1968_United_States_Senate_election_in_Hawaii Knowpia

1968 United States Senate election in Hawaii
	County results; Inouye: 80–90%
U.S. senator before election; Daniel Inouye; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Daniel Inouye; Democratic

The 1968 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye was re-elected to a second term in office, easily defeating Republican nominee Wayne Thiessen.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Daniel Inouye, incumbent Senator
William Lampard
Joseph Petrowski, candidate for Senate in 1962 and U.S. Representative in 1964

Results edit

1968 Democratic U.S. Senate primary ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Inouye (inc.)	111,135	87.54%
	Democratic	William Lampard	14,357	11.31%
	Democratic	Joseph Petrowski	1,469	1.16%
Total votes			126,961	100.00%

General election edit

Results edit

1968 United States Senate election in Hawaii^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Daniel Inouye (inc.)	189,248	83.40%	13.99
	Republican	Wayne C. Thiessen	34,008	14.99%	15.60
	Peace and Freedom	Oliver M. Lee	3,671	1.62%	N/A
Total votes			235,686	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing