The 2018 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator

Mazie Hirono Mazie Keiko Hirono (; Japanese name: , ; born November 3, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Hirono previously served as a member of the ...

ran for reelection to a second term. Hirono ran unopposed in her party's primary and was easily reelected, defeating Republican challenger Ron Curtis. She won the highest vote percentage of any U.S. Senate candidate in 2018. This election was the fifth consecutive even-number year in which a senate election was held in Hawaii after elections in

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. The primary election took place on August 11, 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

, incumbent U.S. Senator

Declined

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, U.S. Representative

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Consuelo Anderson, educator and businesswomanhttps://olvr.hawaii.gov/Controls/CandidatesOnBallot.aspx?elid=82 "2018 Candidates on Ballot Report" * George L. Berish, former

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board member and finance chair * Ron Curtis, retired systems engineer *

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, businessman * Robert C. Helsham Sr. * Michael R. Hodgkiss * Eddie Pirkowski, CEO * Thomas Edward White

Results

Nonpartisan primary

Candidates

Declared

* Charles (Charlie) Haverty * Matthew K. Maertens * Arturo Pacheco Reyes

Results

2018 Hawaii US Senate nonpartisan primary

General election

Predictions

There were no polls taken, and the race was rated safely Democratic by all forecasters.

Results

Notes

References

External links

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