DemocratNot in office · last served 2014Last on a ballot: Nov 2010

Neil Abercrombie

Last held office: Governor of Hawaii (2010–2014). Ran in 15 elections between 1974 and 2010, winning 15.

Last office: Governor of HawaiiBorn 1938

Last margin: +17.2; Won 2010
Elections: 15; 1974–2010

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Career

Offices held, and every time Abercrombie was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

19761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Hawaii House of Representatives, District 13 Hawaii State Senate, District 6 Hawaii State Senate, District 11 U.S. House, HI-1 U.S. House, HI-1 Governor of HawaiiOut of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Abercrombie has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Abercrombie won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised	Baseline
2010	Governor of Hawaii	General	Won	Duke Aiona (R)	58.6%	D+17.2	—	D+46.0
2008	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Steve Tataii (R), Li Zhao (L)	77.1%	D+58.1	$1.4M	—
2006	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Richard "noah" Hough (R)	69.4%	D+38.7	$1.1M	—
2004	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Dalton Tanonaka (R), Elyssa "erin O'Bryn" Young (L)	63%	D+29.0	$1.1M	—
2002	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Mark Terry (R), James H. Bracken (L)	72.9%	D+47.9	$901.3K	—
2000	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Phil Meyers (R), Jerry Murphy (L)	69%	D+40.4	$805.1K	—
1998	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Gene Ward (R), Nicholas Bedworth (NLP)	61.6%	D+25.2	$1.1M	—
1996	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Orson Swindle (R), Mark Duering (I), Nicholas Bedworth (NLP)	50.4%	D+3.9	$682.9K	—
1994	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Orson Swindle (R), Alexandra Kaan (I), Roger Lee Taylor (L)	53.6%	D+10.3	$371.8K	—
1992	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Warner Sutton (R), Rockne Hart Jonhson (L)	72.9%	D+49.4	$358.7K	—
1990	U.S. House, HI-1	General	Won	Mike Liu (R), Roger Lee Taylor (L)	60%	D+21.3	$536.4K	—
1982	Hawaii State Senate, District 11	General	Won	Wadsworth Yee (R)	62.8%	D+25.5	—	—
1978	Hawaii State Senate, District 6	General	Won	Wadsworth Yee (R), John S. Carroll (R), Anson Chong (D)	15.4%	R+1.3	—	—
1976	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 13	General	Won	Charles Ushijima (D), Hiram Fong Jr. (R), Gerald Deheer (D)	28%	D+7.6	—	—
1974	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 13	General	Won	Charles Ushijima (D), Hiram Fong Jr. (R), Stuart Ho (D)	21.1%	R+1.2	—	—