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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Hawaii governor election

George R. Ariyoshi (Democrat) beat John Leopold (Republican) in Hawaii in 1978, 54.5% to 44.3%, a margin of 10.2 points and 28,784 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1974, when George R. Ariyoshi also won.

Democrats led in 4 of the 4 counties. The largest, Honolulu, cast 212,497 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.6 points. The closest was Maui, where 3,543 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George R. Ariyoshi won Democratic 153,394 54.5%
John Leopold Republican 124,610 44.3%
All other candidates 3,583 1.3%
Total281,587

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Honolulu 110,766 52.1% 98,853 46.5% 2,878 212,497 D+5.6
Hawaii 19,068 61.2% 11,821 37.9% 272 31,161 D+23.3
Maui 13,045 57.1% 9,502 41.6% 287 22,834 D+15.5
Kauai 10,515 69.7% 4,434 29.4% 146 15,095 D+40.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Hawaii governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Josh Green (D) D+26.3
2018 David Ige (D) D+29.0
2014 David Ige (D) D+12.4
2010 Neil Abercrombie (D) D+17.1
2006 Linda Lingle (R) R+27.2
2002 Linda Lingle (R) R+4.5
1998 Benjamin J. Cayetano (D) D+1.3
1994 Ben Cayetano (D) D+7.3
1990 John Waihee (D) D+21.2
1986 John Waihee (D) D+3.9
1982 George Ariyoshi (D) D+19.1
1978 George R. Ariyoshi (D) D+10.2
1974 George R. Ariyoshi (D) D+9.2
1970 John A. Burns (D) D+15.3
1966 John A. Burns (D) D+2.1
1962 John A. Burns (D) D+16.6
1959 William F. Quinn (R) R+2.5