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2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election
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. Ige's vote share of 62.67% is the highest of any gubernatorial candidate in
Hawaiian history
surpassing the previous record of 62.53% set by
Linda Lingle
in
2006
.
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 first gubernatorial election since 1994 without Linda Lingle or
Duke Aiona
as the Republican nominee.
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
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
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
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
Debates
Polling
Hypothetical polling
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;with David Ige and John Carroll
Results