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Republicans Win Top Posts in First Hawaii State Poll
Hawaii voters chose a Republican sweep in the first state poll, with William F. Quinn defeating Burns for territorial governor and party gains in the Senate. GOP won control of the state Senate 14 to 11 while Democrats held the House 33 to 18. turnout set a record at 909 per cent of 183000 registered voters. Inouye, a Japanese American Democrat, won a Congress seat plus Senate races saw Hiram Fong and Oren Long prevail for the GOP and Democratic seats respectively.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
UPI
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Annor
Meuterrat
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William F. Quinn
Territorial
John A. Burns
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U.S. Senate
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Jimmy Ekealoka
Mitsuyuki Kido
Yau Leong Fong
Hiram Fong
University of Hawaii
Frank Fasi
Dan K. Inouye
Charles Silva
Inouye
Oren E. Long
Wilfred Taukiyama