2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special 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

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.

  1. ^ Blair, Chad (July 20, 2016). "Tributes Pour In After Death of Congressman Mark Takai". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Dayton, Kevin (August 3, 2016). "Special-election winner will finish Takai's term". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved August 5, 2016.

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