Electoral history of Daniel Inouye

This is a list of results for elections in which Daniel Inouye, a Democrat. He was elected Hawaii's first U.S. Representative in 1959, and was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962. He served until his death in 2012. Inouye is the 2nd longest-serving senator in history.

Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Inouye earlier in his career in the Senate
1959 Election for U.S. Representative of Hawaii's at-large district
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye 51,787 65.33
Democratic Patsy Mink 21,702 27.38
Democratic Elizabeth K. Young 5,783 7.30
Total votes 79,272 100.00
General election
Democratic Daniel Inouye 111,727 68.64
Republican Charles H. Silva 51,058 31.37
Total votes 162,785 100.00
1960 Election for U.S. Representative of Hawaii's at-large district
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 135,827 74.37
Republican Frederick Titcomb 46,812 25.63
Total votes 182,639 100.00
1962 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye 80,707 93.65
Democratic Frank Troy 5,476 6.35
Total votes 86,183 100.00
General election
Democratic Daniel Inouye 136,294 69.41
Republican Ben Dillingham III 60,067 30.59
Democratic hold
Total votes 196,361 100.00
1968 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 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
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 189,248 83.40
Republican Wayne C. Thiessen 34,008 14.99
Peace and Freedom Oliver M. Lee 3,671 1.62
Total votes 235,686 100.00
Democratic hold
1974 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 207,454 82.91
People's James D. Kimmel 42,767 17.09
Total votes 250,221 100.00
Democratic hold
1980 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 198,468 87.52
Democratic Kamuela Price 15,361 6.77
Democratic John P. Fritz 12,929 5.70
Total votes 226,758 100.00
General election
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 224,485 77.95
Republican Cooper Brown 53,068 18.43
Libertarian H.E. Shasteen 10,453 3.63
Total votes 288,006 100.00
Democratic hold
1986 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 241,887 73.57
Republican Frank Hutchinson 86,910 26.43
Total votes 328,797 100.00
Democratic hold
1992 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 208,266 57.27
Republican Rick Reed 97,928 26.93
Green Linda Martin 49,921 13.73
Libertarian Richard Rowland 7,547 2.08
Total votes 363,662 100.00
Democratic hold
1998 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 108,891 92.79
Democratic Richard Thompson 8,468 7.22
Total votes 117,359 100.00
General election
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 315,252 79.18
Republican Crystal Young 70,964 17.82
Libertarian Lloyd Mallan 11,908 2.99
Total votes 244,288 100.00
Democratic hold
2004 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 153,748 95.18
Democratic Brian Evans 7,790 4.82
Total votes 161,538 100.00
General election
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 313,629 75.51
Republican Cam Cavasso 87,172 20.99
Independent Jim Brewer 9,269 2.23
Libertarian Lloyd Mallan 5,277 1.27
Total votes 415,347 100.00
Democratic hold
United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2010[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 276,928 74.81% −0.70%
Republican Cam Cavasso 79,830 21.57% +0.58%
Green Jim Brewer 7,756 2.10% N/A
Libertarian Lloyd Jeffrey Mallen 2,953 0.80% −0.47%
Independent Jeff Jarrett 2,695 0.73% N/A
Majority 197,098 53.25%
Total votes 370,162 100
Democratic hold Swing

Presidential elections

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1972 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):[2]

References

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  1. ^ "General election results 2010" (PDF). hawaii.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "US Vice President – D Convention Race – Jul 10, 1972". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 2, 2010.