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2004 New York U.S. Senate Election

New York · 7 candidates · See every 2004 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 2004 New York U.S. Senate Election?

Charles E. Schumer won the 2004 New York U.S. Senate Election. Charles E. Schumer received 4,769,824 popular votes (64.05%). The main challenger was Howard Mills (21.82%).

See the full head-to-head between Schumer and Mills

Schumer +42.2 pts · won by 3,144,755 votes
Charles E. SchumerIndependenceWINNER64.05%
4,769,824 votes
Howard MillsRepublican21.82%
1,625,069 votes
Marilyn F. O'GradyConservative2.97%
220,960 votes
David E. McReynoldsGreen0.5%
36,942 votes
Donald SilbergerLibertarian0.26%
19,073 votes
Abraham HirschfeldBuilders0.22%
16,196 votes
Martin KoppelSocialist Workers0.2%
14,811 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 10.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.