1990 United States Senate special election in Hawaii

(Redirected from 1990 United States Senate election in Hawaii)

For related races, see 1990 United States Senate elections.

← 1988

November 4, 1990

1994 →


Nominee	Daniel Akaka	Pat Saiki
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	188,901	155,978
Percentage	53.72%	44.35%

County results
Akaka: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Daniel Akaka
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Daniel Akaka
Democratic

Elections in Hawaii

Federal government

Presidential elections
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Presidential primaries
Democratic 2000 2004 2008 2016 2020 2024 Republican 2008 2012 2016 2024
U.S. Senate elections
1959 1962 1964 1968 1970 1974 1976 1980 1982 1986 1988 1990 1990 sp 1992 1994 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2012 2014 sp 2016 2018 2022 2024 2028
U.S. House of Representatives elections
1959 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1st sp 1988 1990 2nd sp 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2nd sp 2003 (2nd sp) 2004 2006 2008 2010 1st sp 2012 2014 2016 1st sp 2018 2020 2022 2024

State government

Gubernatorial elections
1959 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Senate elections
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
House of Representatives elections
2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

Hawaiian Kingdom era

House of Representatives
1884 1886

Ballot measures

1998
Amendment 2

Honolulu

Mayoral elections
2008 2010 sp 2012 2016 2020 2024

The 1990 United States Senate special election in Hawaii took place on November 4, 1990. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka was elected to finish the term ending in 1995. He had been appointed by Governor John Waihee in April 1990 to serve temporarily after the death of Spark Matsunaga. This was the best Republican performance in a U.S. Senate race in Hawaii where the Democrat won since Hiram Fong retired in 1976.

Major candidates

Democratic

Daniel Akaka, incumbent U.S. Senator and former U.S. Representative

Republican

Pat Saiki, U.S. Representative

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Akaka (incumbent)	188,901	53.72
	Republican	Pat Saiki	155,978	44.35
	Libertarian	Ken Schoolland	6,788	1.93
Majority			32,923	9.36
Turnout			351,666
	Democratic hold

References

"Our Campaigns - HI US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 06, 1990".
"U.S. Senate: States in the Senate | Hawaii". www.senate.gov. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

v t e (1988 ←) 1990 United States elections (→ 1992)
U.S. Senate	Alabama Alaska Arkansas Colorado Delaware District of Columbia (shadow) Georgia Hawaii (Special) Idaho Illinois Indiana (Special) Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Wyoming
U.S. House	Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia delegate shadow Florida Georgia Hawaii 2nd sp Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey 1st sp New Mexico New York 14th sp 18th sp North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
State governors	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Lt. Gov Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Wisconsin Wyoming
Attorneys General	California Michigan New York
State legislatures	Arizona Arizona House Arizona Senate California Senate Iowa Senate Maryland House Senate Minnesota House Senate
Mayors	Anchorage, AK Irvine, CA New Orleans, LA San Jose, CA Washington, DC
States generally	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

United States Senate elections

1788–1913
(elected by state
legislatures)

1788–89
1790–91
1792–93
1794–95
1796–97
1798–99
1800–01
1802–03
1804–05
1806–07
1808–09
1810–11
1812–13
1814–15
1816–17
1818–19
1820–21
1822–23
1824–25
1826–27
1828–29
1830–31
1832–33
1834–35
1836–37
1838–39
1840–41
1842–43
1844–45
1846–47
1848–49
1850–51
1852–53
1854–55
1856–57
1858–59
1860–61
1862–63
1864–65
1866–67
1868–69
1870–71
1872–73
1874–75
1876–77
1878–79
1880–81
1882–83
1884–85
1886–87
1888–89
1890–91
1892–93
1894–95
1896–97
1898–99
1900–01
1902–03
1904–05
1906–07
1908–09
1910–11
1912–13

1914–present
(popular election)

Regulars and even-year specials	1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028
Odd-year specials	1921 1923 1925 1931 1933 1937 1941 1947 1949 1957 1959 1961 1974–75 1983 1991 1993 2013 2017 2020–21 List of all specials

Elections by state

Categories:

Misplaced Pages