2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election

2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election
Hawaii's 1st congressional district
	State house district results; Hanabusa: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Representative before election; Mark Takai; Democratic	Elected Representative ; Colleen Hanabusa; Democratic

U.S. Representative Mark Takai, who represented Hawaii's 1st congressional district, died July 20, 2016.^[1] A special election was held November 8, 2016.^[2] In special elections in Hawaii, all candidates run on one ballot with the highest vote recipient winning regardless of percentage. That is what allowed Republican Charles Djou to win the 2010 special election for this seat with 39.4% of the vote when two Democrats took 58.4% of the vote combined. However this special election was held on the same ballot as the regularly scheduled election for this seat to the 115th Congress.

Candidates

Candidate filing took place from August 15 to August 25.^[2]

Declared

Democratic Party

Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. Representative^[2]

Republican Party

Shirlene Dela Cruz Ostrov, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel^[3]

Results

Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa	129,083	65.1
	Republican	Shirlene D. Ostrov	44,090	22.2
	Democratic	Angela Aulani Kaaihue	5,885	3.0
	Libertarian	Alan J.K. Yim	5,559	2.8
	Democratic	Howard Kim	4,259	2.1
	Democratic	Peter Cross	3,420	1.7
	Nonpartisan	Calvin Griffin	2,824	1.4
	Democratic	Javier Ocasio	1,893	1.0
	Nonpartisan	Yvonne Perry	1,050	0.5
	Nonpartisan	Peter H. Plotzeneder	328	0.2
Total votes			198,391	100.0
	Democratic hold