Hawaii's 1st congressional district

Hawaii's 1st congressional district
Hawaii's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Mark Takai (D–Aiea)
Distribution	99.27% urban, 0.73% rural
Population (2010)	692,981
Median income	$74,905
Ethnicity	18.8% White, 2.0% Black, 54.3% Asian, 5.4% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 7.8% other
Cook PVI	D+18

Hawaii's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The district is located entirely on the island of Oahu, encompassing the urban areas of the City and County of Honolulu, a consolidated city-county that includes Oahu's central plains and southern shores, including the towns of Aiea, Mililani, Pearl City, Waipahu and Waimalu. The district is smaller and more densely populated than the 2nd Congressional District (which includes the rest of the state). It is the only majority-Asian district in the United States.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Mark Takai since 2015.

History

When Hawaii and Alaska were admitted to the Union in 1959, both new states were granted one at-large Representative to Congress pending the next United States Census. In the reapportionment following the 1960 U.S. Census, Hawaii was entitled to a second U.S. Representative. Instead of creating two congressional districts, the state continued to elect its Representatives at-large. Two representatives were first elected in 1962 and Hawaii was first represented by two U.S. Representatives on January 2, 1963 upon the convening of the 88th Congress.

The 1st Congressional District was created in 1971 when Hawaii began electing its representatives from districts instead of electing at-large Representative statewide.

Voting

Election results from presidential races^[1]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Gore 55% - Bush 39%
2004	President	Kerry 53% - Bush 47%
2008	President	Obama 70% - McCain 28%
2012	President	Obama 70% - Romney 29%

List of representatives

District established and redistricted from seat B of the at-large district following the 91st Congress.

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Electoral history
Spark Matsunaga	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977	92nd	Re-elected in 1970 Re-elected in 1972 Re-elected in 1974 Retired to run for U.S. Senator
	93rd
	94th
Cecil Heftel	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – July 11, 1986	95th	Elected in 1976 Re-elected in 1978 Re-elected in 1980 Re-elected in 1982 Re-elected in 1984 Resigned to run for Governor of Hawaii
	96th
	97th
	98th
	99th
Vacant		July 11, 1986 – September 20, 1986
Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	September 20, 1986 – January 3, 1987	Elected to finish Heftel's term Lost renomination for the next term
Pat Saiki	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991	100th	Elected in 1986 Re-elected in 1988 Retired to run for U.S. Senator
	101st
Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – February 28, 2010	102nd	Elected in 1990 Re-elected in 1992 Re-elected in 1994 Re-elected in 1996 Re-elected in 1998 Re-elected in 2000 Re-elected in 2002 Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2008 Resigned to run for Governor of Hawaii
	103rd
	104th
	105th
	106th
	107th
	108th
	109th
	110th
	111th
Vacant		February 28, 2010 – May 22, 2010
Charles Djou	Republican	May 22, 2010 – January 3, 2011	Elected to finish Abercrombie's term Lost re-election for the next term.[2]
Colleen Hanabusa	Democratic	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015	112th	Elected in 2010 Re-elected in 2012 Retired to run for U.S. Senator
	113th
Mark Takai	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – Present	114th	Elected in 2014

Election results

1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 (Special) • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 (Special) • 2010

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Spark Matsunaga	85,411	72.89
	Republican	Richard K. Cockey	31,764	27.11
Total votes			117,175	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Spark Matsunaga (incumbent)	73,826	54.70
	Republican	Fred W. Rohlfing	61,138	45.30
Total votes			134,964	100.0
	Democratic hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Spark Matsunaga (incumbent)	71,552	59.32
	Republican	William B. Paul	49,065	40.68
Total votes			120,617	100.0
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil Heftel	60,050	43.64
	Republican	Fred W. Rohlfing	53,745	39.06
	Independents for Godly Government	Kathy Joyce Hoshijo	23,807	17.30
Total votes			137,602	100.0
	Democratic hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil Heftel (incumbent)	84,552	73.26
	Republican	William D. Spillane	24,470	21.20
	Libertarian	Peter David Larsen	4,295	3.72
	Aloha Democratic Party	Debra Figueroa	2,095	1.82
Total votes			115,412	100.0
	Democratic hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil Heftel (incumbent)	98,256	79.77
	Republican	Aloma Keen Noble	19,819	16.09
	Libertarian	Rockne H. Johnson	5,106	4.14
Total votes			123,181	100.0
	Democratic hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil Heftel (incumbent)	134,779	89.91
	Libertarian	Rockne H. Johnson	15,128	10.09
Total votes			149,907	100.0
	Democratic hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecil Heftel (incumbent)	114,884	82.73
	Republican	Will Beard	20,608	14.84
	Libertarian	Christopher Winter	3,373	2.43
Total votes			138,865	100.0
	Democratic hold

