2002–03 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district special elections

none February 2026 September 2019 There were two United States House of Representatives special elections in Hawaii's 2nd congressional district within 35 days of each other to select the successor to Democrat Patsy Mink who had died from pneumonia. The elections, held November 30, 2002, and January 4, 2003, were officially nonpartisan and each held as general elections without primaries to pick a successor for the remainder of her term in the 107th Congress and for the next term in the 108th Congress, to which Mink was posthumously re-elected. Both elections were won by Democrat Ed Case. Background On August 30, 2002, Mink was hospitalized in Honolulu's Straub Clinic and Hospital with complications from chickenpox. Her condition steadily worsened, and on September 28, 2002, Mink died in Honolulu of viral pneumonia. The week prior to her untimely death, she had won renomination. By this point, it was too late to remove her name from the general election ballot. On November 5, 2002, Mink was posthumously re-elected over state Representative Bob McDermott (R). As a result, this triggered two separate special elections: the first to fill the vacancy during the end of the 107th Congress and the second for the new term beginning on January 3, 2003. In accordance with Hawaiian law the elections were single nonpartisan races without primaries. Election to the 107th Congress (November 30, 2002) thumb|Results by state house district #7996E2 Case #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #51C2C2 Mink #7DDDDD 40–50% #51C2C2 50–60% The two most notable candidates to compete in the first election were then-state representative and former state House Majority Leader Ed Case and John Mink, the former husband of the late Congresswoman. Despite the latter's connections to the district's prior representative, Case would win the election with fifty-one percent of the vote. 2002 Hawaii's 2nd district special electionhttps://elections.hawaii.gov/ Office of Elections elections.hawaii.gov en September 26, 2019 Ed Case Democratic Party (US) 23,576 51.44% John Mink Democratic Party (US) 16,624 36.27% John S. Carroll Republican Party (US) 1,933 4.22% Whitney Anderson Republican Party (US) 942 2.06% Mark McNett Nonpartisan candidate 449 0.98% Kekoa David Kaapu Democratic Party (US) 269 0.59% Richard Haake Republican Party (US) 229 0.50% Doug Fairhurst Republican Party (US) 173 0.38% Kimo Kaloi Republican Party (US) 149 0.33% Nick Nikhilananda Green Party (US) 136 0.30% Solomon Nalua'i Democratic Party (US) 116 0.25% Walter R. Barnes Republican Party (US) 94 0.21% Carolyn Golojuch Republican Party (US) 94 0.21% Clifford Rhodes Republican Party (US) 86 0.19% Timmy Yuen Republican Party (US) 85 0.19% Joe Conner Republican Party (US) 83 0.18% Joseph Payne Republican Party (US) 69 0.15% Brian G. Cole Democratic Party (US) 67 0.15% John L. Baker Democratic Party (US) 66 0.14% Michael Gagne Democratic Party (US) 62 0.14% Bob Schieve Republican Party (US) 55 0.12% Ron Jacobs Nonpartisan candidate 54 0.12% Lillian Hong Nonpartisan candidate 51 0.11% Art Reyes Democratic Party (US) 51 0.11% John Mayer Nonpartisan candidate 47 0.10% Jeff Mallan Libertarian Party (US) 33 0.07% Lawrence Duquesne Libertarian Party (US) 32 0.07% Steve Tataii Democratic Party (US) 28 0.06% Bill Russell Nonpartisan candidate 27 0.06% John Parker Nonpartisan candidate 27 0.06% Gregory Goodwin Green Party (US) 27 0.06% Charles Collins Democratic Party (US) 18 0.04% Jack Randall Nonpartisan candidate 16 0.03% Paul Britos Democratic Party (US) 15 0.03% Dan A. Cole Nonpartisan candidate 15 0.03% Mike Rethman Nonpartisan candidate 11 0.02% S.J. Harlan Nonpartisan candidate 10 0.02% Robert Martin Jr. Nonpartisan candidate 10 0.02% 46,216 100% Election to the 108th Congress (January 4, 2003) thumb|Results by state house district #7996E2 Case #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #51C2C2 Matsunaga #ACF2F2 30–40% #7DDDDD 40–50% #51C2C2 50–60% #c2519c Hanabusa #f2acda 30–40% The now-freshman incumbent Case immediately ran for reelection in the early January 2003 race for the second district seat in the 108th Congress, going up against more than three dozen other candidates. Other Democrats included state Senators Matt Matsunaga and Colleen Hanabusa. Republicans included state Representatives Barbara Marumoto and Bob McDermott, and former Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi. Case won this election with 43 percent of the vote. 2003 Hawaii's 2nd district special electionSPECIAL ELECTION - STATE OF HAWAII - STATEWIDE January 5, 2003 http://files.hawaii.gov/elections/files/results/2003/special/histatewide.pdf en February 25, 2020 Ed Case Democratic Party (US) 33,002 43.67% Matt Matsunaga Democratic Party (US) 23,050 30.5% Colleen Hanabusa Democratic Party (US) 6,046 8.00% Barbara Marumoto Republican Party (US) 4,497 5.95% Bob McDermott Republican Party (US) 4,298 5.69% Chris Halford Republican Party (US) 728 0.96% Kimo Kaloi Republican Party (US) 642 0.85% John S. Carroll Republican Party (US) 521 0.69% Frank Fasi Republican Party (US) 483 0.64% Mark McNett Nonpartisan candidate 449 0.59% Jim Rath Republican Party (US) 414 0.55% Richard Haake Republican Party (US) 212 0.28% Nelson Secretario Republican Party (US) 208 0.28% Whitney Anderson Republican Party (US) 201 0.27% Ron Jacobs Nonpartisan candidate 91 0.12% Nick Nikhilananda Green Party (US) 75 0.10% Brian G. Cole Democratic Party (US) 69 0.09% Kekoa David Kaapu Democratic Party (US) 68 0.09% Jeff Mallan Libertarian Party (US) 58 0.08% Sophie Mataafa Nonpartisan candidate 52 0.07% Doug Fairhurst Republican Party (US) 38 0.05% Michael Gagne Democratic Party (US) 35 0.05% Carolyn Martinez Golojuch Republican Party (US) 29 0.04% Gregory Goodwin Green Party (US) 27 0.04% Rich Payne Republican Party (US) 25 0.03% Clarence Weatherwax Republican Party (US) 25 0.03% Kabba Anand Nonpartisan candidate 24 0.03% Dan Vierra Nonpartisan candidate 22 0.03% John Sabey Republican Party (US) 20 0.03% Pat Rocco Democratic Party (US) 19 0.03% Bill Russell Nonpartisan candidate 18 0.02% Steve Sparks Nonpartisan candidate 17 0.02% Solomon Wong Nonpartisan candidate 16 0.02% Art Reyes Democratic Party (US) 15 0.02% Paul Britos Democratic Party (US) 13 0.02% S.J. Harlan Nonpartisan candidate 11 0.01% Charles Collins Democratic Party (US) 10 0.01% Jack Randall Nonpartisan candidate 9 0.01% Steve Tataii Democratic Party (US) 9 0.01% Marshall Turner Nonpartisan candidate 8 0.01% Mike Rethman Republican Party (US) 8 0.01% Herbert Jensen Democratic Party (US) 6 0.01% Alan Gano Nonpartisan candidate 3 0.01% Bartle Rowland Nonpartisan candidate 3 0.01% 76,328 100% References 2002-2003 02 special Hawaii 2002-2003 02 Hawaii 02 special Hawaii 02 United States House of Representatives 02 special Hawaii 02 special Hawaii 02 United States House of Representatives 02 special United States House of Representatives 2002-2003 02