Hawaii--Details

HAWAI'I

4 Electoral Votes

In 2002 Hawai'i voters delivered a shocker, electing Linda Lingle, a Republican, as governor after forty years of Democratic rule. Nonetheless as the 2004 campaign progressed the state appeared to be solidly in the Democratic column. Hawai'i has an all-Democratic congressional delegation and the last Republican presidential candidate to carry the state was Ronald Reagan in 1984. Hawai'i received scant attention.

However, after two late polls showed the race to be even, Hawai'i experienced a flurry of activity. An October 13-18 survey of 600 likely voters conducted by The Honolulu Advertiser and released on October 23 showed Bush-Cheney at 43.3 percent and Kerry-Edwards at 42.6 percent with 12 percent undecided, and a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. A October 17-20 survey of 559 likely voters by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and KITV released on October 24 showed Bush-Cheney at 46 percent, Kerry-Edwards at 45.4 percent and 9 percent undecided, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. Vice President Cheney and Lynne Cheney made the long flight to Hawai'i for a big rally at the Hawaii Convention Center late on October 31. This was the first visit by a candidate on a major party ticket since Richard Nixon visited in 1960. For the Democrats, Kerry's daughter Alexandra spent three days campaigning and she and former Vice President Al Gore participated in a concert/rally on October 29. The DNC ran at least $200,000 in TV advertising in the last week of the campaign, and there were several full page newspaper ads including one by the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the state's largest union.

Bush-Cheney '04 Kerry-Edwards 2004

Organization details... details...

BC'04 State Chair: Gov. Linda Lingle
Hawaii Republican Party
State Chair and Executive Director: Brennon Morioka

KE State Director: Jadine Nielsen
Democratic Party of Hawai'i
State Chair: Brickwood Galuteria
Exec. Director: Pohai Ryan

Travel

BUSH-CHENEY KERRY-EDWARDS

October 31, 2004
-Vice President and Mrs. Cheney participated in a late-night Victory 2004 rally at Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, HI.

Newspaper Endorsements

BUSH KERRY
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (10/27/04) >
Honolulu Advertiser (10/19/04)

Results by County

Honolulu (City-County)
217 precincts

Kauai County
21 precincts

Maui County
44 precincts

Hawaii County
71 precincts

Kerry (D)
152,500

50.8%

14,916

59.2%

28,803

60.3%

35,116

60.6%

Bush (R)
144,157

48.0%

9,740

38.7%

18,187

38.1%

22,032

38.0%

Cobb (G)
1,041

0.3%

124

0.5%

244

0.5%

321

0.6%

Badnarik (L)
849

0.3%

96

0.4%

196

0.4%

233

0.4%

Third Party and Independent
Nader Ballot Access
Nader needed to submit signatures of 3,711 registered voters (1 percent of votes cast in the last presidential election) with the Office of Elections by September 3 to appear on the ballot as an independent. Supporters submitted about 5,700 signatures. The Office of Elections announced on September 21 that Nader had fallen 39 signatures short and then came back on September 24 saying that had made an error and Nader had actually fallen 587 names short. A significant part of the shortfall was due to about 1,500 signatures from people who were "not registered." Michael Peroutka also fell short, by 240 signatures. Chief Elections Officer Dwayne Yoshina agreed to review Nader's disqualified signatures in the presence of the campaign and that process went forward even as absentee ballots were sent out. On October 8 attorneys for Nader and Peroutka filed suit in U.S. District Court charging the state's ballot access law discriminates against independent candidates and that signatures had been improperly disqualified. On October 13 U.S. District Judge David Ezra heard the case and ruled that Nader and Peroutka had not been denied their due process rights; he denied their request for a preliminary injunction. Meanwhile the review found Nader still short by 373 signatures. Instead of going to the federal appeals court, the campaign then filed a lawsuit in the First Circuit Court (state court) focusing on how the Office of Elections' had considered of its petition signatures.

State Coordinators
Nader: Johnny Jackson (Maui) Robert Stiver (Oahu) Co-Coord. Juan Velasquez
Cobb: Julie Jacobson

More Candidate Visits
NADER-CAMEJO
July 17-18, 2004
July 17
Press conference, speech and book signing at University of Hawaii in Honolulu, HI.
Fundraiser at private home in Honolulu, HI.
July 18
Press conference and book signing at The Office Edge at Maui Tech Center in Kihei, HI.
Rally and fundraiser at Hapa's Brew Haus in Kihei, HI.

Bush-Cheney '04	Kerry-Edwards 2004
Organization details...	details...
BC'04 State Chair: Gov. Linda Lingle Hawaii Republican Party State Chair and Executive Director: Brennon Morioka	KE State Director: Jadine Nielsen Democratic Party of Hawai'i State Chair: Brickwood Galuteria Exec. Director: Pohai Ryan

BUSH-CHENEY	KERRY-EDWARDS
October 31, 2004 -Vice President and Mrs. Cheney participated in a late-night Victory 2004 rally at Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, HI.

	Honolulu (City-County) 217 precincts		Kauai County 21 precincts		Maui County 44 precincts		Hawaii County 71 precincts
Kerry (D)	152,500	50.8%	14,916	59.2%	28,803	60.3%	35,116	60.6%
Bush (R)	144,157	48.0%	9,740	38.7%	18,187	38.1%	22,032	38.0%
Cobb (G)	1,041	0.3%	124	0.5%	244	0.5%	321	0.6%
Badnarik (L)	849	0.3%	96	0.4%	196	0.4%	233	0.4%