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2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election

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Nominee David Ige Andria Tupola Party Democratic Republican Running mate Josh Green Marissa Kerns Popular vote 244,934 131,719 Percentage 62.67% 33.70%

County results Ige:      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election David Ige Democratic Elected Governor David Ige Democratic

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The 2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Hawaii and lieutenant governor of Hawaii.

After prevailing in an intensely competitive primary election on August 11, 2018, incumbent Democratic governor David Ige ran successfully for re-election to a second term in office, considerably improving on his margin of victory from 2014, in which he only won a plurality.

Republicans Andria Tupola and Marissa Kerns headed one of two 2018 major-party gubernatorial tickets that included two women. The other such ticket had Idaho's 2018 Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor, Paulette Jordan and Kristin Collum. This was Hawaii's only gubernatorial election since 1994 without Linda Lingle or Duke Aiona as the Republican nominee, as well as the first since the 1990 election in which the winner was of a different party than the incumbent president. As of 2023, this election was the only time since 1998 that an incumbent Democratic governor of Hawaii was re-elected.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

• Ernest Caravalho, Democratic Party of Hawaii, chair, House District 29
• Colleen Hanabusa, U.S. representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
• David Ige, incumbent governor
• Wendell Kaehuaea, security guard and perennial candidate
• Van Tanabe

Withdrew

• Clayton Hee, former state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014

Debates

Endorsements

Individuals

• Ben Cayetano, former governor of Hawai'i
• Tulsi Gabbard, congresswoman for HI-2
• Shan Tsutsui, former lieutenant governor of Hawai'i

Organizations

• Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters
• Hawaii Government Employees Association
• State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers
• International Union of Operating Engineers
• International Longshore and Warehouse Union
• Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council
• University of Hawaii Professional Assembly
• International Union of Painters and Associated Trades
• Laborers' International Union of North America
• Hawaii Fire Fighters Association
• Hawaii State AFL-CIO
• Seafarers International Union

Individuals

• Harry Kim, Mayor of Hawai'i County

Organizations

• Hawaii State Teachers Association
• United Public Workers
• Unite Here Local 5
• Ironworkers Union
• Plasterers & Cement Masons Union
• Hawaii Association of Public Accountants

Polling

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Declared

• Bernard Carvalho, Mayor of Kauai County
• Will Espero, State Senate Vice President and candidate for HI-01 in 2014
• Josh Green, state senator
• Kim Coco Iwamoto, former state Board of Education member
• Jill Tokuda, State Senator

Withdrew

• Alan Arakawa, Mayor of Maui County (running for Maui County Council)

Endorsements

Organizations

• UNITE Here Local 5

Individuals

• Daniel Foley, attorney in Baehr v. Miike and retired judge of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals

Organizations

• University of Hawaii Professional Assembly

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

• John Carroll, former state representative, and former state senator
• Ray L'Heureux, president and chairman of the Education Institute of Hawaii, former assistant superintendent, and retired U.S. Marine colonel
• Andria Tupola, Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives

Withdrew

• Bob McDermott, state representative and nominee for HI-02 in 2002

Endorsements

Newspapers

• Maui Time

Polling

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Declared

• Marissa Kerns
• Steve Lipscomb
• Jeremy Low

Polling

Results

Green primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

• Jim Brewer

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Declared

• Renee Ing

Results

Nonpartisan primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

• Selina Blackwell
• Link El
• Terrence Teruya

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Declared

• Ernest Magaoay
• Paul Robotti

Results

General election

Predictions

Notes

1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Debates

Polling

with David Ige and John Carroll

with David Ige and Raymond L'Heureux

with Colleen Hanabusa and John Carroll

with Colleen Hanabusa and Andria Tupola

with Colleen Hanabusa and Raymond L'Heureux

Results

Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David Ige (incumbent)	244,934	62.67%	13.22
	Republican	Andria Tupola	131,719	33.70%	3.38
	Green	Jim Brewer	10,123	2.59%	N/A
	Nonpartisan	Terrence Teruya	4,067	1.04%	N/A
Total votes			390,843	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Ige won both congressional districts.

References

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External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• David Ige (D) for Governor (archived)
• Terrence Teruya (NP) for Governor (archived)
• Andria Tupola (R) for Governor (archived)

Official lieutenant gubernatorial campaign websites

• Josh Green (D) for Lieutenant Governor (archived)
• Marissa Kerns (R) for Lieutenant Governor (archived)

• 2018 Hawaii elections
• 2018 United States gubernatorial elections
• Hawaii gubernatorial elections