Hawaii's 1st congressional district
Hawaii's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The district is located entirely on the island of Oahu, encompassing the urban areas of the City and County of Honolulu, a consolidated city-county that includes Oahu's central plains and southern shores, including the towns of Aiea, Mililani, Pearl City, Waipahu and Waimalu. The district is smaller and more densely populated than the 2nd Congressional District (which includes the rest of the state).
Hawaii's 1st congressional district | |||
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Hawaii's 1st congressional district – since January 3, 2013 (green-shaded portion) | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2010) | 692,981 | ||
Median income | $80,083[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+17[2] |
History
When Hawaii and Alaska were admitted to the Union in 1959, both new states were granted one at-large Representative to Congress pending the next United States Census. In the reapportionment following the 1960 U.S. Census, Hawaii was entitled to a second U.S. Representative. Instead of creating two congressional districts, the state continued to elect its Representatives at-large. Two representatives were first elected in 1962 and Hawaii was first represented by two U.S. Representatives on January 2, 1963 upon the convening of the 88th Congress.
The 1st Congressional District was created in 1971 when Hawaii began electing its representatives from districts instead of electing at-large Representative statewide.
Voting
Election results from presidential races[3]
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | Al Gore 55% – George W. Bush 39% |
2004 | President | John Kerry 53% – George W. Bush 47% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 70% – John McCain 28% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 70% – Mitt Romney 29% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 63% – Donald Trump 30% |
List of members representing the district
District established and Redistricted from the at-large district following the 91st Congress.
Member | Party | Years | Con- gress |
Electoral history | District map |
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Spark Matsunaga |
Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
92nd 93rd 94th |
Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
1971 – 1981 |
Cecil Heftel |
Democratic | January 3, 1977 – July 11, 1986 |
95th 96th 97th 98th 99th |
Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Resigned to run for Governor of Hawaii. | |
1981 – 1983 | |||||
1983 – 1993 | |||||
Vacant | July 11, 1986 – September 20, 1986 |
99th | |||
Neil Abercrombie |
Democratic | September 20, 1986 – January 3, 1987 |
Elected to finish Heftel's term. Lost renomination. | ||
Pat Saiki |
Republican | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 |
100th 101st |
Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |
Neil Abercrombie |
Democratic | January 3, 1991 – February 28, 2010 |
102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th |
Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Resigned to run for Governor of Hawaii. | |
1993 – 2003 | |||||
2003 – 2013 | |||||
Vacant | February 28, 2010 – May 22, 2010 |
111th | |||
Charles Djou |
Republican | May 22, 2010 – January 3, 2011 |
Elected to finish Abercrombie's term. Lost re-election.[4] | ||
Colleen Hanabusa |
Democratic | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 |
112th 113th |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |
2013 – Present | |||||
Mark Takai |
Democratic | January 3, 2015 – July 20, 2016 |
114th | Elected in 2014. Announced retirement,[5] then died. | |
Vacant | July 20, 2016 – November 8, 2016 | ||||
Colleen Hanabusa |
Democratic | November 8, 2016 – January 3, 2019 |
114th 115th |
Elected to finish Takai's term. Also elected to the next term in 2016. Retired to run for Governor of Hawaii. | |
Ed Case |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – present |
