en 1988 United States Senate election in Hawaii

1988 United States Senate election in Hawaii
	County results; Matsunaga: 70–80% 80–90%
U.S. senator before election; Spark Matsunaga; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Spark Matsunaga; Democratic

The 1988 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga won re-election to a third and final term.^[1]

On April 15, 1990, Senator Matsunaga died of bone cancer, leading Governor John Waihe'e to appoint U.S. Representative from Hawaii's 2nd district Daniel Akaka to fill the seat. Akaka ran in the 1990 special election to fill out the remainder of the term, but won for his full term.

Major candidates

Democratic

Spark Matsunaga, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Maria Hustace, cattle rancher^[2]

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Spark Matsunaga (Incumbent)	247,941	76.55%
	Republican	Maria Hustace	66,987	20.68%
	Libertarian	Ken Schoolland	8,948	2.76%
Total votes			323,876	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

External links

[1] "Our Campaigns - HI US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1988".

[2] "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Maria M. Hustace".

[3] "Our Campaigns - Race -".

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