2002Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2002 election for Hawaii Governor
Governor · Hawaii
Linda Lingle (R) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Mazie K. Hirono (D) by 4.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Linda LingleRepublican · winner
52.3%197,009
Mazie K. HironoDemocrat
47.7%179,647
376,656 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2002
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET