1980 United States Senate election in Hawaii

1980 United States Senate election in Hawaii
← 1974 November 4, 1980 1986 →
 
Nominee Daniel Inouye Cooper Brown
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 224,485 53,068
Percentage 77.95% 18.43%
County results
Inouye:      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. senator before election

Daniel Inouye
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Daniel Inouye
Democratic

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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.

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 primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel Inouye (incumbent) 198,468 87.52%
Democratic Kamuela Price 15,361 6.77%
Democratic John P. Fritz 12,929 5.70%
Total votes 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 primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cooper Brown 3,219 39.05%
Republican Lawrence I. Weisman 2,586 31.37%
Republican Dan Dew 1,854 22.49%
Republican Floyd Bernier-Nachtwey 584 7.09%
Total votes 8,243 100.00%

General election

Results

1980 United States Senate election in Hawaii[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daniel Inouye (Incumbent) 224,485 77.95% Decrease4.96
Republican Cooper Brown 53,068 18.43% N/A
Libertarian H. E. Shasteen 10,453 3.63% N/A
Democratic hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "HI US Senate". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - HI US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 20, 1980".
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980".