The 1962 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic Senator
Oren Long retired after serving an abbreviated three-year term. Democratic U.S. Representative
Dan Inouye
Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative f ...
was elected to succeed Long, defeating Republican Ben Dillingham II, the heir to the massive
Dillingham industrial fortune.
Inouye would continue hold the seat with little trouble for nearly fifty years, until his death in 2012.
Democratic primary
Candidates
* Daniel Inouye, at-large U.S. Representative
* Frank Troy
Results
General election
Results
See also
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1962 United States Senate elections
The 1962 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate which was held in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. His Democratic Party made a net gain of four seats from the Republicans, increasing their cont ...
References
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1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
Daniel Inouye