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Here are the results of the 11 governorships up for election across the United States on Nov. 2, 2004. Winners declared by the Associated Press are denoted by a check mark (); (i) denotes an incumbent.

	Dems.	Reps.	Others
Governors Trend
Won	5	5	0
Leading	0	1	0
Holdovers	16	23	0
Trend	21	29	0
Current	22	28	0
Net Change	-1	1	0

Party key: CST -- Constitution; Dem. -- Democrat; Grn. -- Green; Ind. -- independent; Lib. -- Libertarian; LUn -- Liberty Union; MJP -- Marijuana Party; Mnt. -- Mountain Party; PCH -- Personal Choice; Rep. -- Republican.

DELAWARE

435 of 435 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Ruth Ann Minner (Dem.) (i)	185,531	51%
Bill Lee (Rep.)	166,991	46%
Frank Infante (Lib.)	12,202	3%

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INDIANA

5,424 of 5,424 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Mitch Daniels (Rep.)	1,301,454	53%
Joe Kernan (Dem.) (i)	1,112,071	45%
Kenn Gividen (Lib.)	32,257	1%

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MISSOURI

3,943 of 3,943 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Matt Blunt (Rep.)	1,380,200	51%
Claire McCaskill (Dem.)	1,296,362	48%
John Swenson (Lib.)	24,295	1%
Robert Wells (CST.)	11,262	0%

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MONTANA

881 of 881 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Brian Schweitzer (Dem.)	224,506	50%
Bob Brown (Rep.)	204,863	46%
Bob Kelleher (Grn.)	8,365	2%
Stan Jones (Lib.)	7,404	2%

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

301 of 301 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
John Lynch (Dem.)	339,773	51%
Craig Benson (Rep.) (i)	326,007	49%

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NORTH CAROLINA

2,769 of 2,769 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Mike Easley (Dem.) (i)	1,908,268	55%
Patrick Ballantine (Rep.)	1,480,446	43%
Barbara Howe (Lib.)	51,538	1%

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NORTH DAKOTA

607 of 607 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
John Hoeven (Rep.) (i)	220,133	71%
Joseph Satrom (Dem.)	84,632	27%
Roland Riemers (Ind.)	4,173	1%

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UTAH

1,908 of 1,913 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Jon Huntsman (Rep.)	473,814	57%
Scott Matheson (Dem.)	350,841	42%
Ken Larsen (PCH.)	7,699	1%

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VERMONT

260 of 260 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Jim Douglas (Rep.) (i)	181,274	59%
Peter Clavelle (Dem.)	117,191	38%
Cris Ericson (MJP.)	4,104	1%
Patricia Hejny (Ind.)	2,360	1%
Hardy Machia (Lib.)	2,267	1%
Peter Diamondstone (LUn.)	1,307	0%

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WASHINGTON

6,686 of 6,686 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Dino Rossi (Rep.)	1,372,484	49%
Christine Gregoire (Dem.)	1,372,442	49%
Ruth Bennett (Lib.)	63,416	2%

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WEST VIRGINIA

1,965 of 1,965 precincts -- 100%

Candidate	Votes	Pct.
Joe Manchin (Dem.)	465,636	63%
Monty Warner (Rep.)	250,831	34%
Jesse Johnson (Mnt.)	18,113	2%

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