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Polls In The State Of Hawaii Leading Upto The November 6, 2012 General Election

Hawaii - Presidential

Obama       62%
Romney     30%
Honolulu Civil Beat / MRG
October 4, 2012
 

Hawaii - U.S. Senate

Hirono [D]     57%
Lingle [R]      35%
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
October 29, 2012

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PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND STATE POLITICS

Presidential Election 2012

As currently constituted the Electoral college consists of 538 members. Accordingly, to win the Presidency a candidate has to get 270 electoral votes.

The State of Hawaii is allotted four (4) electoral votes and Hawaii being a winner-takes-all state the candidate that wins in Hawaii will receive all 4 electoral votes.
In Presidential Election 2008. Senator Obama who was a native son of Hawaii won the state easily. He received 71.85% of the vote to Senator McCain's 26.58%.
[References: U.S. Electoral College, 2012: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2011]

U.S. Senate Election in Hawaii, 2012

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka announced in March 2011 that that he will be retiring at the end of his current term and will not be running for re-election for a fourth term.

CANDIDATES

Mazie Hirono [D]
Linda Lingle [R]

Mazie Hirona is the United States Representative for Hawaii 2nd Congressional District serving since 2007.

Linda Lingle was the Governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010.

U.S. House of Representatives Election in Hawaii, 2012

The state of Hawaii did not gain or lose a seat on account of the 2010 United States census.

After a contentious redistricting process, a map was agreed upon so that this years elections could proceed. The primary elections were held on August 11, 2012 and the following candidates will run in the two congressional districts in November 2012:

DISTRICT 1

Colleen Hanabusa [D]
Charles Djou [R]

Colleen Hanabusa is the incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative for District 1 serving since 2011. Prior to that she has served as the Hawaii Senate Majority leader and President of the Senate.
She is a Japanese-American of Buddhist faith.

Charles Djou represented Hawaii's District 1 from 2010 to 2011. He has also served in the Hawaii State House. He is a Major in the Army Reserve.

DISTRICT 2

Tulsi Gabbard [D]
Kawika Crowley [R]

Incumbent Democratic Rep. Mazie Hirono is not seeking reelection to the State House and instead is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Akaka.

Tulsi Gabbard is a member of the Honolulu City Council.

POLITICAL NEWS THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Hawaii U.S. Senate Race

By: presidential-politics.com
October 6, 2012

When former Governor Linda Lingle joined the race as a Republican Party candidate, the general consensus was that there would be a closely contested race for the United States senate seat being vacated by Senator Daniel K Akaka. Indeed the Republican Party was counting on Ms. Lingle to help them take control of the senate next year. This, however, has proved not to be the case. Polls indicate that Ms. Lingle is way behind the Democratic candidate Mazie Hirono.
Please refer to column one on the left for detail poll information.
[References: Real Clear Politics, 2012]

Endorsements for Rep. Hirono

[06-21-2012]
Incumbent Democratic U.S. House Representative Mazie Hirono who is seeking the Democratic Party nomination to run for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka has been endorsed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Ms. Hirono has also received the endorsement of  U.S. Senator from Hawaii Daniel Inouve.

Rep. Hirono is in a primary contest with former U.S. Rep. Ed Case for the Democratic Party nomination.

Former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle is seeking the Republican Party nomination . She is in a primary contest with former State Senator and State Representative John Carrol and former U.S. Senate candidate Eddie Pirkowski.

Primary elections are set to be held on August 11, 2012.
[References: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2012]