the NRL's 2004 Telstra Premiership. It was the first time the club had made the finals, finishing the regular season in 7th, falling one game short of the Grand Final.


2004 North Texas Mean Green football team
The 2004 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2004 North Tipperary County Council election
An election to North Tipperary County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


2004 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 10 June 2004; the same day as other local council elections in England, along with European elections and London mayoral and Assembly elections.


2004 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
North Tyneside Council is elected "in thirds" which means one councillor from each three-member ward is elected each year for the first three years with a fourth year when the mayoral election takes place.


2004 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
2004 was the first election after the wards in North Tyneside changed meaning that the whole council was up for election. Holystone, Monkseaton, North Shields and Seatonville were used for the last time in 2003, and replaced by 4 new wards; Killingworth, Monkseaton North, Monkseaton South and Preston.


2004 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Preston
A further by-election was held on 6 October 2005. Details of this can be found here.


2004 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, Weetslade
A further by-election was held on 23 June 2005. Details of this can be found here.


2004 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2004 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 21 and ended on May 23, 2004, at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The league's top four teams competed in the double elimination tournament. Top-seeded Central Connecticut won their third consecutive, and third overall, tournament championship and earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2004 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular-season winning percentage.


2004 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament, Most Valuable Player
Evan Scribner of Central Connecticut was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Scribner pitched in four of the five tournament games that Central Connecticut played in.


2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds. Monmouth won the championship, its third, and received the conferences automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament.


2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The NEC Men’s Basketball Tournament will consist of an eight-team playoff format with the quarterfinal and semifinal games played at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, NY. The Championship game was played at the court of the highest remaining seed, Monmouth.


2004 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, All-tournament team
Blake Hamilton, MONMOUTHTamien Trent, FDURon Robinson, CCSUDwayne Byfield, MONMOUTHTyler Azzarelli, MONMOUTH


2004 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The 2004 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their seventh year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 against conference opponents), were outscored by a total of 314 to 244, and finished fifth out of eight teams in the Big Sky.


2004 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.