Hawaii gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Hawaii

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Ige (D)	62.7	244,934
		Andria Tupola (R)	33.7	131,719
		Jim Brewer (G)	2.6	10,123
		Terrence Teruya (Nonpartisan)	1.0	4,067

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 390,843
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Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
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Election details
Filing deadline: June 5, 2018
Primary: August 11, 2018 General: November 6, 2018 Pre-election incumbent(s): Gov. David Ige (Democrat) Lt. Gov. Doug Chin (Democrat)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Hawaii
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
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Hawaii held an election for governor and lieutenant governor on November 6, 2018. The primary election was held on August 11, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was June 5, 2018.

Incumbent David Ige (D) defeated challengers Andria Tupola (R), Jim Brewer (Green), and Terrence Teruya (nonpartisan), receiving 62.7 percent of the vote to Tupola's 33.6 percent, Brewer's 2.6 percent, and Teruya's 1.0 percent. Ige's 62.7 percent share of the vote was greater than any Democratic candidate for governor in state history, surpassing the 59.83 percent record set by John Waihee (D) in 1990. Click here for more.

Candidates and election results

Governor

See also: Statistics on gubernatorial candidates, 2018

See also: Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 11 Democratic primary)

See also: Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Governor of Hawaii

Incumbent David Ige defeated Andria Tupola, Jim Brewer, and Terrence Teruya in the general election for Governor of Hawaii on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Ige (D)	62.7	244,934
		Andria Tupola (R)	33.7	131,719
		Jim Brewer (G)	2.6	10,123
		Terrence Teruya (Nonpartisan)	1.0	4,067

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 390,843
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Hawaii

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Ige	51.4	124,572
		Colleen Hanabusa	44.4	107,631
		Ernest Caravalho	2.3	5,662
		Wendell Ka'ehu'ae'a	0.9	2,298
		Richard Kim	0.6	1,576
		Van Tanabe	0.3	775

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 242,514
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Clayton Hee (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Hawaii

Andria Tupola defeated John Carroll and Ray L'Heureux in the Republican primary for Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andria Tupola	55.5	17,297
		John Carroll	35.2	10,974
		Ray L'Heureux	9.3	2,885

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,156
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Hawaii

Terrence Teruya defeated Selina Blackwell and Link El in the primary for Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Terrence Teruya	47.7	543
		Selina Blackwell	43.7	497
		Link El	8.6	98

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,138
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Green primary election

Green primary for Governor of Hawaii

Jim Brewer advanced from the Green primary for Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Brewer	100.0	454

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 454
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Lieutenant Governor

See also: Hawaii lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 11 Democratic primary)

See also: Hawaii lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Joshua Green defeated Marissa Kerns, Renee Ing, and Paul Robotti in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joshua Green (D)	62.7	244,934
		Marissa Kerns (R)	33.7	131,719
		Renee Ing (G)	2.6	10,123
		Paul Robotti (Nonpartisan)	1.0	4,067

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 390,843
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Joshua Green defeated Jill Tokuda, Bernard Carvalho, Kim Coco Iwamoto, and William Espero in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joshua Green	31.4	74,845
		Jill Tokuda	28.6	68,124
		Bernard Carvalho	19.2	45,825
		Kim Coco Iwamoto	14.4	34,243
		William Espero	6.5	15,463

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 238,500
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Marissa Kerns defeated Steve Lipscomb and Jeremy Low in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marissa Kerns	35.4	9,758
		Steve Lipscomb	34.7	9,543
		Jeremy Low	29.9	8,232

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,533
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Paul Robotti defeated Ernest Magaoay in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Robotti	50.6	536
		Ernest Magaoay	49.4	523

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,059
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Green primary election

Green primary for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Renee Ing advanced from the Green primary for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Renee Ing	100.0	444

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Context of the 2018 election

Race rating

Other 2018 statewide elections

See also: States with both gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections in 2018

This race took place in one of twenty-two states that held elections for both governor and U.S. Senate in 2018.

A table of where these elections occurred, the names of incumbents prior to the 2018 elections, and links to our coverage of these races can be viewed by clicking "[show]" on the banner below:

