2016 United States Senate election in Hawaii

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Nominee Brian Schatz John Carroll Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 306,604 92,653 Percentage 73.61% 22.24%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Schatz:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%      No votes

U.S. senator before election Brian Schatz Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Brian Schatz Democratic

The2016 United States Senate election in Hawaii was held November 8, 2016, concurrently with the2016 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to theUnited States Senate andHouse of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held August 13. Incumbent Democratic U.S. SenatorBrian Schatz won reelection to his first full term in office, defeating Republican former state legislatorJohn Carroll.

In 2011,Daniel Inouye announced that he planned to run for a record tenth term in 2016, when he would have been 92 years old.^[1][2] He also said, "I have told my staff and I have told my family that when the time comes, when you question my sanity or question my ability to do things physically or mentally, I don't want you to hesitate, do everything to get me out of here, because I want to make certain the people of Hawaii get the best representation possible."^[3]

Inouye died on December 17, 2012.^[4]Hawaii GovernorNeil Abercrombie appointedLieutenant GovernorBrian Schatz, a Democrat, to succeed Inouye. Schatz won a2014 special election to serve the remainder of Inouye's term.^[5]

• Makani Christensen^[6]
• Tutz Honeychurch^[6]
• Arturo Reyes,perennial candidate^[6]
• Brian Schatz, incumbent senator^[5]
• Miles Shiratori^[6]

• Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in2014 (running forHI-01)^[7]
• Mark Takai, U.S. Representative^[8] (died)
• Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Representative (running for reelection)^[8]

• Daniel Inouye, U.S. Senator fromHawaii (1963–2012), U.S. Representative forHawaii's at-large congressional district (1959–1963). Inouye had declared his intent to run for re-election to a record tenth term, but he died in office on December 17, 2012.^[9][1][2]

• John Carroll, formerState Senator, formerState Representative, nominee for US Senate in2000 and perennial candidate^[6]
• Karla Gottschalk, attorney^[6]
• Eddie Pirkowski, perennial candidate^[6]
• John Roco, perennial candidate^[6]

• Charles Collins, candidate for the U.S. Senate in2012 and for Governor of Hawaii in2014^[13]

• Cam Cavasso, former state representative and Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in2004,2010, and2014
• Charles Djou, former U.S. Representative (running forMayor ofHonolulu)

• Michael Kokoski, nominee for the U.S. Senate in2014^[6]

• Joy Allison, independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014^[6]

• John Giuffre^[6]

Schatz defeated Carroll on election day, winning his second election to the U.S. Senate and his first full term after being appointed to the seat in 2012 following the death ofDaniel Inouye. This was his largest margin of victory, as he won over 4% more of the electorate in this election.

Schatz won both congressional districts.^[27]

Official campaign websites

• Brian Schatz (D) for Senate
• John Roco (R) for Senate

• United States Senate elections in Hawaii
• 2016 United States Senate elections
• 2016 Hawaii elections

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