The 2004 United States Senate election in Idaho took place on November 2, 2004 alongside other elections to the United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

 in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 U.S. Senator Mike Crapo

Mike Crapo

Michael Dean "Mike" Crapo is the senior United States Senator from the state of Idaho and a member of the Republican Party.Born in the city of Idaho Falls, Crapo is a graduate of Brigham Young University and Harvard Law School. He practiced law in his home city throughout the 1980s, while...

 ran for re-election and won a second term in office in a landslide after no one filed for the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 nomination. Scott McClure

Scott McClure

Scott F. McClure is a farmer, engineer, businessman, Army veteran, and American politician. In 2004, he ran a write-in campaign for United States Senate in Idaho. A Democrat, McClure ran against Republican incumbent Mike Crapo.-2004 U.S. Senate campaign:...

 conducted a write-in campaign but only received 4,136 votes, or about 1% of those cast.

Results

Candidates

On ballot

• Mike Crapo
  Mike Crapo
  Michael Dean "Mike" Crapo is the senior United States Senator from the state of Idaho and a member of the Republican Party.Born in the city of Idaho Falls, Crapo is a graduate of Brigham Young University and Harvard Law School. He practiced law in his home city throughout the 1980s, while...
  
   (R), incumbent U.S. Senator

Write in

• Scott McClure
  Scott McClure
  Scott F. McClure is a farmer, engineer, businessman, Army veteran, and American politician. In 2004, he ran a write-in campaign for United States Senate in Idaho. A Democrat, McClure ran against Republican incumbent Mike Crapo.-2004 U.S. Senate campaign:...
  
  , Army veteran (Registered Democrat)

Results

Crapo won every county with over 90% of the vote. His weakest performance by far was in Latah County, where he got 95.6% of the vote to McClure's 4.4%.