States holding both Gubernatorial and Senate elections in 2018
State	Incumbent Governor	Open Seat?	Incumbent Senator	Open Seat?
Arizona	Doug Ducey	No	Jeff Flake	Yes
California	Jerry Brown	Yes	Dianne Feinstein	No
Connecticut	Dan Malloy	Yes	Chris Murphy	No
Florida	Rick Scott	Yes	Bill Nelson	No
Hawaii	David Ige	No	Mazie Hirono	No
Maine	Paul LePage	Yes	Angus King	No
Maryland	Larry Hogan	No	Ben Cardin	No
Massachusetts	Charlie Baker	No	Elizabeth Warren	No
Michigan	Rick Snyder	Yes	Debbie Stabenow	No
Minnesota	Mark Dayton	Yes	Amy Klobuchar	No
Nebraska	Pete Ricketts	No	Deb Fischer	No
Nevada	Brian Sandoval	Yes	Dean Heller	No
New Mexico	Susana Martinez	Yes	Martin Heinrich	No
New York	Andrew Cuomo	No	Kirsten Gillibrand	No
Ohio	John Kasich	Yes	Sherrod Brown	No
Pennsylvania	Tom Wolf	No	Bob Casey, Jr.	No
Rhode Island	Gina Raimondo	No	Sheldon Whitehouse	No
Tennessee	Bill Haslam	Yes	Bob Corker	Yes
Texas	Greg Abbott	No	Ted Cruz	No
Vermont	Phil Scott	No	Bernie Sanders	No
Wisconsin	Scott Walker	No	Tammy Baldwin	No
Wyoming	Matt Mead	Yes	John Barrasso	No

Wave election analysis

See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)

The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?

Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.

Applying this definition to gubernatorial elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose seven seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.

The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 gubernatorial waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.

State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Hawaii heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

• Following the 2016 elections, Democrats held both U.S. Senate seats in Hawaii.
• Democrats held both of the U.S. House seats in Hawaii.

State executives

• As of August 2018, Democrats held two of 10 state executive positions. The remaining eight positions were officially nonpartisan.
• The governor of Hawaii was Democrat David Ige. The state held elections for governor and lieutenant governor on November 6, 2018.

State legislature

Democrats controlled both chambers of the Hawaii State Legislature. They had a 45-6 majority in the state House and a 25-0 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

• Hawaii was under a state government trifecta, meaning the Democratic Party held the governorship, a majority in the state senate, and a majority in the state house.

2018 elections

See also: Hawaii elections, 2018

Hawaii held elections for the following positions in 2018:

• One U.S. Senate seat
• Two U.S. House seats
• Governor
• Lieutenant governor
• Thirteen state Senate seats
• Fifty-one state House of Representatives seats
• Four Honolulu City Council seats
• Two statewide ballot measures

Demographics

As of July 2017, Hawaii's three largest cities were Urban Honolulu (pop. est. 350,395), East Honolulu (pop. est. 47,957), and Pearl City (pop. est. 47,241).^[3]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Hawaii from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from the Hawaii Office of Elections.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Hawaii every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Hawaii 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Hillary Clinton	61.0%	Donald Trump	29.4%	31.6%
2012	Barack Obama	70.1%	Mitt Romney	27.7%	42.4%
2008	Barack Obama	71.5%	John McCain	26.4%	45.1%
2004	John Kerry	53.7%	George W. Bush	45.0%	8.7%
2000	Al Gore	55.3%	George W. Bush	37.1%	18.2%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in Hawaii from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Hawaii 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Brian Schatz	70.1%	John Carroll	21.2%	48.9%
2014	Brian Schatz	66.8%	Cam Cavasso	26.5%	40.3%
2012	Mazie Hirono	61.6%	Linda Lingle	36.8%	24.8%
2010	Daniel Inouye	71.9%	Cam Cavasso	20.7%	51.2%
2006	Daniel Akaka	60.3%	Cynthia Thielen	36.1%	24.2%
2004	Daniel Inouye	72.7%	Cam Cavasso	20.2%	52.5%
2000	Daniel Akaka	67.7%	John Carroll	22.8%	44.9%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Hawaii.

Election results (Governor), Hawaii 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	David Ige	49.0%	Duke Aiona	36.7%	12.3%
2010	Neil Abercrombie	57.8%	Duke Aiona	40.8%	17.0%
2006	Linda Lingle	49.8%	Randy Iwase	34.9%	14.9%
2002	Linda Lingle	51.6%	Mazie Hirono	47.0%	4.6%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Hawaii in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Hawaii 2000-2016
Year	Republicans	Republicans (%)	Democrats	Democrats (%)	Balance of power
2016	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	D+2
2014	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	D+2
2012	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	D+2
2010	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	Even
2008	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	D+2
2006	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	D+2
2004	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	D+2
2002	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	D+2
2000	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	D+2

Trifectas, 1992-2017

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Hawaii. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Hawaii with 62.2 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 30 percent. In presidential elections between 1960 and 2016, Hawaii voted Democratic 86.67 percent of the time and Republican 13.33 percent of the time. The only presidential elections from 1960 to 2016 where Hawaii voted for the Republican candidate were the elections in 1972 and 1984. Richard Nixon (R) and Ronald Reagan (R), respectively, won nearly every state in those elections.^[4] Hawaii voted Democratic in every presidential election from 2000 to 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Hawaii. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.^[5][6]

See also

External links

Suggest a link

• Governor of Hawaii official website
• Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii official website

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