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Election 2002 Results

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2002 Hawaii governor election

Linda Lingle (Republican) beat Mazie K. Hirono (Democrat) in Hawaii in 2002, 51.6% to 47.0%, a margin of 4.5 points and 17,362 votes.

Hawaii changed party: in 1998 it went Democratic, for Benjamin J. Cayetano.

Republicans led in 3 of the 4 counties and Democrats in 1. The largest, Honolulu, cast 267,894 votes and went to the Republican by 6.8 points. The closest was Maui, where 1,225 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Linda Lingle won Republican 197,009 51.6%
Mazie K. Hirono Democratic 179,647 47.0%
All other candidates 5,454 1.4%
Total382,110

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Honolulu 123,180 46.0% 141,315 52.8% 3,399 267,894 R+6.8
Hawaii 23,602 47.2% 25,530 51.1% 836 49,968 R+3.9
Maui 19,513 47.4% 20,738 50.4% 893 41,144 R+3.0
Kauai 13,352 57.8% 9,426 40.8% 326 23,104 D+17.0

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