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1978-11-07 Gubernatorial Election Results for Hawaii


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Runoff Election: No Yes
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Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
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County Turnout George Ariyoshi*
(D)		 John Leopold
(R)		 Alema Leota
(I)		 Gregory Reeser
(Libertarian)		 Other Margin TOTAL
Hawaii55%19,06861.2%11,82137.9%2720.9%00.0%00.0%7,247 31,161
Honolulu42%110,76652.1%98,85346.5%2,8781.4%00.0%00.0%11,913 212,497
Kauai61%10,51569.7%4,43429.4%1461.0%00.0%00.0%6,081 15,095
Maui52%13,04557.1%9,50241.6%2871.3%00.0%00.0%3,543 22,834
TOTAL 47% 153,39454.5% 124,61044.3% 1,9820.7% 1,0590.4% 5420.2% 28,784 281,587
Total R vote: 124,610 (44.3%)      Total D vote: 153,394 (54.5%)      Total Other vote: 3,583 (1.3%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,911,367 $113,957 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $0 $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
The financial data used here were originally collected by Thad Beyle and Jennifer M. Jensen


Other candidates included: John Moore (Aloha Democrat), 542 votes



1978 Governor, Hawaii County
CandidateVotesPct
George Ariyoshi* (D) 19,068 61.2%
John Leopold (R) 11,821 37.9%
Alema Leota (I) 272 0.9%
TOTAL 31,161
Turnout: 55%


1978 Governor, Honolulu County
CandidateVotesPct
George Ariyoshi* (D) 110,766 52.1%
John Leopold (R) 98,853 46.5%
Alema Leota (I) 2,878 1.4%
TOTAL 212,497
Turnout: 42%


1978 Governor, Kauai County
CandidateVotesPct
George Ariyoshi* (D) 10,515 69.7%
John Leopold (R) 4,434 29.4%
Alema Leota (I) 146 1.0%
TOTAL 15,095
Turnout: 61%


1978 Governor, Maui County
CandidateVotesPct
George Ariyoshi* (D) 13,045 57.1%
John Leopold (R) 9,502 41.6%
Alema Leota (I) 287 1.3%
TOTAL 22,834
Turnout: 52%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

George Ariyoshi*
Total Disbursements: $1,911,367

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
The financial data used here were originally collected by Thad Beyle and Jennifer M. Jensen

John Leopold
Total Disbursements: $113,957

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Leopold 20,524 91.6%
2   Valentine Wessel 1,093 4.9%
3   Gabriel Juarez 799 3.6%
TOTAL VOTES 22,416  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   George Ariyoshi 130,527 50.3%
2   Frank Fasi 126,903 48.9%
3   Billy Kuaiwa 1,363 0.5%
4   Valentine Huihui 685 0.3%
TOTAL VOTES 259,478