Hawaii 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Hawaii 2006 Midterm Election

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Hawaii
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Saturday 23 September 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:	1,216,642	(0.43% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	909,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	637,349
Capital:	Honolulu
Saturday 23 September 2006 polling hours 7:00a HIST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC).
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 7:00a HIST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC).

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Hawaii State and Local Government

HAWAII PRIMARY

Saturday 23 September 2006

The filing deadline for the partisan primary was 25 July 2006.

All races involving an Incumbent are in boldface and also marked with an asterisk (*)

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All races involving an Incumbent are in boldface and also marked with an asterisk (*)

Contested STATEWIDE races:

United States Senate (Class 1):
- Democrats have renominated Daniel Kahikina Akaka*
- Republicans have nominated Gerald L. "Jerry" Coffee. (Mr. Coffee had withdrawn out due to illness. The GOP may selected a replacement candidate for the general election.)

Governor:
- Democrats have nominated Randall "Randy" Iwase
- Republicans have renominated Linda Lingle*

Lieutenant Governor:
- Democrats have nominated Malama Solomon

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

CD 1:
- Democrats have renominated Neil Abercrombie*
- Republicans have nominated Richard Arthur "Noah" Hough, II

CD 2:
- Democrats have nominated Mazie Hirono
- Republicans have nominated Robert Charles "Bob" Hogue



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Appointed by Governor John Waihee (Democrat) 16 May 1990, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Spark M. Matsunaga (Democrat): 15 April 1990; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1990; elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 23 September 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka

	Democratic	210,118	61.34%	Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka • FEC: $2,648,898

	Republican	126,041	36.79%	State Representative Cynthia H. Thielen • Replacement candidate named 25 September 2006 to replace Gerald L. "Jerry" Coffee who won the 23 September primary after withdrawing from the race. • FEC: $356,419

	Libertarian	6,401	1.87%	Lloyd Jeffrey "Jeff" Mallan • FEC finanical report not available
Total		342,560	100.00%

Class 3	Democratic	Senator Daniel K. Inouye • First elected: 1962; re-elected: 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1959 (Hawaii having just been admitted as a State to the Union), 1960] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Linda Lingle • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 23 September 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Governor Linda Lingle

	Republican	215,279	62.53%	Governor Linda Lingle • for Lt. Governor: Lieutenant Governor James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr.

	Democratic	121,708	35.35%	Randall "Randy" Iwase • for Lt. Governor: Malama Solomon

	Green	5,433	1.58%	Jim Brewer • for Lt. Governor: Renee Ing

	Libertarian	1,849	0.54%	Ozell Amahari Daniel • for Lt. Governor: Li Zhao
Total		344,269	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr. • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 23 September 2006 Primary

	Democratic			Malama Solomon

	Republican			Lieutenant Governor James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr.

	Green			Renee Ing

	Libertarian			Li Zhao

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (1 Renominated, 1 Open)

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Neil Abercrombie • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Returned to House: 1990 [previously elected to U.S. House in Special Election, 20 September 1986 re: resignation of Congressman Cecil Heftel, 11 July 1986] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 23 September 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Neil Abercrombie

	Democratic	112,772	69.34%	Congressman Neil Abercrombie • FEC: $1,074,345

	Republican	49,857	30.66%	Richard Arthur "Noah" Hough, II • Filed with the FEC 22 January 2006 to run as a Democrat. Amended filing 1 May 2006 to run as a Republican. • FEC: $17,728
Total		162,629	100.00%

CD 2 {map} Open	Democratic	Congressman Edward Espenett "Ed" Case • First elected: 2002 in a special election to replace the deceased Congressman Patsy Mink (107th Congress); elected: 2003 in a special election to replace the deceased Congressman Patsy Mink (108th Congress, re-elected posthumously on 5 November 2002). • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - Ran for, but did not receive, his party's nomination for the Senate Class 1 Seat in 2006.
	Polls: Democratic Mazie K. Hirono
		Open Seat (no incumbent)

	Democratic	106,816	61.03%	Mazie K. Hirono • FEC: $1,431,764

	Republican	68,218	38.97%	Robert Charles "Bob" Hogue • FEC: $232,672
Total		175,034	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 4 incumbents, 5 candidates
	• Republican: 2 incumbents, 5 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
	• Libertarian: 3 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that this candidate is actually on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.