116th | Elected in 2018. |
Election results
1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 (Special) • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 (Special) • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 (Special) • 2016 • 2018 |
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Spark Matsunaga | 85,411 | 72.89 | ||
Republican | Richard K. Cockey | 31,764 | 27.11 | ||
Total votes | 117,175 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Spark Matsunaga (incumbent) | 73,826 | 54.70 | |
Republican | Fred W. Rohlfing | 61,138 | 45.30 | |
Total votes | 134,964 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Spark Matsunaga (incumbent) | 71,552 | 59.32 | |
Republican | William B. Paul | 49,065 | 40.68 | |
Total votes | 120,617 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil Heftel | 60,050 | 43.64 | |
Republican | Fred W. Rohlfing | 53,745 | 39.06 | |
Independents for Godly Government | Kathy Joyce Hoshijo | 23,807 | 17.30 | |
Total votes | 137,602 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil Heftel (incumbent) | 84,552 | 73.26 | |
Republican | William D. Spillane | 24,470 | 21.20 | |
Libertarian | Peter David Larsen | 4,295 | 3.72 | |
Aloha Democratic Party | Debra Figueroa | 2,095 | 1.82 | |
Total votes | 115,412 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil Heftel (incumbent) | 98,256 | 79.77 | |
Republican | Aloma Keen Noble | 19,819 | 16.09 | |
Libertarian | Rockne H. Johnson | 5,106 | 4.14 | |
Total votes | 123,181 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil Heftel (incumbent) | 134,779 | 89.91 | |
Libertarian | Rockne H. Johnson | 15,128 | 10.09 | |
Total votes | 149,907 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil Heftel (incumbent) | 114,884 | 82.73 | |
Republican | Will Beard | 20,608 | 14.84 | |
Libertarian | Christopher Winter | 3,373 | 2.43 | |
Total votes | 138,865 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1986 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie | 42,031 | 29.88 | |
Republican | Pat Saiki | 41,067 | 29.20 | |
Democratic | Mufi Hannemann | 39,800 | 28.30 | |
Democratic | Steve Cobb | 16,721 | 11.89 | |
Democratic | Louis Agard | 566 | 0.40 | |
Nonpartisan | Blase Harris | 460 | 0.33 | |
Total votes | 140,645 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Pat Saiki | 99,683 | 59.20 | |||
Democratic | Mufi Hannemann | 63,061 | 37.45 | |||
Libertarian | Blase Harris | 5,633 | 3.35 | |||
Total votes | 168,377 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pat Saiki (incumbent) | 96,848 | 54.71 | |
Democratic | Mary Bitterman | 76,394 | 43.16 | |
Libertarian | Blase Harris | 3,778 | 2.13 | |
Total votes | 177,020 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie | 97,622 | 60.00 | |||
Republican | Mike Liu | 62,982 | 38.71 | |||
Libertarian | Roger Lee Taylor | 2,107 | 1.29 | |||
Total votes | 162,711 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 129,332 | 72.87 | |
Republican | Warner Sutton | 41,575 | 23.43 | |
Libertarian | Rockne H. Johnson | 6,569 | 3.70 | |
Total votes | 177,476 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 94,754 | 53.62 | |
Republican | Orson Swindle | 76,623 | 43.36 | |
Best Party of Hawaii | Alexandria Kaan | 2,815 | 1.59 | |
Libertarian | Roger Lee Taylor | 2,514 | 1.42 | |
Total votes | 176,706 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 86,732 | 50.37 | |
Republican | Orson Swindle | 80,053 | 46.49 | |
Nonpartisan | Mark Duering | 4,126 | 2.40 | |
Natural Law | Nick Bedworth | 1,295 | 0.75 | |
Total votes | 172,206 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 116,693 | 61.56 | |
Republican | Gene Ward | 68,905 | 36.34 | |
Natural Law | Nick Bedworth | 3,973 | 2.10 | |
Total votes | 189,571 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 108,517 | 69.03 | |
Republican | Phil Meyers | 44,989 | 28.62 | |
Libertarian | Jerry Murphy | 3,688 | 2.35 | |
Total votes | 157,194 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 131,673 | 72.86 | |
