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ELECTION 98 MAIN | | REMOTE NAVIGATOR

HAWAII

Race Summary

Governor    (334 of 334 precincts reporting)
Cayetano (D) * 51%     Lingle (R) 49%    
Senate    (334 of 334 precincts reporting)
Inouye (D) * 80%     Young (R) 18%    
House 01    (144 of 144 precincts reporting)
Abercrombie (D) * 62%     Ward (R) 37%    
House 02    (190 of 190 precincts reporting)
Mink (D) * 70%     Douglass (R) 25%    
Updated November 04, 1998 03:39 P.M. EST

TOP RACES

GOVERNOR: Gov. Benjamin J. Cayetano (D), first elected in 1994, is seeking a second term. Maui Mayor Linda Lingle (R) is the challenger.
Stuart Rothenberg's Race at a Glance

SENATE: Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D), first elected in 1962, is seeking a seventh term. Inouye faces legislative bill writer Crystal Young (R).
Stuart Rothenberg's Race at a Glance


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1998 POLLS

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POLL HOURS

12 p.m. ET (7 a.m. local) to 11 p.m. ET (6 p.m. local)


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SENATOR AND GOVERNOR NOT UP IN 1998

Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D), elected to the House in 1976 and then appointed in May 1990 to the Senate; won re-election in November 1990; next election in 2000.


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VACANCIES

1998 vacancies list


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HOUSE DISTRICTS

  • CD1 (Honolulu; Pearl City):
    Neil Abercrombie (inc.) (D); Gene Ward (R)
  • CD2 (Outer Oahu; Neighbor Islands):
    Patsy Mink (inc.) (D); Carol Douglass (R)

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    PRIMARY DATE

    September 19

    Primary results


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    FILING DEADLINE

    July 21

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    STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURES

    Total Number: 3

    To Watch:
    Constitutional Amendment 2: Same-sex Marriage
    Would give the legislature the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples, but would remain open to the petitions of those seeking same-sex marriages.


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    PARTY CONTROL

    Governor: Democrat
    U.S. Senate: 2 Democrats
    U.S. House of Representatives, 2 Democrats
    State Senate: 23 Democrats, 2 Republicans
    State House of Representatives: 39 Democrats, 12 Republicans


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    STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS

    Senate: 14 seats up
    House: All 51 seats up


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    PARTY REGISTRATION

    None

    State Projected Voting Age Population: 890,000 (1996)
    Registered Voters: 582,558 (8/98)


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    ELECTORAL VOTES

    4


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    PRESIDENTIAL VOTING HISTORY

    Clinton won in 1996; Clinton in 1992; Dukakis in 1988; Reagan in 1984; Carter in 1980; Carter in 1976; Nixon in 1972; Humphrey in 1968; Johnson in 1964; Kennedy in 1960.

    LAST TIME VOTED DEMOCRATIC: 1996

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1996:

    Clinton 57%
    Dole 32%
    Perot 8%
    Other 4%

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1992:

    Clinton 48%
    Bush 37%
    Perot 14%

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1988:

    Dukakis 54%
    Bush 45%

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1984:

    Reagan 55%
    Mondale 44%

    PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1980:

    Carter 45%
    Reagan 43%
    Anderson 11%


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    PAST EXIT POLLS

    1992:

    1996:


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    TURNOUT

    Historical voter turnout as a percentage of the voting age population 1996-1960


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    DEMOGRAPHICS

    Population: 1,184,000 (1996)
    (% of voting age population)

    White: 34.4%
    African American: 2.3%
    Asian: 61.3%
    Native American: 0.4%
    Other/Undeclared: 1.7%

    Persons of Hispanic origin account for 6.1% of the voting population (from 1990 Census)


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    STATE TIDBITS

    State Capitals: Honolulu
    State Nickname: Aloha State

    Hawaii, which became a state in 1959, is a place of ironies, geographically one of the most isolated places on Earth, yet home to an eclectic mix of cultures. While pineapples and sugar cane once drove Hawaii's economy, the state now relies on tourism, which has surpassed agriculture as the state's major industry in the last decade, and its strategic military position to fuel its economy. The Asian financial crisis has taken a terrible toll on the state, both on the stock market and on the tourism business which drives the state's economy. A traditionally liberal, Democratic state, all of Hawaii's elected statewide officials and its two U.S. representatives are Democrats, with the exception of 12 Republicans in the State House and only two in the State Senate. A state economy that lags behind the nation and changing demographics mean the races of 1998 are not such sure-things for the incumbent Democrats. Democratic Gov. Benjamin Cayetano is Hawaii's first Filipino-American governor. This year, Cayetano faces a woman challenger, Republican Maui Mayor Linda Crockett Lingle. In 1994, Cayetano prevailed over another woman, former Republican Congresswoman Patricia Saiki, who came in third. Saiki, while still in Congress in 1990, lost to Akaka. In 1984, Ronald Reagan was the last Republican presidential nominee to win the state. Richard Nixon was the first Republican to win the state in the 1972 presidential race.


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    RELATED SITES

    NOTE: External sites will open in a new browser window.

    Government:

    Hawaii Gov. Benjamin Cayetano's Home Page
    http://www.planet-hawaii.com/gov/
    Hawaii Office of the Lieutenant Governor
    http://www.hawaii.gov/ltgov/
    Hawaii Office of Elections
    http://www.kumu.icsd.hawaii.gov/elections/
    Hawaii State Senate
    http://www.hawaii.gov/icsd/leg/leg.html
    Hawaii State House of Representatives
    http://www.hawaii.gov/icsd/leg/leg.html

    News Media:

    CNN Affiliates:

    KHON (Honolulu)
    http://www.khon.com/news/

    State Newspapers:

    Honolulu Star-Bulletin
    http://www.starbulletin.com

    General Interest:

    The White House
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html
    The House of Representatives
    http://www.house.gov/
    The Senate
    http://www.senate.gov/
    Library of Congress -- The Legislative Branch
    http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html
    Congressional Quarterly's American Voter
    http://voter.cq.com/
    Congressional Quarterly's VoteWatch
    http://pathfinder.com/CQ/
    THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
    http://thomas.loc.gov/
    Federal Election Commission
    http://www.fec.gov/
    Democratic National Committee
    http://www.democrats.org/
    Republican National Committee
    http://www.rnc.org/
    Project Vote Smart
    http://www.vote-smart.org
    Policy.com
    http://www.policy.com/


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    Updated: October 25, 1998



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