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1959 Hawaii Senate election

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1959 Hawaii Senate election

July 28, 1959 1962 →

All 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout93.6%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader William Hardy Hill
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 1–Hilo
Seats won 14 11
Popular vote 337,976 335,993
Percentage 50.00% 49.71%

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
Multi-member districts:
     Majority Democratic      Majority Republican

Hawaii Senate President before election

Office established

Elected Hawaii Senate President

William Hardy Hill
Republican

The 1959 Hawaii Senate election was held on July 28, 1959, in Hawaii's last days as a territory to elect members of the first Hawaii State Legislature. All 25 seats of the Senate were up for election, with 14 seats being won by Republicans and 11 by Democrats.

Longtime territorial legislator William H. Hill from Hilo was elected President of the Senate, the first Senate president during statehood.[1]

Results by district

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Source: "OFFICIAL TABULATION • RESULT OF VOTES CAST GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1959" (Document). Honolulu, HI: State of Hawaii Office of Elections. 6 August 1959. p. 3-37. Obtained from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections on 15 April 2024.

District 1

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Senate District 1, located on the eastern half of Hawaii, was entitled to five state senators.[2]

1959 Hawaii Senate election, District 1
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William H. Hill 11,639 16.7%
Democratic Nelson K. Doi 10,819 15.6%
Democratic John T. Ushijima 8,266 11.9%
Republican Richard Lyman Jr. 8,202 11.8%
Democratic Kazuhisa Abe 7,901 11.3%
Republican Stafford L. Austin 7,809 11.2%
Democratic Mark Norman Olds 7,037 10.1%
Republican Wing Kong Chong 4,835 6.9%
Republican Charles T. Hashimoto 2,836 4.1%
Total votes 69,344 100.0

District 2

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Senate District 2, located on the western half of Hawaii, was entitled to two state senators.[2]

1959 Hawaii Senate election, District 2
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bernard G. Kinney 3,056 32.6%
Republican Julian R. Yates Jr. 2,871 30.6%
Democratic Shoji Kawahara 2,586 27.6%
Democratic John K. Kiaha 842 9.0%
Total votes 9,355 100.0

District 3

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Senate District 3, located on the islands of Kahoolawe, Maui, Molokai, and Lanai, was entitled to five state senators.[2]

1959 Hawaii Senate election, District 3
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George S. Fukuoka 7,983 12.7%
Democratic Thomas S. Ogata 7,869 12.5%
Democratic Nadao Yoshinaga 7,715 12.3%
Republican Marquis F. Calmes 7,703 12.3%
Republican Barney Tokunaga 7,127 11.3%
Republican Herbert C. Jackson 7,008 11.2%
Democratic John Gomes Duarte 6,995 11.1%
Republican William O. Smith 6,006 9.6%
Republican David K. Kahookele 4,151 6.6%
Total votes 62,557 100.0

District 4

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Senate District 4, located in Honolulu on Oahu, was entitled to five state senators.[2]

1959 Hawaii Senate election, District 4
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Hebden Porteus 35,503 13.2%
Republican Yasutaka Fukushima 30,614 11.4%
Republican Randolph Crossley 27,282 10.1%
Democratic O. Vincient Espotito 26,796 9.9%
Republican J. Ward Russell 26,787 9.9%
Democratic Russell K. Kono 26,666 9.9%
Democratic John J. Hulten 25,401 9.4%
Republican Richard Sutton 23,435 8.7%
Democratic Ernest K Kai 22,417 8.3%
Democratic Anna Furtado Kahanamoku 21,588 8.0%
Commonwealth William H. Crozier Jr. 1,958 0.7%
Total votes 268,447 100.0

District 5

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Senate District 5, located on most of Oahu surrounding Honolulu, was entitled to five state senators.[2]

1959 Hawaii Senate election, District 5
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George R. Ariyoshi 31,695 13.2%
Democratic Sakae Takahashi 31,107 12.9%
Republican Lawrence Kunihisa 26,112 10.8%
Democratic Steere G. Noda 25,691 10.7%
Republican Calvin C. McGregor 25,494 10.6%
Republican Peter Aduja 24,620 10.2%
Democratic Philip Minn 23,992 9.9%
Democratic Charles Ernest Kauhane 19,789 8.2%
Republican Joseph L. Dwight Sr. 17,094 7.1%
Republican Stephen R. Benchwich 14,505 6.0%
Total votes 240,099 100.0

District 6

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Senate District 6, located on the islands of Kauai and Niihau, was entitled to three state senators.[2]

1959 Hawaii Senate election, District 6
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Manuel Souza Henriques 4,785 18.2%
Republican Abel Medeiros 4,682 17.9%
Democratic William E. Fernandes 4,655 17.7%
Republican Clint Shiraishi 4,527 17.3%
Republican Yoshiichi Yoshida 4,108 15.7%
Democratic William Y. Hayashi 3,398 12.9%
Total votes 26,155 100.0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "TABLE OF PRESIDING OFFICERS HAWAII LEGISLATURE 1901-1996 REGULAR AND SPECIAL SESSIONS". Hawaii Legislators' Handbook. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "REAPPORTIONMENT of the TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE" (PDF). State of Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau. Retrieved 16 April 2024.