Republican | Mark Terry | 45,032 | 24.92 | |
Libertarian | James H. Bracken | 4,028 | 2.23 | |
Total votes | 180,733 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 128,567 | 62.97 | |
Republican | Dalton Tanonaka | 69,371 | 33.98 | |
Libertarian | Elyssa Young | 6,243 | 3.06 | |
Total votes | 204,181 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 112,904 | 69.35 | |
Republican | Richard (Noah) Hough | 49,890 | 30.65 | |
Total votes | 162,794 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 154,181 | 77.14 | |
Republican | Steve Tataii | 38,104 | 19.06 | |
Libertarian | Li Zhao | 7,591 | 3.80 | |
Total votes | 199,876 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Charles Djou | 67,610 | 39.44 | |||
Democratic | Colleen Hanabusa | 52,802 | 30.80 | |||
Democratic | Ed Case | 47,391 | 27.65 | |||
No party | 11 others | 1,682 | 0.99 | |||
Total votes | 171,417 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Colleen Hanabusa | 94,140 | 53.23 | |||
Republican | Charles Djou (incumbent) | 82,723 | 46.77 | |||
Total votes | 176,863 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Colleen Hanabusa (incumbent) | 116,505 | 53.47 | |
Republican | Charles Djou | 96,824 | 44.44 | |
Blank Votes | 4,467 | 2.05 | ||
Over Votes | 80 | 0.04 | ||
Total votes | 217,876 | 100 |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mark Takai | 93,390 | 51.2 | |
Republican | Charles Djou | 86,454 | 47.4 | |
Blank Votes | 2,366 | 1.3 | ||
Over Votes | 58 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 182,268 | 100 |
2016 (Special)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Colleen Hanabusa | 129,083 | 60.45 | |
Republican | Shirlene D. (Shirl) Ostrov | 44,090 | 20.65 | |
Democratic | Angela Aulani Kaaihue | 5,885 | 2.76 | |
Libertarian | Alan J.K. Yim | 5,559 | 2.60 | |
Democratic | Kim Howard | 4,259 | 1.99 | |
Democratic | Peter Cross | 3,420 | 1.60 | |
Independent | Calvin Griffin | 2,824 | 1.32 | |
Democratic | Javier Ocasio | 1,893 | 0.89 | |
Independent | Yvonne Perry | 1,050 | 0.49 | |
Independent | Peter H. Plotzeneder | 328 | 0.15 | |
Blank votes | 14,864 | 6.96 | ||
Over votes | 276 | 0.14 | ||
Total votes | 213,531 | 100 |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Colleen Hanabusa | 145,417 | 68.09 | |
Republican | Shirlene D. (Shirl) Ostrov | 45,958 | 21.52 | |
Libertarian | Alan J.K. Yim | 6,601 | 3.09 | |
Independent | Calvin Griffin | 4,381 | 2.05 | |
Blank votes | 11,013 | 5.16 | ||
Over votes | 161 | 0.08 | ||
Total votes | 213,558 | 100 |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Case | 134,650 | 73.1 | |
Republican | Cam Cavasso | 42,498 | 23.1 | |
Libertarian | Michelle Tippens | 3,498 | 1.9 | |
Green | Zach Burd | 2,214 | 1.2 | |
Nonpartisan | Calvin Griffin | 1,351 | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 184,211 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- Hawaii Office of Elections: Election results separated by year. Accessed February 11, 2015.
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- Kai-Hwa Wang, Frances (May 20, 2016). "Hawaii Congressman Mark Takai to Retire to Focus on Cancer Battle". NBC News. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- 1970 Election Results
- 1972 Election Results
- 1974 Election Results
- 1976 Election Results
- 1978 Election Results
- 1980 Election Results
- 1982 Election Results
- 1984 Election Results
- 1986 Special Election Results
- 1986 Election Results
- 1988 Election Results
- 1990 Election Results
- 1992 Election Results
- 1994 Election Results
- 1996 Election Results
- 1998 Election Results
- 2000 Election Results
- 2002 Election Results
- 2004 Election Results
- 2006 Election Results
- 2008 Election Results
- 2010 Special Election Results
- 2010 Election Results
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- "GENERAL ELECTION 2014 – State of Hawaii – Statewide" (PDF). State Of Hawaii Office of Elections. November 18, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
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