The 2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the

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and

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. After prevailing in an intensely competitive primary election on August 11, 2018, incumbent Democratic Governor

David Ige David Yutaka Ige (; born January 15, 1957) is an American politician and engineer who served as the eighth governor of Hawaii from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he served in the Hawaii State Senate from 1995 to 2014 and the Hawaii House of Represen ...

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

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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,

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and Kristin Collum. This was Hawaii's only gubernatorial election since

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without

Linda Lingle Linda Lingle (''née'' Cutter; June 4, 1953) is an American politician, who was the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 until 2010. She was the first Republican governor of Hawaii since 1962. Lingle was also the state's first female and first Je ...

Duke Aiona James R. "Duke" Aiona Jr. (born June 8, 1955) is an American politician and jurist who served as the tenth lieutenant governor of Hawaii under Linda Lingle from 2002 to 2010. A Republican, he also served both as an attorney and a judge for the sta ...

as the Republican nominee, as well as the first since the 1990 election in which the winner was of a different party than the

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president.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

=Declared

= * Ernest Caravalho, Democratic Party of Hawaii, chair, House District 29 *

Colleen Hanabusa Colleen Wakako Hanabusa ( ja, 花房若子; born May 4, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she ran for her party's ...

, U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in

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, incumbent governor * Wendell Kaehuaea, security guard and

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* Van Tanabe

=Withdrew

= *

Clayton Hee Clayton H. W. Hee was a Democratic Party member of the Hawaii Senate, representing the 23rd District from 2004 to 2014 and 1984 to 1988. Hee served as chairman of the state Senate's Judiciary and Labor Committee. Personal life and education ...

, former state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in

Debates

Endorsements

Polling

Results

2018 HI gubernatorial Democratic primary

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

=Declared

= *

Bernard Carvalho Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. (born September 29, 1961) is an American politician and former American football player who served as Mayor of Kauai in Hawaii from December 1, 2008, to December 3, 2018. Carvalho was elected in November 2008 to complete t ...

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Kauai County Kauai County ( haw, Kalana o Kauaʻi) (officially known as the County of Kauai) is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It consists of the islands of Kauai, Niihau, Lehua, and Kaula. As of the 2020 Census the population was 73,298. The county ...

* Will Espero, State Senate Vice President and candidate for HI-01 in

* Josh Green, state senator *

Kim Coco Iwamoto Kim Coco Iwamoto (born May 26, 1968) is an American politician from Hawaii. She was one of the Democratic primary candidates for the position of Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in the 2018 election. She previously served as a commissioner on the Ha ...

, former state Board of Education member *

Jill Tokuda Jill Naomi Tokuda (born March 3, 1976) is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the U.S representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2023. Tokuda represented the 24th district in the Hawaii Senate from 2006 to 20 ...

, State Senator

Withdrew

Alan Arakawa Alan M. Arakawa (born 1951) is an American politician who served as the fifth and seventh mayor of the County of Maui in Hawaii. Education Arakawa graduated from Maui High School and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa as a business majo ...

, Mayor of

Maui County Maui County, officially the County of Maui, is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It consists of the islands of Maui, Lānai, Molokai (except for a portion of Molokai that comprises Kalawao County), Kahoolawe, and Molokini. The latter two a ...

(running for Maui County Council)

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

=Declared

= *

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, 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 *

, Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives

=Withdrew

= *

Bob McDermott Robert Charles McDermott (born August 5, 1963) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since November 6, 2012, representing District 40 (ʻEwa, ʻEwa Beach, ʻEwa Gentry, Iroquois Point). McDermo ...

, state representative and nominee for HI-02 in

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Endorsements

Polling

Results

2018 HI gubernatorial Republican primary

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

2018 HI gubernatorial Nonpartisan primary

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

=Declared

= * Ernest Magaoay * Paul Robotti

=Results

General election

Predictions

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

References

External links

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;Official campaign websites
David Ige (D) for GovernorTerrence Teruya (NP) for GovernorAndria Tupola (R) for Governor
;Official lieutenant gubernatorial campaign websites
Josh Green (D) for Lieutenant GovernorMarissa Kerns (R) for Lieutenant Governor
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