Hawaii 2008 General Election

The Green Papers: Hawaii 2008 General Election

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Hawaii
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Saturday 20 September 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

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 20 September 2008 polling hours 7:00a HIST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a HIST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC).

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Hawaii State and Local Government

Hawaii 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

3 January 2009: GENERAL ELECTION - State of Hawaii - Statewide - November 4, 2008 - FINAL SUMMARY REPORT - Printed on: 11/18/2008 at 05:44:12 pm

25 September 2008: Synchronized with Hawaii Office Of Elections - Candidate Filing Report - General Candidates.

Saturday 20 September 2008 Hawaii Primary Results
Returns from an official source.
Results from a media source.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. 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 Presidential Candidates.


	Democratic	325,871	71.45%	Senator Barack Hussein Obama (4 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC P80003338: $778,642,047

	Republican	120,566	26.44%	Senator John Sidney McCain, III • Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin • FEC P80002801: $399,826,076

	Independence	3,825	0.84%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Matt Gonzalez • FEC P20000527: $4,520,160

	Scattering	2,193	0.48%	Blank Votes

	Libertarian	1,314	0.29%	former Congressman Bob Barr • Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root • FEC P80005580: $1,405,899

	Constitution	1,013	0.22%	Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin • Vice President: Darrell L. Castle • FEC P80005499: $262,010

	Green	979	0.21%	former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney • Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente • FEC P80004930: $240,360

	Scattering	303	0.07%	Over Votes
Total		456,064	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Daniel Kahikina 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, 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3	Democratic	Senator Daniel K. Inouye • 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 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Linda Lingle • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr. • First elected: 2002, re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Neil Abercrombie • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • 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 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 20 September 2008 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Neil Abercrombie

	Democratic	154,208	70.60%	Congressman Neil Abercrombie • FEC H6HI01121: $1,444,071

	Republican	38,115	17.45%	Steve Tataii • FEC H8HI01168: Financial report not available

	Scattering	18,446	8.44%	Blank Votes

	Libertarian	7,594	3.48%	Li Zhao • FEC H8HI01184: Financial report not available

	Scattering	71	0.03%	Over Votes
Total		218,434	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Mazie K. Hirono • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 20 September 2008 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Mazie K. Hirono

	Democratic	165,748	69.75%	Congressman Mazie K. Hirono • FEC H6HI02251: $1,240,402

	Republican	44,425	18.70%	Roger B. Evans • FEC H8HI02091: Financial report not available

	Scattering	19,605	8.25%	Blank Votes

	Independent	4,042	1.70%	Shaun Stenshol • FEC H8HI02109: Financial report not available

	Libertarian	3,699	1.56%	Lloyd Jeff "Jeff" Mallan • FEC H8HI02042: Financial report not available

	Scattering	111	0.05%	Over Votes
Total		237,630	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 4 incumbents, 3 candidates
	• Republican: 2 incumbents, 3 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Independence (affiliates): 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 6 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.