2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii

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All 2 Hawaii seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout	50.5%
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 2 0 Seats won 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 287,921 87,348 Percentage 75.31% 22.85% Swing 1.29% 2.11%
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.

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		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	134,650	73.04%	42,498	23.05%	7,200	3.91%	184,348	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	153,271	77.34%	44,850	22.63%	53	0.03%	198,174	100.0%	Democratic hold
Total	287,921	75.27%	87,348	22.83%	7,253	1.90%	382,522	100.0%

District 1

2018 Hawaii's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Ed Case Campbell Cavasso Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 134,650 42,498 Percentage 73.1% 23.1%

Precinct results Case:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Colleen Hanabusa Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Ed Case Democratic

See also: Hawaii's 1st congressional district

The incumbent was Democrat Colleen Hanabusa, who had 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

• Ed Case, former U.S. representative ^[2]
• Doug Chin, lieutenant governor of Hawaii ^[3]
• Beth Fukumoto, state representative, former Republican Minority Leader ^[4]
• Kaniela Ing, state representative ^[5]
• Donna Mercado Kim, state senator ^[6]
• Ernie Martin, Honolulu City Councilman ^[7]
• Sam Puletasi, former federal agent

Endorsements

Doug Chin

Trade unions

• American Federation of Government Employees ^[8]
• Hawaii State Teachers Association ^[9]
• International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers ^[10]

Organizations

• End Citizens United ^[11]

Beth Fukumoto

Trade unions

• University of Hawaii Professional Association ^[12]

Kaniela Ing

U.S. representatives

• Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) ^[13]
• Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) ^[14]

State representatives

• Sylvia Luke (D-HI-25) ^[14]
• Takashi Ohno (D-HI-27) ^[14]

Individuals

• Jim Dean, activist ^[14]
• Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan ^[15]
• Shaun King, journalist and activist ^[14]
• Bill McKibben, environmentalist ^[14]
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then the Democratic nominee for New York's 14th congressional district ^[16]
• Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks ^[14]

Trade unions

• National Nurses United ^[14]
• United Food and Commercial Workers ^[14]

Organizations

• Democratic Socialists of America ^[17]
• Democracy for America ^[14]
• Justice Democrats ^[14]
• Our Revolution ^[14]
• People for the American Way ^[14]
• The People for Bernie Sanders ^[14]
• Progressive Change Campaign Committee ^[14]
• Working Families Party ^[18]

Ernie Martin

Trade unions

• State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers ^[19]

Donna Mercado Kim

';Local and statewide politicians

• John Waihee, former governor of Hawaii ^[20]

Individuals

• Lee Donahue, former Honolulu Chief of Police ^[20]
• June Jones, football coach ^[20]

Trade unions

• International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142 ^[20]
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 50 ^[20]
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 745 ^[20]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ed Case	Doug Chin	Beth Fukumoto	Kaniela Ing	Ernie Martin	Donna Mercado Kim	Undecided
Merriman River Group [21]	July 19–21, 2018	403	± 4.9%	34%	19%	5%	6%	3%	15%	18%
Mason-Dixon [22]	July 6–11, 2018	244	± 6.4%	36%	27%	1%	6%	2%	14%	14%
Merriman River Group [23]	May 3–5, 2018	321	± 5.5%	–	19%	11%	8%	4%	26%	32%

Primary results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Case	47,491	40.0
	Democratic	Doug Chin	30,290	25.5
	Democratic	Donna Mercado Kim	21,563	18.2
	Democratic	Kaniela Saito Ing	7,539	6.4
	Democratic	Beth Keiko Fukumoto	7,476	6.3
	Democratic	Ernie Yorihiko Martin	3,827	3.2
	Democratic	Sam Puletasi	519	0.4
Total votes			118,705	100.0

Republican primary

• Campbell Cavasso, former state representative, and 2004, 2010, and 2014 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate
• Raymond Vinole, small business owner

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Campbell Cavasso	10,564	81.9
	Republican	Raymond Vinole	2,342	18.1
Total votes			12,906	100.0

Green primary

Primary results

Green primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Zachary B. Burd	173	100.0
Total votes			173	100.0

Libertarian primary

Primary results

Libertarian primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Michelle Rose Tippens	150	100.0
Total votes			150	100.0

Nonpartisan primary

Primary results

Nonpartisan primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Calvin C. Griffin	266	58.7
	Nonpartisan	John E. Cipolla	187	41.3
Total votes			453	100.0

General election

Results

Hawaii's 1st congressional district, 2018 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Case	134,650	73.1
	Republican	Campbell Cavasso	42,498	23.1
	Libertarian	Michelle Tippens	3,498	1.9
	Green	Zach Burd	2,214	1.2
	Nonpartisan	Calvin Griffin	1,351	0.7
Total votes			184,211	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Tulsi Gabbard Brian Evans Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 153,271 44,850 Percentage 77.4% 22.6%

Precinct results Gabbard:     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Evans:     50–60%     60–70%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Tulsi Gabbard Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard Democratic

