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The2002 House elections in Hawaii occurred on November 5, 2002, to elect the members of theState ofHawaii's delegation to theUnited States House of Representatives. Hawaii had two seats in the House, apportioned according to the2000 United States census.
These elections were held concurrently with theUnited States Senate elections of 2002, theUnited States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.
Of Hawaii's Congressional districts, the race in the 2nd district received the most attention. RepresentativePatsy Mink, despite her death following renomination, was posthumously re-elected, thus triggering a subsequent special election to fill the vacancy.
| United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2002[1] | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Democratic | 232,344 | 64.54% | 2 | — | |
| Republican | 116,693 | 32.42% | 0 | — | |
| Libertarian | 8,747 | 2.43% | 0 | — | |
| Natural Law | 2,200 | .61% | 0 | — | |
| Totals | 359,984 | 100.00% | 2 | — | |
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
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| Hawaii 1 | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 1986(Special) 1988(Lost renomination) 1990 | Re-elected | Neil Abercrombie (D) 72.85% Mark Terry (R) 24.92% James Bracken (L) 2.23% |
| Hawaii 2 | Patsy Mink † | Democratic | 1964 1976(Retired) 1990 | Re-elected | Patsy Mink (D) 56.16% Bob McDermott (R) 39.98% Jeff Mallan (L) 2.63% Nicholas Bedworth (NL) 1.23% |
