The 1968 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
Daniel 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 re-elected to a second term in office, easily defeating Republican nominee Wayne Thiessen.
Democratic primary
Candidates
* Daniel Inouye, incumbent Senator
* William Lampard
* Joseph Petrowski, candidate for Senate in 1962 and U.S. Representative in 1964
Results
General election
Results
See also
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1968 United States Senate elections
The 1968 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate which coincided with the presidential election of the same year. Although Richard Nixon won the presidential election narrowly, the Republicans picked up five ne ...
References
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1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
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