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

U.S. House elections

Hawaii At-large congressional district, 1959 (Democratic primary):^[1]

• Daniel Inouye - 51,787 (65.33%)
• Patsy Mink - 21,702 (27.38%)
• Elizabeth K. Young - 5,783 (7.30%)

Hawaii At-large congressional district, 1959:^[2]

• Daniel Inouye (D) - 111,727 (68.64%)
• Charles H. Silva (R) - 51,058 (31.37%)

Hawaii At-large congressional district, 1960:^[3]

• Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 135,827 (74.37%)
• Frederick Titcomb (R) - 46,812 (25.63%)

U.S. Senate elections

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1962:^[4]

• Daniel Inouye (D) - 136,294 (69.41%)
• Benjamin F. Dillingham II (R) - 60,067 (30.59%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1968:^[5]

• Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 189,248 (83.40%)
• Wayne C. Thiessen (R) - 34,008 (14.99%)
• Oliver M. Lee (Peace and Freedom) - 3,671 (1.62%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1974:^[6]

• Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 207,454 (82.91%)
• James D. Kimmel (People's) - 42,767 (17.09%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1980:^[7]

• Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 224,485 (77.95%)
• Copper Brown (R) - 53,068 (18.43%)
• H. E. Shasteen (LBT) - 10,453 (3.63%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1986:^[8]

• Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 241,887 (73.57%)
• Frank Hutchinson (R) - 86,910 (26.43%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1992:^[9]

• Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 208,266 (57.27%)
• Rick Reed (R) - 97,928 (26.93%)
• Linda B. Martin (Green) - 49,921 (13.73%)
• Richard Rowland (LBT) - 7,547 (2.08%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Hawaii, 1998:^[10]

• Daniel Inouye (inc.) - 108,891 (92.79%)
• Richard Thompson - 8,468 (7.22%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1998:^[11]

• Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 315,252 (76.42%)
• Crystal Young (R) - 70,964 (17.20%)
• Blank votes - 13,862 (3.36%)
• Lloyd Mallan (LBT) - 11,908 (2.89%)
• Write-in - 537 (0.13%)

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Hawaii, 2004:^[12]

• Daniel Inouye (inc.) - 153,748 (95.18%)
• Brian Evans - 7,790 (4.82%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2004:^[13]

• Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 313,629 (75.49%)
• Campbell Cavasso (R) - 87,172 (20.98%)
• Jim Brewer (I) - 9,269 (2.23%)
• Lloyd Mallan (LBT) - 5,277 (1.27%)
• Write-in - 111 (0.03%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2010^[14]

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

1972 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):^[15]

• Thomas Eagleton - 1,742 (59.07%)
• Frances Farenthold - 405 (13.73%)
• Mike Gravel - 226 (7.66%)
• Endicott Peabody - 108 (3.66%)
• Clay Smothers - 74 (2.51%)
• Birch Bayh - 62 (2.10%)
• Peter Rodino - 57 (1.93%)
• Jimmy Carter - 30 (1.02%)
• Shirley Chisholm - 20 (0.68%)
• Moon Landrieu - 19 (0.64%)
• Edward T. Breathitt - 18 (0.61%)
• Ted Kennedy - 15 (0.51%)
• Fred R. Harris - 14 (0.48%)
• Richard G. Hatcher - 11 (0.37%)
• Harold E. Hughes - 10 (0.34%)
• Joseph M. Montoya - 9 (0.31%)
• William L. Guy - 8 (0.27%)
• Adlai Stevenson III - 8 (0.27%)
• Robert Bergland - 5 (0.17%)
• Hodding Carter - 5 (0.17%)
• Cesar Chavez - 5 (0.17%)
• Wilbur Mills - 5 (0.17%)
• Wendell Anderson - 4 (0.14%)
• Stanley Arnold - 4 (0.14%)
• Ron Dellums - 4 (0.14%)
• John J. Houlihan - 4 (0.14%)
• Roberto A. Mondragon - 4 (0.14%)
• Reubin O'Donovan Askew - 3 (0.10%)
• Herman Badillo - 3 (0.10%)
• Eugene McCarthy - 3 (0.10%)
• Claiborne Pell - 3 (0.10%)
• Terry Sanford - 3 (0.10%)
• Ramsey Clark - 2 (0.07%)
• Richard J. Daley - 2 (0.07%)
• John DeCarlo - 2 (0.07%)
• Ernest Gruening - 2 (0.07%)
• Roger Mudd - 2 (0.07%)
• Edmund Muskie - 2 (0.07%)
• Claude Pepper - 2 (0.07%)
• Abraham Ribicoff - 2 (0.07%)
• Pat Taylor - 2 (0.07%)
• Leonard F. Woodcock - 2 (0.07%)
• Bruno Agnoli - 2 (0.07%)
• Ernest Albright - 1 (0.03%)
• William A. Barrett - 1 (0.03%)
• Daniel Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
• Phillip Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
• Julian Bond - 1 (0.03%)
• Hargrove Bowles - 1 (0.03%)
• Archibald Burton - 1 (0.03%)
• Phillip Burton - 1 (0.03%)
• William Chappell - 1 (0.03%)
• Lawton Chiles - 1 (0.03%)
• Frank Church - 1 (0.03%)
• Robert Drinan - 1 (0.03%)
• Nick Galifianakis - 1 (0.03%)
• John Goodrich - 1 (0.03%)
• Michael Griffin - 1 (0.03%)
• Martha Griffiths - 1 (0.03%)
• Charles Hamilton - 1 (0.03%)
• Patricia Harris - 1 (0.03%)
• Jim Hunt - 1 (0.03%)
• Daniel Inouye - 1 (0.03%)
• Henry M. Jackson - 1 (0.03%)
• Robery Kariss - 1 (0.03%)
• Allard K. Lowenstein - 1 (0.03%)
• Mao Zedong - 1 (0.03%)
• Eleanor McGovern - 1 (0.03%)
• Martha Mitchell - 1 (0.03%)
• Ralph Nader - 1 (0.03%)
• George Norcross - 1 (0.03%)
• Jerry Rubin - 1 (0.03%)
• Fred Seaman - 1 (0.03%)
• Joe Smith - 1 (0.03%)
• Benjamin Spock - 1 (0.03%)
• Patrick Tavolacci - 1 (0.03%)
• George Wallace - 1 (0.03%)

References

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15. "US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 10, 1972". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-07-02.