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 "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%)
• 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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9. "HI US Senate Race – Nov 03, 1992". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
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12. "HI US Senate – D Primary Race – Sep 18, 2004". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
13. "HI US Senate Race – Nov 02, 2004". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
14. "General election results 2010" (PDF). hawaii.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
15. "US Vice President – D Convention Race – Jul 10, 1972". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 2, 2010.