2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election

2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election
November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)
All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives
61 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jim Black Joe Kiser
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 1, 1999 January 1, 2003
Leader's seat 100th - Matthews 97th - Vale
Last election 59 61
Seats before 59 61
Seats won 63 57
Seat change 4 4
Popular vote 1,361,804 1,490,695
Percentage 46.68% 51.10%
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Speaker before election

Jim Black &
Richard Morgan
Coalition

 Elected Speaker

Jim Black
Democratic

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.

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