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Hawaii's 2012 general elections were held on November 6, 2012. Primary elections were held on August 11, 2012.
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Hawaii's 2012 general elections were held on November 6, 2012. Primary elections were held on August 11, 2012.
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka, who held the position since 1990, retired. [1]
U.S. Representative Mazie Hirono sought and received the Democratic nomination to succeed Akaka. She defeated former U.S. Representative Ed Case, Michael Gillespie, Antonio Gimbernat, and Arturo Pacheco Reyes in the Democratic primary. [2] [3]
Former Governor Linda Lingle sought and received the Republican nomination. She defeated former state Senator John Carroll, Charles Collins, Eddie Pirkowski, and John Roco in the Republican primary. [3] [4]
Democratic incumbent Colleen Hanabusa, who had represented the 1st district since January 2011, ran for re-election. [5] She defeated Roy Wyttenbach II in the Democratic primary. [6]
Former U.S. Representative Charles Djou, who had represented the 1st district from May 2010 to January 2011, sought and received the Republican nomination to challenge Hanabusa. [7] He defeated C. Kaui Amsterdam and John Giuffre in the Republican primary. [8]
Democratic incumbent Mazie Hirono, who had represented the 2nd district since 2007, ran for the U.S. Senate. [9]
Tulsi Gabbard, then a member of the Honolulu City Council, sought and received the Democratic nomination to succeed Hirono. She defeated Rafael Del Castillo, an attorney; Mufi Hannemann, the former Mayor of Honolulu; Esther Kia'aina, the chief advocate of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Bob Marx, an attorney; and, Miles Shiratori, a financial advisor, in the Democratic primary. [10]
Kawika Crowley, a handyman, sought and received the Republican nomination. He defeated Matt DiGeronimo, a businessman and former Navy officer, in the Republican primary. [11] [12]
Because of redistricting, all 25 members of the Hawaii Senate were up for election. Prior to the election, the state Senate consisted of 24 Democrats and 1 Republican.
District 2: This was a new seat, with no former incumbent. [13]
District 25: Democratic incumbent Pohai Ryan was defeated in the primary. [14]
All 51 members of the Hawaii House of Representatives were up for election. Prior to the election, the state House consisted of 43 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
District 6: This was a new seat, with no former incumbent. [15]
District 19: Republican incumbent Barbara Marumoto retired. [16]
District 30 (old District 29): Democratic incumbent Joey Manahan was running for a seat on the Honolulu City Council. [17]
District 34: This was a new seat, with no former incumbent. [18]
District 40 (old District 43): Republican incumbent Kymberly Pine was running for a seat on the Honolulu City Council. [19]
District 45: This was a new seat, with no former incumbent. [20]
District 47 (old District 46): Republican incumbent Gil Riviere was defeated in the primary. [21]
Since Hawaii became a state in 1959, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, one from each of Hawaii's congressional districts. Before becoming a state, the Territory of Hawaii elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1900 to 1958.
Daniel Kahikina Akaka was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Edward Espenett Case is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district since 2019, which covers the urban core of Honolulu. He represented the 2nd district, which covers the rest of the state, from 2002 to 2007.
Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party, Hirono previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013. Hirono also served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995 and as Hawaii's tenth lieutenant governor from 1994 to 2002, under Ben Cayetano. She was the Democratic nominee for governor of Hawaii in 2002, but lost to Republican Linda Lingle.
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Charles Kong Djou is an American politician and attorney who is currently Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission. A former member of the Republican Party, Djou briefly served as U.S. representative from Hawaii's 1st congressional district from May 2010 to January 2011. As of 2024, he is the last Republican to represent Hawaii in Congress.
Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Hawaii, a seat he has held since 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, representing the 25th legislative district; as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010; and as the 12th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012.
Colleen Wakako Hanabusa is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she ran for her party's nomination for governor of Hawaii in 2018, challenging and losing to incumbent and fellow Democrat David Ige.
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The 2016 United States Senate election in Hawaii was held November 8, 2016, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held August 13. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Brian Schatz won reelection to his first full term in office, defeating Republican former state legislator John Carroll.
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