United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2002

The 2002 House elections in Hawaii occurred on November 5, 2002 to elect the members of the State of Hawaii's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Hawaii had two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census.

These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 2002, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Of Hawaii's Congressional districts, the race in the 2nd district received the most attention. Representative Patsy Mink, despite her death following renomination, was posthumously re-elected, thus triggering a subsequent special election to fill the vacancy.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2002[1]
Party Votes Percentage Seats +/–
Democratic 232,344 64.54% 2
Republican 116,693 32.42% 0
Libertarian 8,747 2.43% 0
Natural Law 2,200 .61% 0
Totals 359,984 100.00% 2

Results

Hawaii's congressional districts for the 2002 elections
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Hawaii 1 Neil Abercrombie Democratic 1990 Re-elected Neil Abercrombie (D) 72.85%
Mark Terry (R) 24.92%
James Bracken (L) 2.23%
Hawaii 2 Patsy Mink Democratic 1964, 1990 Re-elected Patsy Mink (D) 56.16%
Bob McDermott (R) 39.98%
Jeff Mallan (L) 2.63%
Nicholas Bedworth (NL) 1.23%

References

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