:2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii

| country = Hawaii

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii

| previous_year = 2016

| election_date = November 6, 2018

| next_election = 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii

| next_year = 2020

| seats_for_election = All 2 Hawaii seats to the United States House of Representatives

| turnout = 50.5%

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| last_election1 = 2

| seats1 = 2

| seat_change1 = {{Steady}}

| popular_vote1 = 287,921

| percentage1 = 75.31%

| swing1 = {{Decrease}}1.29%

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| last_election2 = 0

| seats2 = 0

| seat_change2 = {{Steady}}

| popular_vote2 = 87,348

| percentage2 = 22.85%

| swing2 = {{Increase}}2.11%

| map_image = {{switcher

|x200px

|District results

|x200px

|County results}}

| map_caption = {{col-begin}}

Democratic

{{legend|#1666CB|70–80%}}

{{legend|#0645B4|80–90%}}

{{legend|#002B84|90–100%}}

{{col-end}}

}}

{{Elections in Hawaii}}

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the U.S. state of Hawaii, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. Primaries were held on August 11, 2018. The elections and primaries coincided with the elections and primaries of other federal and state offices.

With the 2018 election results, the Democratic Party easily retained both House seats and retained unitary control over the entirety of Hawaii's Congressional (both House and Senate) delegation.

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Overview

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii by district:{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Cheryl L.|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018|url=http://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/Election-Statistics/|publisher=Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives|access-date=April 27, 2019|date=February 28, 2019}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;"

! scope=col rowspan=3|District

! scope=col colspan=2|Democratic

! scope=col colspan=2|Republican

! scope=col colspan=2|Others

! scope=col colspan=2|Total

! scope=col rowspan=3|Result

scope=col colspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}"|scope=col colspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"|scope=col colspan=2|scope=col colspan=2|
scope=col data-sort-type="number"|Votesscope=col data-sort-type="number"|%scope=col data-sort-type="number"|Votesscope=col data-sort-type="number"|%scope=col data-sort-type="number"|Votesscope=col data-sort-type="number"|%scope=col data-sort-type="number"|Votesscope=col data-sort-type="number"|%
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| align=left|District 1

134,65073.04%42,49823.05%7,2003.91%184,348100.0%align=left|Democratic hold
{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| align=left|District 2

153,27177.34%44,85022.63%530.03%198,174100.0%align=left|Democratic hold
class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"

| align=left|Total

287,92175.27%87,34822.83%7,2531.90%382,522100.0%

District 1

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2018 Hawaii's 1st congressional district election

| country = Hawaii

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii#District 1

| previous_year = 2016

| next_election = 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii#District 1

| next_year = 2020

| image_size = x150px

| image1 = File:Ed Case, official portrait, 116th Congress (cropped).jpg

| nominee1 = Ed Case

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 134,650

| percentage1 = 73.1%

| image2 = File:Cam_Cavasso (cropped).jpg

| nominee2 = Campbell Cavasso

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 42,498

| percentage2 = 23.1%

| map_image = HI1 House 2018.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = Precinct results
Case: {{legend0|#A5B0FF|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80–90%}}
{{legend0|#808080|No votes}}

| title = U.S. Representative

| before_election = Colleen Hanabusa

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Ed Case

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{see also|Hawaii's 1st congressional district}}

The incumbent was Democrat Colleen Hanabusa, who had represented the district since 2017 and from 2011 to 2015. Hanabusa was elected with 68% of the vote in 2016. She retired to seek the 2018 Democratic nomination for governor of Hawaii.

