George W. Bush Republican George W. Bush Republican The 2004 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election.

Ohio was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 2.11% margin of victory.

Prior to the election, most news organizations considered Ohio as a swing state.

The close contest was the subject of the 2006 documentary film ...So Goes the Nation, the title of which is a reference to Ohio's 2004 status as a crucial swing state.

Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Stark County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

By October, Kerry gained back momentum as he started winning many of the polls, leading with from 48% to as high as 50%.

[6] CNN's exit polling showed that Bush barely won the state.

[8] Bush won 13 of 18 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.

On January 6, 2005, Senator Barbara Boxer joined Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio in filing a congressional objection to the certification of Ohio's Electoral College votes due to alleged irregularities including disqualification of provisional ballots, alleged misallocation of voting machines, and disproportionately long waits in predominantly African-American communities.