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General election
For detailed results of each race, click on the race in the navigation bar at left.
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Stories from general election night:
| HONOLULU MAYOR |
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Hannemann wins in early-morning count
Mufi Hannemann was the surprise winner today in the Honolulu mayor's race, retaining a razor-thin lead after more than 4,000 absentee ballots were finally counted. |
| PRESIDENT |
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Hawai'i shows strong support for Kerry
After a surprise showing by President Bush in Hawai'i polls just over a week before the election, Democrats awakened yesterday and kept the Islands comfortably blue. |
| LEGISLATURE |
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Democrats gain seats in House
Democrats increased their strength in the state House of Representatives this morning, turning back Republicans who had hoped to erase the Democrats' veto-proof majority. |
| VOTER TURNOUT |
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Turnout may reverse 30-year decline
A last-minute glitch delayed the final vote totals for yesterday's general election, but voting was brisk and enthusiastic at polls statewide thanks to a close presidential contest. |
| ELECTION ROUNDUP |
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Hawai'i voters cast off apathy, flock to polls
O'ahu voters were still standing in line to vote 45 minutes after the polls were supposed to close, delaying the release of the first election returns tonight. Even before the polls opened, a record number of Hawai'i voters already had cast their ballots. |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS |
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Voters OK all four constitutional amendments
Hawai'i residents approved all four constitutional amendments yesterday, giving state lawmakers the authority to adopt laws in four areas of the criminal justice system without the state courts declaring them unconstitutional. |
| BOARD OF EDUCATION |
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Top primary vote-getters lead BOE races
A former U.S. congressman, a former state legislator and a retired principal appeared poised to join the state Board of Education, while four incumbents seemed likely to keep their seats last night, after about 70 percent of the votes were counted. |
| OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS |
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OHA leader Apoliona easily re-elected trustee
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs board of trustees appears poised to return to business managing the trust fund for Native Hawaiians with last night's re-election of the only two incumbents in contested races. |
| KAUA'I COUNTY COUNCIL |
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Yukimura tops Kaua'i vote
Incumbent councilwoman and former mayor JoAnn Yukimura won an impressive victory at the top of the list of 14 Kaua'i County Council candidates last night, reigniting talk of a new bid for the mayor's seat in two years. |
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| Honolulu Mayor-elect Mufi Hannemann has set up a temporary office at the City Hall Annex. Hannemann has named the leaders of his mayoral transition team, which will be headed by developer D.G. "Andy" Anderson and Christine Camp Friedman, the managing director of Avalon Development Co. and chairwoman of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser
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| His shirt stained with sweat, new Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann helps his campaign workers put back chairs after his election night rally at Dole Cannery.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser
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| Lily Zimmerman, 2, went looking for her parents as they voted at Manoa Valley District Park on Election Day.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser
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| Healy, a Yorkshire silky, is held by Karen Fukushima as she waits for her brother to vote at Kapalama Elementary School.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser
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| Shawn Lee, 6 peeks out from behind a curtain as his parents Robert and Lisa Lee vote at Farrington High School. The family is from Kalihi.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser
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| Miriam Arroyo, a precinct official, center, helps a voter at Waimanalo Elementary School insert her ballot into the ballot box while a voter in the background ponders his choices before using the electronic system to vote.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser
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| Dorothy Kauihou, 78, from Kalihi, is assisted to a voting booth at Farrington High School.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser
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| A voter waits in line at the polls at 'Aina Haina Elementary School.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser
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