RepublicanNot in office · last served 1988Last on a ballot: Nov 1984

W. Buddy Soares

Last held office: Hawaii State Senate, District 11 (1984–1988). Ran in 8 elections between 1968 and 1984, winning 8.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

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

Margin: how far Soares finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1984	Hawaii State Senate, District 11	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1980	Hawaii State Senate, District 7	General	Won	Dennis Oconnor (D)	45.8%	D+8.5
1978	Hawaii State Senate, District 7	General	Won	Steve Cobb (D), Patricia Saiki (R), Dennis Oconnor (D)	15.1%	D+5.3
1976	Hawaii State Senate, District 7	Special	Won	Keo Nakama (D)	53.4%	R+6.7
1974	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 7	General	Won	Donna R. Ikeda (R), Ronald Au (D), Charles Y. Kaneshiro (D)	27.4%	R+0.6
1972	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 8	General	Won	Dennis Oconnor (D), Ronald Au (D), Norm N. Kono (R)	27.2%	D+2.7
1970	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 8	General	Won	Dennis Oconnor (D), Daniel Clement Jr. (R), Nani Higashino (D)	30.3%	R+6.4
1968	Hawaii House of Representatives, District 17	General	Won	Tennyson Lum (R), Frank Judd (R), Patricia Saiki (R)	19.6%	D+2.3