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%)
- 5,783 (7.30%)

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

Daniel Inouye (D) - 111,727 (68.64%)
(R) - 51,058 (31.37%)

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

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

U.S. Senate elections[]

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

Daniel Inouye (D) - 136,294 (69.41%)
(R) - 60,067 (30.59%)

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

Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 189,248 (83.40%)
(R) - 34,008 (14.99%)
(Peace and Freedom) - 3,671 (1.62%)

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

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

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

Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 224,485 (77.95%)
(R) - 53,068 (18.43%)
(LBT) - 10,453 (3.63%)

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

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

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

Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 208,266 (57.27%)
(R) - 97,928 (26.93%)
(Green) - 49,921 (13.73%)
(LBT) - 7,547 (2.08%)

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

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

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

Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) - 315,252 (76.42%)
(R) - 70,964 (17.20%)
Blank votes - 13,862 (3.36%)
(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%)
(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%)
- 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%)
- 2 (0.07%)
- 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 "Archie" Bunker - 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%)
- 1 (0.03%)
Patricia Harris - 1 (0.03%)
Jim Hunt - 1 (0.03%)
Daniel Inouye - 1 (0.03%)
Henry M. Jackson - 1 (0.03%)
- 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%)
- 1 (0.03%)
Joe Smith - 1 (0.03%)
Benjamin Spock - 1 (0.03%)
- 1 (0.03%)
George Wallace - 1 (0.03%)

References[]

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