Linda Lingle
Last held office: Governor of Hawaii (2002–2010). Ran in 3 elections between 1998 and 2006, winning 2.
- Last margin
- +27.8
- Won 2006
- Elections
- 3
- 1998–2006
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Lingle was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Lingle has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Lingle won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Governor of Hawaii | General | Won | Randy Iwase (D) | 63.9% | R+27.8 | D+8.8 | |
| 2002 | Governor of Hawaii | General | Won | Mazie K. Hirono (D) | 52.3% | R+4.6 | D+19.7 | |
| 1998 | Governor of Hawaii | General | Lost | Benjamin J. Cayetano (D) | 49.3% | D+1.3 | D+28.6 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Lingle has held
- Governor of Hawaii · 2002–2010
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Lingle has run against
- Randy Iwase (D) · 2006 election, won
- Mazie K. Hirono (D) · 2002 election, won
- Benjamin J. Cayetano (D) · 1998 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive
In the polls
Included in 8 polls; Lingle’s best result was 52% (Hawaii Governor, 1998).
Lingle’s polls in the database →