The Green Papers: Hawaii 2018 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Saturday 11 August 2018
✓ General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Tuesday 5 June 2018 - Filing Deadline - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
Saturday 11 August 2018 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-6:00p HAST (1700-0400 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2018 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-6:00p HAST (1700-0400 UTC).
 
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


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

Special Elections do not have a primary. All candidates, regardles of party affiliation, run on a single ballot. The candidate who receives the most votes wins.

Hawaii does not permit write-ins.


2018 Election dates and Candidate Filing Report from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections.

Returns from Hawaii Office of Elections.
Results from Politico.
Results from The New York Times.


6 November 2018:
View My Ballot from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections.
Certified returns from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Senator Mazie K. Hirono
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins)
  Elected Democratic 276,316 69.31% Senator Mazie K. Hirono
FEC S2HI00106; 26 Nov 18; Tot $3,250,456; Dsb $2,943,853
  Candidate Republican 112,035 28.10% Ronald C. "Ron" Curtis
FEC S8HI00210; 26 Nov 18; Tot $19,925; Dsb $18,376
  Candidate Scattering 10,180 2.55% Blank Votes
  Candidate Scattering 126 0.03% Over Votes
Total 398,657 100.00%  
 16 May 2017: Senator Mazie K. Hirono announced she has kidney cancer and her doctors expect a full recovery.

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; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

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

Chair up for regular election Democratic Governor David Yutaka Ige
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2014
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated
 Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins)
  Elected Democratic 244,934 61.44% Governor David Yutaka Ige
for Lieutenant Governor: state Senator Joshua B. "Josh" Green
  Candidate Republican 131,719 33.04% state Representative Andria P.L. Tupola
for Lieutenant Governor: Marissa Dipasupil Kerns
  Candidate Green 10,123 2.54% James R. "Jim" Brewer, Jr.
for Lieutenant Governor: Renee B. Ing
  Candidate Scattering 7,165 1.80% Blank Votes
  Candidate Nonpartisan 4,067 1.02% Terrence K. Teruya
for Lieutenant Governor: Paul F. Robotti
  Candidate Scattering 649 0.16% Over Votes
Total 398,657 100.00%  

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

Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Lieutenant Governor Douglas S. "Doug" Chin
2 February 2018: State Attorney General Doug Chin ascends to the Lieutenant Governor's chair (re: 31 January 2018 resignation of Lieutenant Governor Shan S. Tsutsui).
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - Ran for but lost his party's nomination for Congress CD 1 in 2018
  
Lieutenant Governor Shan S. Tsutsui (Democratic) ascended to the Lieutenant Governor's chair on 27 December 2012 (re: appointment of Lieutenant Governor Brian E. Schatz [Democratic] as the replacement Senator). He was first elected in 2014.
On 31 January 2018, Lieutenant Governor Shan S. Tsutsui resigned to become a senior Vice President at Strategies 360. "With a grateful, yet heavy heart I am announcing today that I will be resigning as the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawai'i, effective January 31, 2018."
2 February 2018: State Attorney General Doug Chin ascends to the Lieutenant Governor's Chair.

115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democratic (1 Open, 1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Congressman Colleen Wakako Hanabusa
First elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives 2010, re-elected 2012; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate 2014; re-elected to the U.S. House in a Special [to fill the unexpired term re: the death of Kyle Mark "Mark" Takai (Democratic)] and General Election re: 8 November 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - 1 September 2017: Ran for but lost her party's nomination for Governor in 2018.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (5, 2 write-ins) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 134,650 70.25% former Congressman Edward E. "Ed" Case
First elected in a special election 2002, reelected 2004-2004. Unsuccessful candidate to the United States Senate in 2006. Unsuccessful candidate for the United States House in 2010.

FEC H2HI02128; 26 Nov 18; Tot $561,695; Dsb $481,581
  Candidate Republican 42,498 22.17% former state Representative Campbell "Cam" Cavasso
FEC H8HI00012; 26 Nov 18; Tot $156,884; Dsb $147,744
  Candidate Scattering 7,319 3.82% Blank Votes
  Candidate Libertarian 3,498 1.83% Michelle Rose Tippens
FEC H8HI01283
  Candidate Green 2,214 1.16% Zachary B. "Zach" Burd
FEC H8HI01267
  Candidate Nonpartisan 1,351 0.70% Calvin C. Griffin
FEC H4HI01183
  Candidate Scattering 137 0.07% Over Votes
Total 191,667 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Tulsi Gabbard
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 153,271 74.05% Congressman Tulsi Gabbard
FEC H2HI02508; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,404,103; Dsb $1,396,852
  Candidate Republican 44,850 21.67% Brian K. Evans
FEC H8HI02141
  Candidate Scattering 8,816 4.26% Blank Votes
  Candidate Scattering 53 0.03% Over Votes
Total 206,990 100.00%  
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents, 4 candidates
  Republican: 4 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Independents
  Nonpartisan: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 8 candidates
 
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.

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.


 


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