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.



U.S. House elections
Hawaii At-large congressional district, 1959 (Democratic primary):
 * 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:
 * Daniel Inouye (D) – 111,727 (68.64%)
 * Charles H. Silva (R) – 51,058 (31.37%)

Hawaii At-large congressional district, 1960:
 * 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:
 * Daniel Inouye (D) – 136,294 (69.41%)
 * Benjamin F. Dillingham II (R) – 60,067 (30.59%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1968:
 * 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:
 * Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) – 207,454 (82.91%)
 * James D. Kimmel (People's) – 42,767 (17.09%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1980:
 * 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:
 * Daniel Inouye (D) (inc.) – 241,887 (73.57%)
 * Frank Hutchinson (R) – 86,910 (26.43%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1992:
 * 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:
 * Daniel Inouye (inc.) – 108,891 (92.79%)
 * Richard Thompson – 8,468 (7.22%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 1998:
 * 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:
 * Daniel Inouye (inc.) – 153,748 (95.18%)
 * Brian Evans – 7,790 (4.82%)

United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2004:
 * 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%)

Presidential elections
1972 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):
 * 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%)