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Hawaii's 1st congressional district
	Hawaii's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Ed Case; D-Honolulu
Distribution	99.27% urban; 0.73% rural;
Population (2010)	692,981
Median income	$80,083
Ethnicity	18.8% white; 2.0% black; 54.3% Asian; 5.4% Hispanic; 0.2% Native American; 7.8% other;
Cook PVI	D+17

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).

The district is currently represented by Democrat Ed Case.

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^[3]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Al Gore 55% - George W. Bush 39%
2004	President	John Kerry 53% - George W. Bush 47%
2008	President	Barack Obama 70% - John McCain 28%
2012	President	Barack Obama 70% - Mitt Romney 29%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 63% - Donald Trump 30%

List of members representing the district

District established and Redistricted from the at-large district following the 91st Congress.

Member	Party	Years	Con- gress	Electoral history	District map
Spark Matsunaga	Democratic	January 3, 1971 - January 3, 1977	92nd 93rd 94th	Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1971 - 1981
Cecil Heftel	Democratic	January 3, 1977 - July 11, 1986	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	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.	1971 - 1981
					1981 - 1983
					1983 - 1993
Vacant		July 11, 1986 - September 20, 1986	99th
Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	September 20, 1986 - January 3, 1987	99th	Elected to finish Heftel's term. Lost renomination.
Pat Saiki	Republican	January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1991	100th 101st	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	January 3, 1991 - February 28, 2010	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	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.
					1993 - 2003
					2003 - 2013
Vacant		February 28, 2010 - May 22, 2010	111th
Charles Djou	Republican	May 22, 2010 - January 3, 2011	111th	Elected to finish Abercrombie's term. Lost re-election.^[4]
Colleen Hanabusa	Democratic	January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2015	112th 113th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Colleen Hanabusa	Democratic	January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2015	112th 113th		2013 - Present
Mark Takai	Democratic	January 3, 2015 - July 20, 2016	114th	Elected in 2014. Announced retirement,^[5] then died.
Vacant		July 20, 2016 - November 8, 2016	114th
Colleen Hanabusa	Democratic	November 8, 2016 - January 3, 2019	114th 115th	Elected to finish Takai's term. Also elected to the next term in 2016. Retired to run for Governor of Hawaii.
Ed Case	Democratic	January 3, 2019 - present	116th	Elected in 2018.

Election results

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[6]
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^[7]
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^[8]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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^[11]
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^[12]
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^[13]
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^[14]
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^[15]
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^[16]
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^[17]
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^[18]
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^[19]
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^[20]
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^[21]
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^[22]
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^[23]
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^[24]
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^[25]
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^[26]
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^[27]
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^[28]
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**^[29]
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

2014

**United States House of Representatives elections, 2014**^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Takai	93,390	51.2
	Republican	Charles Djou	86,454	47.4
		Blank Votes	2,366	1.3
		Over Votes	58	0.0
Total votes			182,268	100

2016 (Special)

Hawaii's 1st Congressional District (Vacancy)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa	129,083	60.45
	Republican	Shirlene D. (Shirl) Ostrov	44,090	20.65
	Democratic	Angela Aulani Kaaihue	5,885	2.76
	Libertarian	Alan J.K. Yim	5,559	2.60
	Democratic	Kim Howard	4,259	1.99
	Democratic	Peter Cross	3,420	1.60
	Independent	Calvin Griffin	2,824	1.32
	Democratic	Javier Ocasio	1,893	0.89
	Independent	Yvonne Perry	1,050	0.49
	Independent	Peter H. Plotzeneder	328	0.15
		Blank votes	14,864	6.96
		Over votes	276	0.14
Total votes			213,531	100

2016

Hawaii's 1st Congressional District, 2016 ^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa	145,417	68.09
	Republican	Shirlene D. (Shirl) Ostrov	45,958	21.52
	Libertarian	Alan J.K. Yim	6,601	3.09
	Independent	Calvin Griffin	4,381	2.05
		Blank votes	11,013	5.16
		Over votes	161	0.08
Total votes			213,558	100

2018

Hawaii's 1st congressional district, 2018^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Case	134,650	73.1
	Republican	Cam Cavasso	42,498	23.1
	Libertarian	Michelle Tippens	3,498	1.9
	Green	Zach Burd	2,214	1.2
	Nonpartisan	Calvin Griffin	1,351	0.7
Total votes			184,211	100.0
	Democratic hold

