2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election

U.S. Representative Mark Takai, who represented Hawaii's 1st congressional district, died July 20, 2016. A special election was held November 8, 2016. 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

Hawaii's 1st congressional district
 
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

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