2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election

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2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election
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  2014 November 8, 2016 2016 (regular)  

Hawaii's 1st congressional district
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Candidate Colleen Hanabusa Shirl Ostrov
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote129,08344,090
Percentage65.1%22.2%

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Hanabusa:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Ostrov:     40–50%
     No votes

Representative before election

Mark Takai
Democratic

Elected Representative

Colleen Hanabusa
Democratic

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.

Contents

Candidates

Candidate filing took place from August 15 to August 25. [2]

Declared

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Results

Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Colleen Hanabusa 129,083 65.1
Republican Shirlene D. Ostrov44,09022.2
Democratic Angela Aulani Kaaihue5,8853.0
Libertarian Alan J.K. Yim5,5592.8
Democratic Howard Kim4,2592.1
Democratic Peter Cross3,4201.7
Nonpartisan Calvin Griffin2,8241.4
Democratic Javier Ocasio1,8931.0
Nonpartisan Yvonne Perry1,0500.5
Nonpartisan Peter H. Plotzeneder3280.2
Total votes198,391 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. Blair, Chad (July 20, 2016). "Tributes Pour In After Death of Congressman Mark Takai". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Dayton, Kevin (August 3, 2016). "Special-election winner will finish Takai's term". Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  3. "Candidates begin to file for District 1 special election". KHON-TV . August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.