2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election

U.S. Representative Mark Takai, who represented Hawaii's 1st congressional district, died July 20, 2016.[1] A special election was held November 8, 2016.[2] In special elections in Hawaii, all candidates run on one ballot with the highest vote recipient winning regardless of percentage. This is what allowed Charles Djou, a Republican, to win the 2010 special election for this district with 39.4% of the vote when two Democrats took 58.4% of the vote combined. However this special election is held concurrently with the 2016 general election.

2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election

November 8, 2016

Candidate Colleen Hanabusa Shirl Ostrov Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 129,083 44,090 Percentage 65.1% 22.2%

State house district results Hanabusa:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Representative before election Mark Takai Democratic Elected Representative Colleen Hanabusa Democratic

Candidates

Candidate filing took place from August 15 to August 25.[2]

Democratic Party

• Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. Representative[2]

Republican Party

• Shirlene Dela Cruz Ostrov, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel[3]

Results

Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa	129,083	65.1
	Republican	Shirlene D. Ostrov	44,090	22.2
	Democratic	Angela Aulani Kaaihue	5,885	3.0
	Libertarian	Alan J.K. Yim	5,559	2.8
	Democratic	Howard Kim	4,259	2.1
	Democratic	Peter Cross	3,420	1.7
	Nonpartisan	Calvin Griffin	2,824	1.4
	Democratic	Javier Ocasio	1,893	1.0
	Nonpartisan	Yvonne Perry	1,050	0.5
	Nonpartisan	Peter H. Plotzeneder	328	0.2
Total votes			198,391	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

1. Blair, Chad (July 20, 2016). "Tributes Pour In After Death of Congressman Mark Takai". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
2. Dayton, Kevin (August 3, 2016). "Special-election winner will finish Takai's term". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
3. "Candidates begin to file for District 1 special election". KHON-TV. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.