The 1964 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 3, 1964.
Incumbent Republican U.S Senator
Hiram Fong
Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a sugar plantation Cantonese immigrant worker, Fong became the first Chinese-American and first ...
was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic U.S. Representative
Thomas Gill Thomas or Tom Gill may refer to:
* Thomas Gill (1788–1861), British Whig politician and industrialist
* Thomas Gill (architect) (1870–1941), American architect
* Thomas Gill (footballer) (born 1965), Norwegian football goalkeeper
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Republican primary
Candidates
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Hiram Fong
Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a sugar plantation Cantonese immigrant worker, Fong became the first Chinese-American and first ...
, incumbent Senator
*Frank Troy, Democratic candidate for Senate in 1962
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Thomas Gill Thomas or Tom Gill may refer to:
* Thomas Gill (1788–1861), British Whig politician and industrialist
* Thomas Gill (architect) (1870–1941), American architect
* Thomas Gill (footballer) (born 1965), Norwegian football goalkeeper
* Thomas G ...
, U.S. Representative
*Joseph Petrowski
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Nadao Yoshinaga
Nadao "Najo" Yoshinaga (August 8, 1919 – December 29, 2009) was a senator from Hawaii and a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Early life
Yoshinaga was born in Wailuku, Maui on August 8, 1919. He graduated from Maui High School. He s ...
, State Senator from
Maui
The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...
Results
General election
Results
See also
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1964 United States Senate elections
The 1964 United States Senate elections coincided with the 1964 United States presidential election, election of President Lyndon B. Johnson by an overwhelming majority, to a full term. His Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party picke ...
References
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 ...
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
1964 Hawaii elections
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