The 1982 Hawaii gubernatorial election was

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's seventh gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 2, 1982, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic candidate,

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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 ...

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, running as an

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, and the

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candidate, State Senator D. G. Anderson. Ariyoshi received more votes than any other candidate in every county in the state.

Primaries

Primary elections were held on September 18, 1982.

Democratic primary

Candidates and primary votes: *

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: 53.87% * Jean Sadako King, lieutenant governor: 44.66% *Billy Kuaiwa: 0.57% *Frank DeCambra: 0.32% *John P. Fritz: 0.23% *Joseph Johns: 0.20% *Arthur F. Stebbing: 0.15%

Republican primary

Candidates and primary votes: * D. G. Anderson, state senator: 96.79% *Jack J. Mahakian: 1.66% *Gabriel Juarez: 1.55%

General election

References

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