Hawaii 2015 General Election

The Green Papers: Hawaii 2015 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2015. Find 2016 elections here.

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Hawaii
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	1,366,862	(0.44% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
Capital:	Honolulu

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Hawaii State and Local Government

Hawaii 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

Nonpartisan primary candidates must receive EITHER 10% of the votes cast for an office OR at least the number of votes that any winning partisan candidate received for that office in order to advance to the General Election.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Mazie K. Hirono • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Senator Mazie K. Hirono* • FEC S2HI00106

Class 3		Democratic	Senator Brian Emanuel Schatz • Appointed: 26 December 2012 (re 17 December 2012 death of Senator Daniel K. Inouye [Democratic]). First elected in a special election: 2014. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Senator Brian Emanuel Schatz* • FEC S4HI00136; 30 Sep 15; Tot $1,971,480; Dsb $590,051

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor David Yutaka Ige • First elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Shan S. Tsutsui

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Shan S. Tsutsui • Accedes 27 December 2012 (re: appointment of Lieutenant Governor Brian E. Schatz [Democratic] as the replacement Senator). First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Democratic	Congressman Kyle Mark "Mark" Takai • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Kyle Mark "Mark" Takai* • FEC H4HI01134; 30 Sep 15; Tot $624,295; Dsb $219,855

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Congressman Tulsi Gabbard • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Tulsi Gabbard* • FEC H2HI02508; 30 Sep 15; Tot $618,059; Dsb $254,031

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents, 4 candidates
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Hawai'i Independent Party
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• The Constitution of the State of Hawaii
Election Authority
	• Hawaii Office of Elections
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Hawaii State Legislature
Democratic
	• Hawai'i Democratic Party
Republican
	• Hawai'i Republican Party
Third Party
	• Aloha 'Āina
	• Hawai'i Independent & Sovereign
	• Independent Party of Hawaii
	• The Libertarian Party of Hawaii
Media & others
	• Akaku - Maui Community Television
	• Hawai'i Free Press - Hilo
	• Hawaii Reporter - Honolulu
	• Hawaii Tribune Herald - Hilo
	• Honolulu Civil Beat
	• Honolulu Magazine
	• Ka Leo O Hawai'i - University of Hawai'i at Manoa
	• KGMB TV - CBS - Honolulu
	• KHNL TV - NBC - Honolulu
	• KHON TV - Fox - Honolulu
	• Maui News
	• MauiTime Weekly
	• Politics1.com - Hawaii
	• Star Advertiser - Honolulu
	• West Hawaii Today - Kailua-Kona