2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election
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U.S. Representative Mark Takai, who represented Hawaii's 1st congressional district, died July 20, 2016.[1] A special election was held November 8, 2016.[2] In special elections in Hawaii, all candidates run on one ballot with the highest vote recipient winning regardless of percentage. That is what allowed Republican Charles Djou to win the 2010 special election for this seat with 39.4% of the vote when two Democrats took 58.4% of the vote combined. However this special election was held on the same ballot as the regularly scheduled election for this seat to the 115th Congress.
Candidates
[edit]Candidate filing took place from August 15 to August 25.[2]
Declared
[edit]Democratic Party
[edit]- Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. Representative[2]
Republican Party
[edit]- Shirlene Dela Cruz Ostrov, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel[3]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Colleen Hanabusa | 129,083 | 65.1 | |
| Republican | Shirlene D. Ostrov | 44,090 | 22.2 | |
| Democratic | Angela Aulani Kaaihue | 5,885 | 3.0 | |
| Libertarian | Alan J.K. Yim | 5,559 | 2.8 | |
| Democratic | Howard Kim | 4,259 | 2.1 | |
| Democratic | Peter Cross | 3,420 | 1.7 | |
| Nonpartisan | Calvin Griffin | 2,824 | 1.4 | |
| Democratic | Javier Ocasio | 1,893 | 1.0 | |
| Nonpartisan | Yvonne Perry | 1,050 | 0.5 | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter H. Plotzeneder | 328 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 198,391 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Blair, Chad (July 20, 2016). "Tributes Pour In After Death of Congressman Mark Takai". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- ^ a b c Dayton, Kevin (August 3, 2016). "Special-election winner will finish Takai's term". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- ^ "Candidates begin to file for District 1 special election". KHON-TV. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
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