# Electoral history of Daniel Inouye

This is a list of results for elections in which Daniel Inouye, a Democrat. He was elected Hawaii's first U.S. Representative in 1959, and was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962. He served until his death in 2012. Inouye is the 2nd longest-serving senator in history.
1959 Election for U.S. Representative of Hawaii's at-large district :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye | 51,787 | 65.33 |
| | Democratic | Patsy Mink | 21,702 | 27.38 |
| | Democratic | Elizabeth K. Young | 5,783 | 7.30 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 79,272 | 100.00 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye | 111,727 | 68.64 |
| | Republican | Charles H. Silva | 51,058 | 31.37 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 162,785 | 100.00 |
1960 Election for U.S. Representative of Hawaii's at-large district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 135,827 | 74.37 |
| | Republican | Frederick Titcomb | 46,812 | 25.63 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 182,639 | 100.00 |
1962 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye | 80,707 | 93.65 |
| | Democratic | Frank Troy | 5,476 | 6.35 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 86,183 | 100.00 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye | 136,294 | 69.41 |
| | Republican | Ben Dillingham III | 60,067 | 30.59 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 196,361 | 100.00 |
1968 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 111,135 | 87.54 |
| | Democratic | William Lampard | 14,357 | 11.31 |
| | Democratic | Joseph Petrowski | 1,469 | 1.16 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 126,961 | 100.00 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 189,248 | 83.40 |
| | Republican | Wayne C. Thiessen | 34,008 | 14.99 |
| | Peace and Freedom | Oliver M. Lee | 3,671 | 1.62 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 235,686 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
1974 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 207,454 | 82.91 |
| | People's | James D. Kimmel | 42,767 | 17.09 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 250,221 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
1980 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 198,468 | 87.52 |
| | Democratic | Kamuela Price | 15,361 | 6.77 |
| | Democratic | John P. Fritz | 12,929 | 5.70 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 226,758 | 100.00 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 224,485 | 77.95 |
| | Republican | Cooper Brown | 53,068 | 18.43 |
| | Libertarian | H.E. Shasteen | 10,453 | 3.63 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 288,006 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
1986 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 241,887 | 73.57 |
| | Republican | Frank Hutchinson | 86,910 | 26.43 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 328,797 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
1992 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 208,266 | 57.27 |
| | Republican | Rick Reed | 97,928 | 26.93 |
| | Green | Linda Martin | 49,921 | 13.73 |
| | Libertarian | Richard Rowland | 7,547 | 2.08 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 363,662 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
1998 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 108,891 | 92.79 |
| | Democratic | Richard Thompson | 8,468 | 7.22 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 117,359 | 100.00 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 315,252 | 79.18 |
| | Republican | Crystal Young | 70,964 | 17.82 |
| | Libertarian | Lloyd Mallan | 11,908 | 2.99 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 244,288 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
2004 U.S. Senate election in Hawaii :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 153,748 | 95.18 |
| | Democratic | Brian Evans | 7,790 | 4.82 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 161,538 | 100.00 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 313,629 | 75.51 |
| | Republican | Cam Cavasso | 87,172 | 20.99 |
| | Independent | Jim Brewer | 9,269 | 2.23 |
| | Libertarian | Lloyd Mallan | 5,277 | 1.27 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 415,347 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Daniel Inouye (incumbent) | 276,928 | 74.81% | −0.70% |
| | Republican | Cam Cavasso | 79,830 | 21.57% | +0.58% |
| | Green | Jim Brewer | 7,756 | 2.10% | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Lloyd Jeffrey Mallen | 2,953 | 0.80% | −0.47% |
| | Independent | Jeff Jarrett | 2,695 | 0.73% | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 197,098 | 53.25% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 370,162 | 100 | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | | |

## Presidential elections

1972 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):
* Thomas Eagleton – 1,742 (59.07%)
* Frances Farenthold – 405 (13.73%)
* Mike Gravel – 226 (7.66%)
* Endicott Peabody – 108 (3.66%)
* Clay Smothers – 74 (2.51%)
* Birch Bayh – 62 (2.10%)
* Peter Rodino – 57 (1.93%)
* Jimmy Carter – 30 (1.02%)
* Shirley Chisholm – 20 (0.68%)
* Moon Landrieu – 19 (0.64%)
* Edward T. Breathitt – 18 (0.61%)
* Ted Kennedy – 15 (0.51%)
* Fred R. Harris – 14 (0.48%)
* Richard G. Hatcher – 11 (0.37%)
* Harold E. Hughes – 10 (0.34%)
* Joseph M. Montoya – 9 (0.31%)
* William L. Guy – 8 (0.27%)
* Adlai Stevenson III – 8 (0.27%)
* Robert Bergland – 5 (0.17%)
* Hodding Carter – 5 (0.17%)
* Cesar Chavez – 5 (0.17%)
* Wilbur Mills – 5 (0.17%)
* Wendell Anderson – 4 (0.14%)
* Stanley Arnold – 4 (0.14%)
* Ron Dellums – 4 (0.14%)
* John J. Houlihan – 4 (0.14%)
* Roberto A. Mondragon – 4 (0.14%)
* Reubin O'Donovan Askew – 3 (0.10%)
* Herman Badillo – 3 (0.10%)
* Eugene McCarthy – 3 (0.10%)
* Claiborne Pell – 3 (0.10%)
* Terry Sanford – 3 (0.10%)
* Ramsey Clark – 2 (0.07%)
* Richard J. Daley – 2 (0.07%)
* John DeCarlo – 2 (0.07%)
* Ernest Gruening – 2 (0.07%)
* Roger Mudd – 2 (0.07%)
* Edmund Muskie – 2 (0.07%)
* Claude Pepper – 2 (0.07%)
* Abraham Ribicoff – 2 (0.07%)
* Pat Taylor – 2 (0.07%)
* Leonard F. Woodcock – 2 (0.07%)
* Bruno Agnoli – 2 (0.07%)
* Ernest Albright – 1 (0.03%)
* William A. Barrett – 1 (0.03%)
* Daniel Berrigan – 1 (0.03%)
* Phillip Berrigan – 1 (0.03%)
* Julian Bond – 1 (0.03%)
* Hargrove Bowles – 1 (0.03%)
* Archibald "Archie" Bunker – 1 (0.03%)
* Phillip Burton – 1 (0.03%)
* William Chappell – 1 (0.03%)
* Lawton Chiles – 1 (0.03%)
* Frank Church – 1 (0.03%)
* Robert Drinan – 1 (0.03%)
* Nick Galifianakis – 1 (0.03%)
* John Goodrich – 1 (0.03%)
* Michael Griffin – 1 (0.03%)
* Martha Griffiths – 1 (0.03%)
* Charles Hamilton – 1 (0.03%)
* Patricia Harris – 1 (0.03%)
* Jim Hunt – 1 (0.03%)
* Daniel Inouye – 1 (0.03%)
* Henry M. Jackson – 1 (0.03%)
* Robery Kariss – 1 (0.03%)
* Allard K. Lowenstein – 1 (0.03%)
* Mao Zedong – 1 (0.03%)
* Eleanor McGovern – 1 (0.03%)
* Martha Mitchell – 1 (0.03%)
* Ralph Nader – 1 (0.03%)
* George Norcross – 1 (0.03%)
* Jerry Rubin – 1 (0.03%)
* Fred Seaman – 1 (0.03%)
* Joe Smith – 1 (0.03%)
* Benjamin Spock – 1 (0.03%)
* Patrick Tavolacci – 1 (0.03%)
* George Wallace – 1 (0.03%)