1988 United States Senate election in Hawaii

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Nominee Spark Matsunaga Maria Hustace Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 247,941 66,987 Percentage 76.55% 20.68%

County results Matsunaga:     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. senator before election Spark Matsunaga Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga Democratic

The1988 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. SenatorSpark Matsunaga won re-election to a third and final term.^[1]

On April 15, 1990, Senator Matsunaga died ofbone cancer, leading GovernorJohn Waihe'e to appointU.S. Representative fromHawaii's 2nd districtDaniel Akaka to fill the seat. Akaka ran in the1990 special election to fill out the remainder of the term, but won for his full term.

• Spark Matsunaga, incumbent U.S. Senator

• Maria Hustace, cattle rancher^[2]

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