2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii

The 2002 House elections in Hawaii occurred on November 5, 2002 to elect the members of the State of Hawaii's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Hawaii had two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census.

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii

November 5, 2002
All 2 Hawaii seats to the United States House of Representatives
Party Democratic Republican Last election 2 0 Seats won 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 232,344 116,693 Percentage 64.54% 32.42% Swing 0.49% 0.16%

These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 2002, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Of Hawaii's Congressional districts, the race in the 2nd district received the most attention. Representative Patsy Mink, despite her death following renomination, was posthumously re-elected, thus triggering a subsequent special election to fill the vacancy.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2002[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	232,344	64.54%	2	—
	Republican	116,693	32.42%	0	—
	Libertarian	8,747	2.43%	0	—
	Natural Law	2,200	.61%	0	—
Totals		359,984	100.00%	2	—

Results

Hawaii's congressional districts for the 2002 elections

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Hawaii 1	Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	1986 (Special) 1988 (Lost renomination) 1990	Re-elected	Neil Abercrombie (D) 72.85% Mark Terry (R) 24.92% James Bracken (L) 2.23%
Hawaii 2	Patsy Mink	Democratic	1964 1976 (Retired) 1990	Re-elected	Patsy Mink (D) 56.16% Bob McDermott (R) 39.98% Jeff Mallan (L) 2.63% Nicholas Bedworth (NL) 1.23%

References

1. http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2002/general/02swgen4.pdf