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Election 1986 Results

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1986 US Senate election in Hawaii

Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat) beat Frank Hutchinson (Republican) in Hawaii in 1986, 73.6% to 26.4%, a margin of 47.1 points and 154,977 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1980, when Daniel K. Inouye also won.

Democrats led in 4 of the 4 counties. The largest, Honolulu, cast 242,836 votes and went to the Democrat by 45.6 points. The closest was Kauai, where 10,909 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Daniel K. Inouye won Democratic 241,887 73.6%
Frank Hutchinson Republican 86,910 26.4%
Total328,797

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Honolulu 176,828 72.8% 66,008 27.2% 242,836 D+45.6
Hawaii 28,245 73.2% 10,367 26.8% 38,612 D+46.3
Maui 22,377 76.1% 7,010 23.9% 29,387 D+52.3
Kauai 14,419 80.4% 3,510 19.6% 17,929 D+60.8

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

Hawaii Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Mazie K. Hirono (D) D+32.7
2022 Brian Schatz (D) D+45.2
2018 Mazie K. Hirono (D) D+42.3
2016 Brian Schatz (D) D+51.4
2012 Mazie Hirono (D) D+25.2
2010 Daniel K. Inouye (D) D+53.2
2006 Daniel K. Akaka (D) D+24.6
2004 Daniel K. Inouye (D) D+54.5
2000 Daniel K. Akaka (D) D+48.2
1998 Daniel K. Inouye (D) D+61.4
1994 Daniel K. Akaka (D) D+47.6
1992 Daniel Inouye (D) D+30.3
1988 Spark Matsunaga (D) D+55.9
1986 Daniel K. Inouye (D) D+47.1
1982 Spark Matsunaga (D) D+63.1
1980 Daniel K. Inouye (D) D+59.5
1976 Spark M. Matsunaga (D) D+13.1
1974 Daniel Inouye (D) D+82.9
1970 Hiram L. Fong (R) R+3.1
1968 Daniel Inouye (D) D+68.4
1964 Hiram L. Fong (R) R+6.7
1962 Daniel Inouye (D) D+38.8