The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States 55th quadrennial Presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. The incumbent, President Steve Martin of the National Party, was ineligible to run as he was term limited. The Democratic nominee, James "Jay" Leno, the Governor of Massachusetts, defeated the Nationalist candidate, Jeb Bush, the Governor of Florida, by a margin of 8 electoral votes thanks to his somewhat controversial victory in Pacifica. The election marked the first Democratic President elected since 1992, and only the third Democratic President elected since 1960.