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The 1964 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 3, 1964.

Incumbent Republican U.S Senator Hiram Fong was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic U.S. Representative Thomas Gill.

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Hiram Fong, incumbent Senator
  • Frank Troy, Democratic candidate for Senate in 1962

Results

Republican Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Hiram Fong (inc.) 31,770 95.25%
Republican Frank Troy 1,586 4.75%
Total votes 33,356 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas Gill 71,298 63.97%
Democratic Nadao Yoshinaga 37,253 33.42%
Democratic Joseph Petrowski 2,904 2.61%
Total votes 111,455 100.00%

General election

Results

1964 United States Senate election in Hawaii[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Hiram Fong (incumbent) 110,747 53.04% Increase1.96
Democratic Thomas Gill 96,789 46.35% Decrease1.93
Independent Lawrence Domine 1,278 0.61% N/A
Total votes 208,814 100.00%

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