2016Final results

2016 election for Hawaii's 1st District

Name: 2016 election for Hawaii's 1st District
Start: 2016-11-08
Location: Hawaii

U.S. House · Hawaii

Colleen Hanabusa (D) won with 68.6% of the vote, defeating Shirlene D. "shirl" Ostrov (R) by 46.1 points.

Colleen HanabusaDemocrat · winner

68.6%274,467

22.5%90,048

2.9%11,806

1.8%7,205

1.5%5,885

1.1%4,259

0.9%3,420

0.5%1,893

0.3%1,050

0.1%328

400,361 votes

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 4:52 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2016

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 4:52 AM ET

Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.

Colleen HanabusaNo Republican

$972.8K

Raised by the campaign

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$489.9K

Spent by the campaign

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$517.8K

Cash on hand

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Other candidates' campaigns: Howard Kim $30.

Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 31, 2016.

Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2016

Also on the ballot: Alan J. K. Yim (Libertarian), 2.9%; Calvin C. Griffin (Independent), 1.8%; Angela Aulani Kaaihue (Democrat), 1.5%; Howard Kim (Democrat), 1.1%; Peter Cross (Democrat), 0.9%; Javier Ocasio (Democrat), 0.5%; Yvonne Perry (Other party), 0.3%; Peter H. Plotzeneder (Other party), 0.1%