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2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election

Summary

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. This is what allowed Charles Djou, a Republican, to win the 2010 special election for this district with 39.4% of the vote when two Democrats took 58.4% of the vote combined. However this special election is held concurrently with the 2016 general election.

2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election
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Hawaii's 1st congressional district
 
Candidate Colleen Hanabusa Shirl Ostrov
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 129,083 44,090
Percentage 65.1% 22.2%
State house district results
Hanabusa:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Representative before election

Mark Takai
Democratic

Elected Representative

Colleen Hanabusa
Democratic

Candidates edit

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

Declared edit

Democratic Party edit

Republican Party edit

Results edit

Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
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

  1. ^ Blair, Chad (July 20, 2016). "Tributes Pour In After Death of Congressman Mark Takai". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c 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.