The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including an election for

Governor of Hawaii The governor of Hawaii () is the head of government of the U.S. state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It is a directly elected position, votes bei ...

and a special election to the

United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...

Overview

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii by district:

District 1

The 1st district is located entirely on the island of

Oahu Oahu (, , sometimes written Oahu) is the third-largest and most populated island of the Hawaiian Islands and of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital, Honolulu, is on Oahu's southeast coast. The island of Oahu and the uninhabited Northwe ...

, encompassing the urban areas of the

City and County of Honolulu Honolulu County (), officially known as the City and County of Honolulu (formerly ''Oahu County''), is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Hawaii, one of five counties in the state. The city-county includes both Urban Honolulu ( ...

, a

consolidated city-county In local government in the United States, United States local government, a consolidated city-county (#Terminology, see below for alternative terms) is formed when one or more city, cities and their surrounding County (United States), county (Lis ...

that includes Oahu's central plains and southern shores, including the towns of Aiea, Mililani,

Pearl City Pearl City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Ewa District and City & County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 45,295. Pearl ...

Waipahu Waipahu () is a former sugarcane Sugar plantations in Hawaii, plantation town and now census-designated place (CDP) located in the Ewa District on the island of Oahu, Oahu in the Honolulu County, Hawaii, City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawai ...

and Waimalu. It is the only majority-Asian district in the

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. The incumbent was Democrat

Colleen Hanabusa Colleen Wakako Hanabusa (, 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 nomination for ...

, who had represented the district since 2011. She was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+18. On December 17, 2012, after the death of U.S. Senator

Daniel Inouye Daniel Ken Inouye ( , , September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. A Medal of Honor recipi ...

, it was announced that he had sent a letter shortly before his death to the

Neil Abercrombie Neil Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. Born in Buffalo, New York, Abercrombie is a ...

, stating his desire that Hanabusa be appointed to his seat. Abercrombie decided against appointing Hanabusa and chose

Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii The lieutenant governor of Hawaii () is the assistant chief executive of the U.S. state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Article V, Sections 2 though 6 of the Constitution of Hawaii. Elected by popular suff ...

Brian Schatz Brian Emanuel Schatz ( ; born October 20, 1972) is an American educator and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Hawaii, a seat he has held since 2012. A member ...

instead. Hanabusa declined to run for re-election, instead challenging Schatz in the Democratic primary for the special Senate election. She was defeated by Schatz, 48.5% to 47.8%.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Mark Takai Kyle Mark Takai (July 1, 1967 – July 20, 2016) was an American politician from the state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing , from 2015 to 2016. He served in the Hawaii House of Representatives ...

, state representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *

Ikaika Anderson Justin-Michael "Ikaika" Anderson (born February 5, 1978) is an American politician from the state of Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. Anderson formerly served as chair and presiding officer of the Honolulu City Council and councilmemb ...

Honolulu City Council Honolulu City Council is the legislature of the City and County of Honolulu, the capital and largest city in Hawai'i, the fiftieth state in the United States. The City and County of Honolulu is a municipal corporation that manages government a ...

member *

Stanley Chang Stanley Pai Chang (born September 13, 1982) is a Democratic member of the Hawaii State Senate, representing the 9th district. Before entering the legislature, he served as a Honolulu city councilman. He defeated Sam Slom, the last remaining Repu ...

member * Will Espero, state senator * Donna Mercado Kim, President of the

Hawaii Senate The Hawaii State Senate ( Hawaiian: Ka ‘Aha Kenekoa) is the upper house of the Hawaii State Legislature. It consists of twenty-five members elected from an equal number of constituent districts across the islands and is led by the President ...

Joey Manahan Jose Maria Brias "Joey" Manahan (born 1971) is a Filipino American politician from the state of Hawaii. Joey Manahan is a former member of the Honolulu City Council and served as the Chair of the Budget Committee and Vice-Chair of the Transpo ...

member and former state representative * Kathryn Xian, women's rights and anti-human trafficking activist

=Declined

= *

Ed Case Edward Espenett Case (born September 27, 1952) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district since 2019, which covers the urban core o ...

