1980 United States Senate election in Hawaii
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The 1980 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 4, 1980.
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County results Inouye: 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye won re-election to a fourth term in yet another landslide, despite the national 'Reagan Revolution' and the state's very narrow margin of victory for Jimmy Carter in the concurrent presidential election.
Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Daniel Inouye, incumbent Senator
- John P. Fritz, candidate for State House in 1976 and 1978
- Kamuela Price, candidate for Senate in 1976
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 198,468 | 87.52% | |
Democratic | Kamuela Price | 15,361 | 6.77% | |
Democratic | John P. Fritz | 12,929 | 5.70% | |
Total votes | 226,758 | 100.00% |
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- Floyd Bernier-Nachtwey, People's Party candidate for Senate in 1974
- Cooper Brown
- Dan Dew
- Lawrence I. Weisman
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cooper Brown | 3,219 | 39.05% | |
Republican | Lawrence I. Weisman | 2,586 | 31.37% | |
Republican | Dan Dew | 1,854 | 22.49% | |
Republican | Floyd Bernier-Nachtwey | 584 | 7.09% | |
Total votes | 8,243 | 100.00% |
General election edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Daniel Inouye (Incumbent) | 224,485 | 77.95% | 4.96 | |
Republican | Cooper Brown | 53,068 | 18.43% | N/A | |
Libertarian | H. E. Shasteen | 10,453 | 3.63% | N/A | |
Democratic hold | Swing |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "HI US Senate". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - HI US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 20, 1980".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980".