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1980 United States Senate election in Hawaii Hawaii presidential no 1974 United States Senate election in Hawaii 1974 1986 United States Senate election in Hawaii 1986 November 4, 1980 150x150px File:Daniel Inouye official photo (cropped 2).jpg Daniel Inouye Democratic Party (United States) 224,485 77.95% File:3x4.svg Cooper Brown Republican Party (United States) 53,068 18.43% 1980 United States Senate election in Hawaii results map by county.svg 300px County resultsInouye: #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye Democratic Party (United States) Daniel Inouye Democratic Party (United States)
The 1980 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 4, 1980.
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye won re-election to a fourth term in yet another landslide, despite the national 'Reagan Revolution' and the state's very narrow margin of victory for Jimmy Carter in the concurrent presidential election.
Hawaii was the only state to vote for the Democratic candidate for both Senate and president in 1980, as three of the other states that voted for Jimmy Carter in 1980 didn't have Senate elections that year, and Georgia and Maryland both voted for Republicans for Senate.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Daniel Inouye, incumbent Senator
John P. Fritz, candidate for State House in 1976 and 1978
Kamuela Price, candidate for Senate in 1976
Results
Democratic Senate primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=756655 HI US Senate www.ourcampaigns.com 3 May 2020
Democratic Party (United States)
Daniel Inouye (incumbent)
198,468
87.52%
Democratic Party (United States)
Kamuela Price
15,361
6.77%
Democratic Party (United States)
John P. Fritz
12,929
5.70%
226,758
100.00%
Republican primary
Candidates
Floyd Bernier-Nachtwey, People's Party candidate for Senate in 1974
Cooper Brown
Dan Dew
Lawrence I. Weisman
Results
Republican Senate primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=756654 Our Campaigns - HI US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 20, 1980
Republican Party (United States)
Cooper Brown
3,219
39.05%
Republican Party (United States)
Lawrence I. Weisman
2,586
31.37%
Republican Party (United States)
Dan Dew
1,854
22.49%
Republican Party (United States)
Floyd Bernier-Nachtwey
584
7.09%
8,243
100.00%
General election
Results
1980 United States Senate election in Hawaiihttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3885 Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980
Democratic Party (United States)
Daniel Inouye (Incumbent)
224,485
77.95%
4.96
Republican Party (United States)
Cooper Brown
53,068
18.43%
N/A
Libertarian Party (US)
H. E. Shasteen
10,453
3.63%
N/A
Democratic Party (United States)
By county
County Daniel InouyeDemocratic Cooper BrownRepublican H.E. ShasteenLibertarian Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Hawaii 26,495 77.4% 6,386 18.7% 1,349 3.9% 20,109 58.7% 34,230 Honolulu 166,634 77.5% 40,681 18.9% 7,764 3.6% 125,953 58.6% 215,079 Kauaʻi 12,808 84.8% 1,898 12.6% 389 2.6% 10,910 76.2% 15,095 Maui 18,513 78.6% 4,091 17.4% 946 4.0% 14,422 61.2% 23,550Totals224,48577.9%53,06818.4%10,4533.6%171,41758.5%288,006
See also
1980 United States Senate elections
References
Hawaii
1980
Category:1980 elections in Hawaii
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