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2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election
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Field
Value
election_name
2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election
country
Hawaii
type
presidential
ongoing
Yes
previous_election
2006 Hawaii gubernatorial election
previous_year
2006
next_election
2014 Hawaii gubernatorial election
next_year
2014
election_date
November 2, 2010
image1
File:Neil Abercrombie (cropped).jpg
nominee1
**Neil Abercrombie**
running_mate1
**Brian Schatz**
party1
Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1
**222,724**
percentage1
**58.22%**
image2
File:Duke Aiona.jpg
image_size
x150px
nominee2
Duke Aiona
running_mate2
Lynn Finnegan
party2
Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2
157,311
percentage2
41.12%
map_image
2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size
310px
map_caption
County results
**Abercrombie:**
title
Governor
before_election
Linda Lingle
before_party
Republican Party (United States)
after_election
Neil Abercrombie
after_party
Democratic Party (United States)
Abercrombie:
The 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Republican governor Linda Lingle was term-limited and not eligible to run for re-election. The Democratic Party nominated Neil Abercrombie, and the Republican Party nominated incumbent lieutenant governor Duke Aiona. In the election, Abercrombie won and was sworn in as the state's 7th governor on December 6, 2010. Aiona later unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Hawaii in 2014 and 2022.
As of 2024, this was the last time the Republican candidate for governor received over 40% of the vote in Hawaii.
This marked the first time since 1966 where both the governor and lieutenant governor of Hawaii were white and the first time both were born outside of Hawaii.
Primary results
Democratic
Neil Abercrombie, former U.S. representative and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1970
Mufi Hannemann, former Mayor of Honolulu, nominee for HI-01 in 1986, and candidate in 1990
Arturo P. (Art) Reyes
Miles Shiratori
Van K. Tanabe
Results by county:
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Polling
Poll source
Dates administered
Neil Abercrombie
Mufi Hannemann
Undecided
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
August 10–17, 2010
**49%**
44%
8%
Mason Dixon
January 8–12, 2010
**37%**
34%
29%
Research 2000
June 15–17, 2009
**42%**
22%
36%
Republican
Duke Aiona, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
John Carroll, former state senator and representative
Results by county:
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Non-partisan
Tony Clapes
Paul Manner
Thomas (Tom) W. Pollard, critical care Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Free Energy Party
Daniel H. Cunningham
Lieutenant governor primary
Eleven candidates ran for their political parties' nominations in the lieutenant governor primary election on September 18: seven Democrats, two Republicans, one independent, and one Free Energy Party candidate.
Democratic Party
Lyla Berg, 59, Hawaiian state representative first elected in 2004 to represent the Kāhala area; former teacher and principal
Robert Bunda, 63, state legislator since 1983: state representative from 1983 until 1994 and senator from 1994 until 2010; president of the Hawaii Senate for five years. Resigned from office to run for lieutenant governor.
Steve Hirakami, 64, principal of a charter school in Pahoa, on the Big Island of Hawai'i
Gary Hooser, 56, former state senator from Kauai. Campaign based largely on support of civil unions.
Jon Riki Karamatsu, 35, state legislator first elected in 2002 to represent the Waipahu area; chairman of the state House Judiciary Committee
Norman Sakamoto, 63, sitting state senator first elected in 1996 to represent the Kalihi, Salt Lake, and Pearl Ridge neighborhoods of Honolulu; chairman of the state Senate Education and Housing Committee; opponent of civil unions
Brian Schatz, 37, former state legislator and former chairman of the Hawaiian Democratic Party. Resident of Honolulu.
Results by county:
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Republican Party
Lynn Finnegan, 39, state legislator since 2002; Republican leader in the State House since 2005. Resident of Aiea, Hawaii.
Adrienne King, 62, lawyer for more than thirty years. Resident of Honolulu,
Free Energy Party
Deborah Spence, no age provided, campaigns for the revival of hemp, which she calls the "most utilitarian plant", for use as a cellulose and biofuel. Resident of Hilo.
Independent
Leonard Kama, 67, retired security guard and deckhand campaigning on education and a reduction of homelessness. Resident of Kapolei.
General election
Neil Abercrombie and his running mate Brian Schatz on the day of the election
Predictions
Source
Ranking
As of
Cook Political Report
October 14, 2010
Rothenberg
October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics
November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball
October 28, 2010
CQ Politics
October 28, 2010
Polling
Poll source
Dates administered
Neil
Abercrombie (D)
Duke
Aiona (R)
Public Policy Polling
October 2–3, 2010
**49%**
47%
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
August 10–17, 2010
**53%**
41%
Rasmussen Reports
June 24, 2010
**58%**
32%
Rasmussen Reports
March 24, 2010
**54%**
31%
Mason Dixon
January 8–12, 2010
**43%**
34%
Research 2000
June 15–17, 2009
**45%**
36%
Candidates
Neil Abercrombie (D)
Abercrombie's running mate was former state Democratic Party chairman Brian Schatz
Duke Aiona (R)
Aiona's running mate was State Rep. Lynn Finnegan
Daniel Cunningham (FE)
Cunningham's running mate was Deborah Spence
Tom Pollard (I)
Pollard's running mate was Leonard Kama
Results
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By county
County
Neil Abercrombie
Democratic
Duke Aiona
Republican
All Others
#
%
#
%
#
%
Hawaii
Honolulu
Kauai
Maui
Totals
**33,095**
**61.99%**
19,807
37.1%
484
0.9%
**150,554**
**56.9%**
112,527
42.53%
1,492
0.57%
**13,559**
**59.82%**
8,953
39.5%
156
0.69%
**25,516**
**60.85%**
16,024
38.21%
396
0.94%
**222,724**
**58.22%**
157,311
41.12%
2,528
0.66%
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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