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

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and

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, incumbent U.S. Representative *

Mufi Hannemann Muliufi Francis Hannemann (born July 16, 1954) is an American politician, businessman, and non-profit executive. He was elected twice as Mayor of Honolulu in 2004 and 2008. Hannemann has served as a special assistant in Washington, D.C., with t ...

, former mayor of

Honolulu Honolulu ( ; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is the county seat of the Consolidated city-county, consolidated City and County of Honol ...

, candidate for

Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and candidate for

Hawaii's 2nd congressional district Hawaii's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is represented by Jill Tokuda, who succeeded Kai Kahele after the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2022 election. The ...

( running for Governor) *

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, actor

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Charles Djou Charles Kong Djou (born August 9, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who is currently secretary and chief executive of the American Battle Monuments Commission. A former member of the Republican Party, Djou briefly served as U.S. repre ...

, former U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *

Allan Levene Allan Levene (born 23rd July 1949) is a British American information technology specialist. He is the first person to run for Congress in multiple states simultaneously. He was planning to simultaneously run for the United States House of Represe ...

, technology businessman

=Declined

= *

Linda Lingle Linda Lingle (; June 4, 1953) is an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959, and was the state's first female and first Jewish govern ...

, former

and nominee for the U.S. Senate in

Results

No party primary

Candidates

=Declared

= * Calvin G. Griffin * Robert H. Meyer

Results

Neither of the candidates polled enough votes to meet Hawaii's strict criteria for independents to participate in the general election.

General election

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 2

The 2nd district encompasses the rest of the island of

, including the Windward, North Shore, Central and Leeward regions, as well as the entire state outside of Oahu. This includes the areas located in the counties of

Kauai Kauai (), anglicized as Kauai ( or ), is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States. Kauai lies 73 m ...

(which includes the islands of

Niihau Niihau (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ), anglicized as Niihau ( ), is the seventh largest island in Hawaii and the westernmost of the main islands. It is southwest of Kauai, Kauai across the Channels of the Hawaiian Islands#Kaulakahi Channel, Ka ...

Lehua Lehua Island is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Hawaiian Islands, north of Niihau, Niʻihau, 18 miles due west of Kauai, Kauaʻi. This uninhabited, barren islet was one of the first five islands sighted by James Cook, Captain James ...

and

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Maui Maui (; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ) is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2). It is the List of islands of the United States by area, 17th-largest in the United States. Maui is one of ...

(which consists of the islands of

, Kahoolawe, Lānai,

Molokai Molokai or Molokai ( or ; Molokaʻi dialect: Morotaʻi ) is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its g ...

except for a portion of Molokai that comprises

Kalawao County Kalawao () is a location on the eastern side of the Kalaupapa Peninsula of the island of Molokai, in Hawaii, which was the site of Hawaii's leper colony between 1866 and the early 20th century. Thousands of people in total came to the island to ...

and

Molokini Molokini is a crescent-shaped, partially submerged volcanic crater which forms a small, uninhabited islet located in ʻAlalākeiki Channel between the islands of Maui and Kahoolawe, within Maui County in Hawaii. It is the remains of one of the ...

) and

Hawaii County Hawaiʻi County (; officially known as the County of Hawaiʻi) is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is coextensive with the Island of Hawaiʻi, often called the "Big Island" to distinguish it from the state as a wh ...

coextensive with the

Island of Hawaii Hawaii is the List of islands of the United States by area, largest island in the United States, located in the Hawaii, state of Hawaii, the southernmost state in the union. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of volcani ...

, often called "the Big Island". The incumbent was Democrat

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, who had represented the district since 2013. She was elected with 77% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+21.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Kawika Crowley, homeless handyman and nominee for this seat in

=Eliminated in primary

= * Marissa D. Capelouto

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Joe Kent

Results

General election

Polling

Results

References

External links

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Overview

By district

District 1

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Eliminated in primary

=Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Eliminated in primary

=Declined

Results

No party primary

Candidates

=Declared

Results

General election

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 2

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=Eliminated in primary

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

=Nominee

Results

General election

Polling

Results

See also

References

External links