Living former Members

As of November 2016^[update], there are four former members of the House who are currently living. The most recent representative to die was Mark Takai (served 2015-2016), who died in office on July 20, 2016.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Neil Abercrombie	1986-1987 1991-2010	(1938-06-28) June 28, 1938 (age 81)
Pat Saiki	1987-1991	(1930-05-28) May 28, 1930 (age 89)
Charles Djou	2010-2011	(1970-08-09) August 9, 1970 (age 49)
Colleen Hanabusa	2011-2015 2016-2019	(1951-05-04) May 4, 1951 (age 68)

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

^ "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2018.
^ "Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017.
^ Hawaii Office of Elections: Election results separated by year. Accessed February 11, 2015.
^ "Dems Pick Up Hawaii Seat". The Hill. November 3, 2010.
^ Kai-Hwa Wang, Frances (May 20, 2016). "Hawaii Congressman Mark Takai to Retire to Focus on Cancer Battle". NBC News. Retrieved 2016.
^ 1970 Election Results
^ 1972 Election Results
^ 1974 Election Results
^ 1976 Election Results
^ 1978 Election Results
^ 1980 Election Results
^ 1982 Election Results
^ 1984 Election Results
^ 1986 Special Election Results
^ 1986 Election Results
^ 1988 Election Results
^ 1990 Election Results
^ 1992 Election Results
^ 1994 Election Results
^ 1996 Election Results
^ 1998 Election Results
^ 2000 Election Results
^ 2002 Election Results
^ 2004 Election Results
^ 2006 Election Results
^ 2008 Election Results
^ 2010 Special Election Results
^ 2010 Election Results
^ "GENERAL ELECTION 2012 - State of Hawaii - Statewide" (PDF). State Of Hawaii Office of Elections. November 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012.
^ "GENERAL ELECTION 2014 - State of Hawaii - Statewide" (PDF). State Of Hawaii Office of Elections. November 18, 2014. Retrieved 2012.
^ "GENERAL ELECTION 2016 - State of Hawaii - Statewide" (PDF). State Of Hawaii Office of Elections. November 20, 2016. Retrieved 2016.
^ "Statewide Summary" (PDF). Office of Elections. State of Hawaii. Retrieved 2018.

Coordinates: 21°19?22?N 157°54?21?W / 21.32278°N 157.90583°W / 21.32278; -157.90583

[1] "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2018.

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017.

[3] Hawaii Office of Elections: Election results separated by year. Accessed February 11, 2015.

[4] "Dems Pick Up Hawaii Seat". The Hill. November 3, 2010.

[5] Kai-Hwa Wang, Frances (May 20, 2016). "Hawaii Congressman Mark Takai to Retire to Focus on Cancer Battle". NBC News. Retrieved 2016.

[6] 1970 Election Results

[7] 1972 Election Results

[8] 1974 Election Results

[9] 1976 Election Results

[10] 1978 Election Results

[11] 1980 Election Results

[12] 1982 Election Results

[13] 1984 Election Results

[14] 1986 Special Election Results

[15] 1986 Election Results

[16] 1988 Election Results

[17] 1990 Election Results

[18] 1992 Election Results

[19] 1994 Election Results

[20] 1996 Election Results

[21] 1998 Election Results

[22] 2000 Election Results

[23] 2002 Election Results

[24] 2004 Election Results

[25] 2006 Election Results

[26] 2008 Election Results

[27] 2010 Special Election Results

[28] 2010 Election Results

[HI_General_2012-29] "GENERAL ELECTION 2012 - State of Hawaii - Statewide" (PDF). State Of Hawaii Office of Elections. November 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012.

[HI_General_2014-30] "GENERAL ELECTION 2014 - State of Hawaii - Statewide" (PDF). State Of Hawaii Office of Elections. November 18, 2014. Retrieved 2012.

[HI_General_2016-31] "GENERAL ELECTION 2016 - State of Hawaii - Statewide" (PDF). State Of Hawaii Office of Elections. November 20, 2016. Retrieved 2016.

[32] "Statewide Summary" (PDF). Office of Elections. State of Hawaii. Retrieved 2018.

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