2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election

2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election
November 8, 2016
Hawaii's 1st congressional district
 
Candidate Colleen Hanabusa Shirl Ostrov
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 129,083 44,090
Percentage 65.1% 22.2%
Hanabusa:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Ostrov:      40–50%
     No votes
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. A special election was held November 8, 2016. 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.

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