The 1974 Hawaii gubernatorial election was

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's fifth gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 5, 1974, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic candidate, Lt. Gov.

George Ariyoshi George Ryoichi Ariyoshi ( ja, 有吉良一, born March 12, 1926) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the third governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986. A Democrat, he is Hawaii's longest-serving governor and the first American of ...

over

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candidate, former State Senator Randolph Crossley. Ariyoshi received more votes than Crossley in every county in the state. Although he was by law

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at the time of this election,

had had all the power and responsibility of the Governorship since October 26, 1973, when Governor

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was incapacitated due to illness and Ariyoshi was made

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. This was Crossley's second failed attempt to win the Governorship, having previously lost the 1966 election.

Primaries

Both the Democratic and

were held on October 5, 1974, with the Democratic primary strongly contested.

Democratic primary

Candidates and primary votes: *

, lieutenant governor: 36.18% *

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: 31.47% *

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, former lieutenant governor: 30.08% * David C. McClung,

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: 1.79% *Henry deFries: 0.49%

Republican primary

Candidates and primary votes: * Randolph Crossley, former state senator: 82.47% *Joseph K. Hao: 17.53%

General election

References

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