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

Democratic primary

• Anthony Tony Austin ^[25]
• Sherry Campagna ^[26]
• Tulsi Gabbard, incumbent ^[27]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Sherry Campagna	Tulsi Gabbard	Undecided
Merriman River Group [21]	July 19–21, 2018	468	± 4.5%	16%	69%	15%

Primary results

2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary results by county

Map legend

•   Gabbard—80–90%
•   Gabbard—70–80%
•   No data

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tulsi Gabbard (incumbent)	94,665	83.5
	Democratic	Sherry Alu Campagna	13,947	12.4
	Democratic	Anthony Tony Austin	4,692	4.1
Total votes			113,304	100.0

Republican primary

• Brian Evans, singer, Democratic candidate for senator in 2004 and 2014 ^[28]

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Evans	12,337	100.0
Total votes			12,337	100.00

General election

Results

2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district results by county

Map legend

•   Gabbard—80–90%
•   Gabbard—70–80%
•   No data

Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, 2018 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tulsi Gabbard (incumbent)	153,271	77.4
	Republican	Brian Evans	44,850	22.6
Total votes			198,121	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . Retrieved April 27, 2019.
2. "Ed Case Prepares To Enter Hawaii Race For Congress". Honolulu Civil Beat. June 4, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
3. Jones, Caleb (December 18, 2017). "Hawaii attorney general announces run for US Congress". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
4. Dayton, Kevin (March 29, 2018). "Fukumoto joins race for Congress". Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved March 29, 2018.
5. Garcia, Eric (November 7, 2017). "State Rep. Kaniela Ing Runs for Hanabusa's Seat". Roll Call . Retrieved November 8, 2017.
6. "Veteran state senator announces bid for Hanabusa's congressional seat". Honolulu Star-Advertiser . November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
7. Dayton, Kevin (December 3, 2017). "City Councilman joins race for Congress". Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved January 23, 2018.
8. "AFGE Endorses Hawaii's Doug Chin for Congress". prnewswire.com. July 10, 2018.
9. Dayton, Kevin (August 8, 2018). "Hawaii teachers union endorses Chin for Congress". Honolulu Star-Advertiser .
10. "IFPTE Endorses Doug Chin for Congress". IFTPE.org. March 3, 2018. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
11. "FOUR REFORMERS REJECTING CORPORATE PAC MONEY EARN END CITIZENS UNITED ENDORSEMENT". EndCitizensUnited.org. July 24, 2018.
12. Cocke, Sophie (June 7, 2018). "Ige, Tokuda and Fukumoto secure major union endorsements". Honolulu Star-Advertiser .
13. Jayapal, Pramila [@PramilaJayapal] (July 31, 2018). "I'm so proud to endorse @KanielaIng in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District! Kaniela has been an incredible leader in his state legislature and he is running a people-powered campaign fighting for what working families need. VOTE for him and learn more: https://kanielaing.com" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
14. "Endorsements – Vote Kaniela Ing for Congress". KanielaIng.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
15. El-Sayed, Abdul [@AbdulElSayed] (August 11, 2018). "From Hawaii to Michigan to NYC, Americans deserve: ✅ Medicare for All ✅ $15 and a union ✅ affordable housing ✅ clean water ✅ excellent PUBLIC schools That's why I'm pulling for @KanielaIng today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
16. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [@Ocasio2018] (June 27, 2018). "America: Please send @KanielaIng to Congress with me! He is incredibly inspiring – another working class American who knocked on 15,000 doors to win his state assembly seat. Now he's running for Congress. Imagine what we could accomplish if we both went in together. 💪🏽🗳" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. Emerson, Anthony [@AnthonyEmerso14] (April 27, 2018). "@DemSocialists has endorsed @RepKanielaIng for #HI01 and @GayleforCA for Calif. Lt. Gov, in addition to a host of local candidates. #hawaiipolitics #DSA2018" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
18. @WorkingFamilies (August 11, 2018). "Clap if you're voting for @KanielaIng in the next three hours! #FightForAloha #Ing2018" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
19. "SHOPO endorses Ernie Martin for 1st Congressional District". HawaiiNewsNow. May 29, 2018.
20. "View Endorsements – Donna Mercado Kim for Congress". Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
21. Merriman River Group
22. Mason-Dixon
23. Merriman River Group
24. "Statewide Summary" (PDF). Office of Elections. State of Hawaii. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
25. "Home". Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
26. "Local community leader throws her name in the race for Congress". Hawaii News Now . November 19, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
27. @TulsiGabbard (May 31, 2018). "I thank the people of Hawaii's 2nd..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
28. Congress, Brian Evans for US. "Singer and Author Brian Evans Will Run for U.S. Congress in 2018". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved November 3, 2017.

External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at FEC
• Campaign finance at OpenSecrets

Official campaign websites for first district candidates

• Ed Case (D) for Congress
• Cam Cavasso (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for second district candidates

• Brian Evans (R) for Congress Archived April 24, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
• Tulsi Gabbard (D) for Congress Archived July 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine

State of Hawaii Office of Elections

• Election results homepage
• Elected officials