1986 (Special)

Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election, 1986[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie	42,031	29.88
	Republican	Pat Saiki	41,067	29.20
	Democratic	Mufi Hannemann	39,800	28.30
	Democratic	Steve Cobb	16,721	11.89
	Democratic	Louis Agard	566	0.40
	Nonpartisan	Blase Harris	460	0.33
Total votes			140,645	100.0
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Saiki	99,683	59.20
	Democratic	Mufi Hannemann	63,061	37.45
	Libertarian	Blase Harris	5,633	3.35
Total votes			168,377	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Saiki (incumbent)	96,848	54.71
	Democratic	Mary Bitterman	76,394	43.16
	Libertarian	Blase Harris	3,778	2.13
Total votes			177,020	100.0
	Republican hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie	97,622	60.00
	Republican	Mike Liu	62,982	38.71
	Libertarian	Roger Lee Taylor	2,107	1.29
Total votes			162,711	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie (incumbent)	129,332	72.87
	Republican	Warner Sutton	41,575	23.43
	Libertarian	Rockne H. Johnson	6,569	3.70
Total votes			177,476	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie (incumbent)	94,754	53.62
	Republican	Orson Swindle	76,623	43.36
	Best Party of Hawaii	Alexandria Kaan	2,815	1.59
	Libertarian	Roger Lee Taylor	2,514	1.42
Total votes			176,706	100.0
	Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie (incumbent)	86,732	50.37
	Republican	Orson Swindle	80,053	46.49
	Nonpartisan	Mark Duering	4,126	2.40
	Natural Law	Nick Bedworth	1,295	0.75
Total votes			172,206	100.0
	Democratic hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie (incumbent)	116,693	61.56
	Republican	Gene Ward	68,905	36.34
	Natural Law	Nick Bedworth	3,973	2.10
Total votes			189,571	100.0
	Democratic hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie (incumbent)	108,517	69.03
	Republican	Phil Meyers	44,989	28.62
	Libertarian	Jerry Murphy	3,688	2.35
Total votes			157,194	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie (incumbent)	131,673	72.86
	Republican	Mark Terry	45,032	24.92
	Libertarian	James H. Bracken	4,028	2.23
Total votes			180,733	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie (incumbent)	128,567	62.97
	Republican	Dalton Tanonaka	69,371	33.98
	Libertarian	Elyssa Young	6,243	3.06
Total votes			204,181	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie (incumbent)	112,904	69.35
	Republican	Richard (Noah) Hough	49,890	30.65
Total votes			162,794	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Abercrombie (incumbent)	154,181	77.14
	Republican	Steve Tataii	38,104	19.06
	Libertarian	Li Zhao	7,591	3.80
Total votes			199,876	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010 (Special)

Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election, 2010[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Djou	67,610	39.44
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa	52,802	30.80
	Democratic	Ed Case	47,391	27.65
	No party	11 others	1,682	0.99%
Total votes			171,417	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa	94,140	53.23
	Republican	Charles Djou (incumbent)	82,723	46.77
Total votes			176,863	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa (incumbent)	116,505	53.47
	Republican	Charles Djou	96,824	44.44
		Blank Votes	4,467	2.05
		Over Votes	80	0.04
Total votes			217,876	100

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 1st congressional district

As of May 2015, there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 1st congressional district who are currently living at this time.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Neil Abercrombie	1986–1987 1991–2010	June 28, 1938
Pat Saiki	1987–1991	May 28, 1930
Charles Djou	2010–2011	August 9, 1970
Colleen Hanabusa	2011–2015	May 4, 1951

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Hawaii's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

1. Hawaii Office of Elections: Election results separated by year. Accessed February 11, 2015.
2. "Dems Pick Up Hawaii Seat". The Hill. November 3, 2010.
3. 1970 Election Results
4. 1972 Election Results
5. 1974 Election Results
6. 1976 Election Results
7. 1978 Election Results
8. 1980 Election Results
9. 1982 Election Results
10. 1984 Election Results
11. 1986 Special Election Results
12. 1986 Election Results
13. 1988 Election Results
14. 1990 Election Results
15. 1992 Election Results
16. 1994 Election Results
17. 1996 Election Results
18. 1998 Election Results
19. 2000 Election Results
20. 2002 Election Results
21. 2004 Election Results
22. 2006 Election Results
23. 2008 Election Results
24. 2010 Special Election Results
25. 2010 Election Results
26. "GENERAL ELECTION 2012 - State of Hawaii - Statewide". State Of Hawaii Office of Elections. Retrieved November 20, 2012.

Coordinates: 21°19′22″N 157°54′21″W / 21.32278°N 157.90583°W