The Green Papers: Hawaii 2007 Off Year Election |
Hawaii
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka 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, 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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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 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
Republican | Governor Linda Lingle First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor | |||||
Republican | Lieutenant Governor James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr. First elected: 2002, re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined) | |||||
CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Neil Abercrombie 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 4 November 2008 |
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CD 2 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Mazie K. Hirono First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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. |