2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii

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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii
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  2016 November 6, 2018 2020  

All 2 Hawaii seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout50.5%
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election20
Seats won20
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote287,92187,348
Percentage75.31%22.85%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.29%Increase2.svg2.11%

2018 U.S. House elections in Hawaii.svg
Democratic
  70–80%

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the U.S. state of Hawaii; one from each of the state's two congressional districts. Primaries were held on August 11, 2018. The elections and primaries coincided with the elections and primaries of other federal and state offices.

Contents

With the 2018 election results, the Democratic Party easily retained both House seats and retained unitary control over the entirety of Hawaii's Congressional (both House and Senate) delegation.

Overview

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii by district: [1]

District Democratic Republican OthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 134,65073.04%42,49823.05%7,2003.91%184,348100.0%Democratic hold
District 2 153,27177.34%44,85022.63%530.03%198,174100.0%Democratic hold
Total287,92175.27%87,34822.83%7,2531.90%382,522100.0%

District 1

2018 Hawaii's 1st congressional district election
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  2016
2020  
  Ed Case, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg Cam Cavasso.jpg
Nominee Ed Case Campbell Cavasso
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote134,65042,498
Percentage73.1%23.1%

U.S. Representative before election

Colleen Hanabusa
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Ed Case
Democratic

The incumbent is Democrat Colleen Hanabusa, who has represented the district since 2017 and from 2011 to 2015. Hanabusa was elected with 68% of the vote in 2016. She retired to seek the 2018 Democratic nomination for Governor of Hawaii.

Democratic primary

Endorsements

Beth Fukumoto
Trade unions
Kaniela Ing
Donna Mercado Kim

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ed
Case
Doug
Chin
Beth
Fukumoto
Kaniela
Ing
Ernie
Martin
Donna Mercado
Kim
Undecided
Merriman River Group July 19–21, 2018403± 4.9%34%19%5%6%3%15%18%
Mason-Dixon July 6–11, 2018244± 6.4%36%27%1%6%2%14%14%
Merriman River Group May 3–5, 2018321± 5.5%19%11%8%4%26%32%

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ed Case 47,491 40.0
Democratic Doug Chin 30,29025.5
Democratic Donna Mercado Kim 21,56318.2
Democratic Kaniela Saito Ing 7,5396.4
Democratic Beth Keiko Fukumoto 7,4766.3
Democratic Ernie Yorihiko Martin3,8273.2
Democratic Sam Puletasi5190.4
Total votes118,705 100.0

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Campbell Cavasso 10,564 81.9
Republican Raymond Vinole2,34218.1
Total votes12,906 100.0

Green primary

Primary results

Green primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Zachary B. Burd 173 100.0
Total votes173 100.0

Libertarian primary

Primary results

Libertarian primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Michelle Rose Tippens 150 100.0
Total votes150 100.0

Nonpartisan primary

Primary results

Nonpartisan primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Calvin C. Griffin 266 58.7
Nonpartisan John E. Cipolla18741.3
Total votes453 100.0

General election

Results

Hawaii's 1st congressional district, 2018 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ed Case 134,650 73.1
Republican Campbell Cavasso 42,49823.1
Libertarian Michelle Tippens3,4981.9
Green Zach Burd2,2141.2
Nonpartisan Calvin Griffin1,3510.7
Total votes184,211 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2

2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district election
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  2016
2020  
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Nominee Tulsi Gabbard Brian Evans
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote153,27144,850
Percentage77.4%22.6%

U.S. Representative before election

Tulsi Gabbard
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Tulsi Gabbard
Democratic

The incumbent is Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, who has represented the district since 2013. She was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Sherry
Campagna
Tulsi
Gabbard
Undecided
Merriman River Group July 19–21, 2018468± 4.5%16%69%15%

Primary results

2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary results by county
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2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary results by county
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Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tulsi Gabbard (incumbent) 94,665 83.5
Democratic Sherry Alu Campagna13,94712.4
Democratic Anthony Tony Austin4,6924.1
Total votes113,304 100.0

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Evans 12,337 100.0
Total votes12,337 100.00

General election

Results

2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district results by county
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Gabbard--70-80%
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2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district results by county
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Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, 2018 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tulsi Gabbard (incumbent) 153,271 77.4
Republican Brian Evans44,85022.6
Total votes198,121 100.0
Democratic hold

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