Daniel K. Akaka won with 54.0% of the vote (188,901 votes), ahead of Patricia F. Saiki with 44.6% (155,978 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.4 percentage points (32,923 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 9.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 46.5 points toward Republicans.
349,666 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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