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

Elections in Hawaii
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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

Republican primary

Candidates

• Floyd Bernier-Nachtwey, People's Party candidate for Senate in 1974
• Cooper Brown
• Dan Dew
• Lawrence I. Weisman

Results

General election

Results

1980 United States Senate election in Hawaii^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Daniel Inouye (Incumbent)	224,485	77.95%	4.96
	Republican	Cooper Brown	53,068	18.43%	N/A
	Libertarian	H. E. Shasteen	10,453	3.63%	N/A
	Democratic hold		Swing

See also

• 1980 United States Senate elections

References