Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election, 2016

Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election, 2016

November 8, 2016

Candidate Colleen Hanabusa Shirlene Dela Cruz Ostrov Party Democratic Republican

Representative before election Mark Takai Democratic Elected Representative TBD

Elections in Hawaii
Federal government Presidential elections 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Presidential caucuses Democratic 2008 Republican 2008 2012 U.S. Senate elections 1976 1982 1988 1992 1994 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2012 2016 U.S. House elections 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Special elections to U.S. Congress Senate, 1990 2nd district, 2002-2003 1st district, 2010 Senate, 2014
State government Gubernatorial elections 1959 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 State Senate elections 2012 State House of Representatives elections 2012
Ballot measures 1998 Amendment 2
Honolulu Mayoral elections 2010 2012 2016

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.

Candidates

Candidate filing took place from August 15 to August 25.^[2]

Declared

Democratic Party

• Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. Representative^[2]

Republican Party

• Shirlene Dela Cruz Ostrov, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel^[3]

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