Politics of Hawaii

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Contents 1 History and Current Issues 2 State Government 3 Congressional Representation 4 Political Parties 5 Presidential Elections

[edit] History and Current Issues

This only covers the history of the politics of the State of Hawaii. For information on the political history of the previous two forms of government, see Territory of Hawaii - Organic Act and Kingdom of Hawaii - Government.

[edit] State Government

Linda Lingle Governor of Hawaii (Republican)	James "Duke" Aiona Lt. Governor of Hawaii (Republican)	Mufi Hannemann Mayor of Honolulu (Nonpartisan)	Harry Kim Mayor of Hawaii (Nonpartisan)
Alan Arakawa Mayor of Maui (Nonpartisan)

[edit] Congressional Representation

Daniel Inouye U.S. Senior Senator (Democrat)

Daniel Akaka U.S. Junior Senator (Democrat)

Neil Abercrombie U.S. Representative HA-01 (Democrat)

Mazie Hirono U.S. Representative HA-02 (Democrat)

[edit] Political Parties

The officers of the federal and state governments have been historically elected from the Democratic Party of Hawaii and the Hawaii Republican Party. Municipal charters in the state have declared all mayors to be elected in nonpartisan races.

[edit] Presidential Elections

Presidential elections results

Year	Republican	Democratic
2004	45.26% 194,191	54.01% 231,708
2000	37.46% 137,845	55.79% 205,286
1996	31.64% 113,943	56.93% 205,012
1992	36.70% 136,822	48.09% 179,310
1988	44.75%' 158,625	54.27% 192,364
1984	55.10% 185,050	43.82% 147,154
1980	42.90% 130,112	44.80% 135,879
1976	48.06% 140,003	50.59% 147,375
1972	62.48% 168,865	37.52% 101,409
1968	38.70% 91,425	59.83% 141,324
1964	21.24%' 44,022	78.76% 163,249
1960	49.97% 92,295	50.03% 92,410

Hawaii is primarily dominated by the Democratic Party and has supported Democrats in 10 of the 12 presidential elections in which it has participated. In 2004, John Kerry won the state's 4 electoral votes by a margin of 9 percentage points with 54% of the vote. Every county in the state supported the Democratic candidate.

See also : United States presidential election, 2004, in Hawaii

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