The Green Papers: Hawaii 2004 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Saturday 18 September 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Electoral Votes:4(0.74% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:1,216,642 (0.43% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):909,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):637,349
Capital:Honolulu
Saturday 18 September 2004 polls close 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC)
 

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Hawaii State and Local Government

Hawaii 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats   Republicans   Third Parties


HAWAII Election Returns from an official source

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details.
Up for election in 2004
  Elected Democrat 231,708 54.01% Senator John Kerry
(4 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Senator John Edwards
  Candidate Republican 194,191 45.26% President George W. Bush
Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney
Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
  Candidate Green 1,737 0.40% David Keith Cobb
Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche
  Candidate Libertarian 1,377 0.32% Michael Badnarik
Vice President: Richard V. Campagna

Write-in votes for Presidential candidates are not permitted.

Total 429,013 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1   Democrat   Senator Daniel K. Akaka
Appointed by Governor John Waihee (Democrat) 16 May 1990, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Spark M. Matsunaga (Democrat): 15 April 1990; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1990; elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Class 3
Seat up for election
  Democrat   Senator Daniel K. Inouye
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
First elected: 1962; re-elected: 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1959 (Hawaii having just been admitted as a State to the Union), 1960]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - 18 September 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 313,629 75.51% Senator Daniel K. Inouye
  Candidate Republican 87,172 20.99% Campbell "Cam" Cavasso
  Candidate Nonpartisan 9,269 2.23% James R. Brewer, Jr.
  Candidate Libertarian 5,277 1.27% Lloyd Jeffrey "Jeff" Mallan
Total 415,347 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

    Republican   Governor Linda Lingle
First elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor

    Republican   Lieutenant Governor James "Duke" Aiona, Jr.
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

108th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democrats (2 Renominated)

CD 1
Seat up for election
  Democrat   Congressman Neil Abercrombie
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
Returned to House: 1990
[previously elected to U.S. House in Special Election, 20 September 1986 re: resignation of Congressman Cecil Heftel, 11 July 1986]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - 18 September 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 128,567 62.97% Congressman Neil Abercrombie
  Candidate Republican 69,371 33.98% Dalton I. Tanonaka
  Candidate Libertarian 6,243 3.06% Elyssa A. "Erin O'Bryn" Young
Total 204,181 100.00%  

CD 2
Seat up for election
  Democrat   Congressman Ed Case
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
First elected: 2002 in a special election to replace the deceased Congressman Patsy Mink (107th Congress); elected: 2003 in a special election to replace the deceased Congressman Patsy Mink (108th Congress, re-elected posthumously on 5 November 2002).
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
Renominated - 18 September 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 133,317 62.77% Congressman Ed Case
  Candidate Republican 79,072 37.23% Mike Gabbard
Total 212,389 100.00%  

 


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