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.
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Hawaii's 1st congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2021) | 715,138 | ||
Median household income | $89,243[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+14[2] |
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 re-apportionment 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.
Year | Office | Result |
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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% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 64% – Donald Trump 35% |
District established following the 91st Congress.
Member | Party | Years | Con- gress |
Electoral history | District map |
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![]() Spark Matsunaga |
Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
92nd 93rd 94th |
Redistricted from the at-large district and 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. | |
1981–1983![]() | |||||
1983–1993![]() | |||||
Vacant | July 11, 1986 – September 20, 1986 |
99th | |||
![]() Neil Abercrombie |
Democratic | September 20, 1986 – January 3, 1987 |
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 |
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. | |
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 | ||||
![]() 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 117th |
Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
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 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 (Special) • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Spark Matsunaga (incumbent) | 73,826 | 54.70 | |
Republican | Fred W. Rohlfing | 61,138 | 45.30 | |
Total votes | 134,964 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Spark Matsunaga (incumbent) | 71,552 | 59.32 | |
Republican | William B. Paul | 49,065 | 40.68 | |
Total votes | 120,617 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cecil Heftel (incumbent) | 134,779 | 89.91 | |
Libertarian | Rockne H. Johnson | 15,128 | 10.09 | |
Total votes | 149,907 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Neil Abercrombie (incumbent) | 112,904 | 69.35 | |
Republican | Richard (Noah) Hough | 49,890 | 30.65 | |
Total votes | 162,794 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Case | 134,650 | 73.1 | |
Republican | Campbell Cavasso | 42,498 | 23.1 | |
Libertarian | Michelle Tippens | 3,498 | 1.9 | |
Green | Zach Burd | 2,214 | 1.2 | |
Nonpartisan (United States) | Calvin Griffin | 1,351 | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 184,211 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Case (incumbent) | 183,245 | 72.02 | |
Republican | Ron Curtis | 71,188 | 27.98 | |
Total votes | 254,433 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Case (Incumbent) | |||
Republican | Conrad Kress | |||
Independent | Calvin Griffin | |||
Total votes |
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