2005 United States Electoral College vote count

2005 United States Electoral College vote count

January 6, 2005

538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
 
Nominee George W. Bush John Kerry John Edwards
Party Republican Democratic Democratic
Home state Texas Massachusetts North Carolina
Running mate Dick Cheney John Edwards John Edwards
Electoral vote 286 251 1
States carried 31 19 + DC 0

Objections made to the electoral college votes of the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
  No objections
  Objections defeated

President before election

George W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The count of the Electoral College ballots during a joint session of the 109th United States Congress, pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, on January 6, 2005, was held as the final step to confirm then-incumbent President George W. Bush's victory in the 2004 presidential election over Senator John Kerry (D–MA).

One Democratic representative, Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D–OH-11), filed a congressional objection to the certification of Bush's Ohio electoral votes throughout the session, with one Democratic senator, Barbara Boxer (D–CA), signed onto the objections.