=Democratic primary=

  • Ed Case, former U.S. representative{{Cite news|url=http://www.civilbeat.org/2018/06/ed-case-prepares-to-enter-hawaii-race-for-congress/|title=Ed Case Prepares To Enter Hawaii Race For Congress|date=2018-06-04|work=Honolulu Civil Beat|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-US}}
  • Doug Chin, lieutenant governor of Hawaii{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/hawaii-attorney-general-announces-run-for-us-congress/2017/12/18/97e5337c-e40a-11e7-927a-e72eac1e73b6_story.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222035746/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/hawaii-attorney-general-announces-run-for-us-congress/2017/12/18/97e5337c-e40a-11e7-927a-e72eac1e73b6_story.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 22, 2017 | title=Hawaii attorney general announces run for US Congress | newspaper=The Washington Post | last=Jones | first=Caleb | date=December 18, 2017 | access-date=December 18, 2017}}
  • Beth Fukumoto, state representative, former Republican Minority Leader{{Cite news | url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/03/29/breaking-news/fukumoto-joins-race-for-congress/|title=Fukumoto joins race for Congress|work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser|last=Dayton|first=Kevin|date=March 29, 2018|access-date=March 29, 2018}}
  • Kaniela Ing, state representative{{Cite news | url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/kaniela-saito-ing-hanabusa-seat | title=State Rep. Kaniela Ing Runs for Hanabusa's Seat | work=Roll Call | last=Garcia | first=Eric | date=November 7, 2017 | access-date=November 8, 2017}}
  • Donna Mercado Kim, state senator{{Cite news | url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/11/08/breaking-news/veteran-state-senator-annonuces-bid-for-hanabusas-congressional-seat | title=Veteran state senator announces bid for Hanabusa's congressional seat | work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser | date=November 8, 2017 | access-date=November 8, 2017}}
  • Ernie Martin, Honolulu City Councilman{{Cite news | url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/12/03/hawaii-news/city-councilman-joins-race-for-congress-2 | title=City Councilman joins race for Congress | work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser | last=Dayton | first=Kevin | date=December 3, 2017 | access-date=January 23, 2018}}
  • Sam Puletasi, former federal agent

==Endorsements==

{{Endorsements box

| title = Doug Chin

| max-width = 50em

| list =

;Trade unions

  • American Federation of Government Employees{{Cite web |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/afge-endorses-hawaiis-doug-chin-for-congress-300678653.html |title=AFGE Endorses Hawaii's Doug Chin for Congress |date=July 10, 2018 |website=prnewswire.com}}
  • Hawaii State Teachers Association{{Cite news |url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/08/08/breaking-news/hawaii-teachers-union-endorses-chin-for-congress/ |title=Hawaii teachers union endorses Chin for Congress |last=Dayton |first=Kevin |date=August 8, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}}
  • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-Doug-Chin-for-Congress |title=IFPTE Endorses Doug Chin for Congress |date=March 3, 2018 |website=IFTPE.org |access-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815055352/http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-Doug-Chin-for-Congress |url-status=dead }}

;Organizations

  • End Citizens United{{Cite web |url=https://endcitizensunited.org/press-releases/four-reformers-rejecting-corporate-pac-money-earn-end-citizens-united-endorsement/ |title=FOUR REFORMERS REJECTING CORPORATE PAC MONEY EARN END CITIZENS UNITED ENDORSEMENT |date=July 24, 2018 |website=EndCitizensUnited.org}}

}}

{{Endorsements box

| title = Beth Fukumoto

| max-width = 50em

| list =

;Trade unions

  • University of Hawaii Professional Association{{Cite news |url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/06/07/breaking-news/ige-tokuda-and-fukumoto-secure-major-union-endorsements/ |title=Ige, Tokuda and Fukumoto secure major union endorsements |last=Cocke |first=Sophie |date=June 7, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}}

}}

{{Endorsements box

| title = Kaniela Ing

| max-width = 50em

| list =

;U.S. representatives

  • Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7){{Cite tweet |number=1024348950881390592 |user=PramilaJayapal |title=I'm so proud to endorse @KanielaIng in Hawaii's 1st Congressional District! Kaniela has been an incredible leader in his state legislature and he is running a people-powered campaign fighting for what working families need. VOTE for him and learn more: https://kanielaing.com |author=Jayapal, Pramila |date=July 31, 2018}}
  • Ro Khanna (D-CA-17){{Cite web |url=https://kanielaing.com/endorsements |title=Endorsements – Vote Kaniela Ing for Congress |website=KanielaIng.com |access-date=2018-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812083111/https://kanielaing.com/endorsements |archive-date=2018-08-12 |url-status=dead }}

;State representatives

;Individuals

  • Jim Dean, activist
  • Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan{{Cite tweet |number=1028264386576756742 |user=AbdulElSayed |title=From Hawaii to Michigan to NYC, Americans deserve: ✅ Medicare for All ✅ $15 and a union ✅ affordable housing ✅ clean water ✅ excellent PUBLIC schools That's why I'm pulling for @KanielaIng today. |author=El-Sayed, Abdul |date=August 11, 2018}}
  • Shaun King, journalist and activist
  • Howie Klein, activist
  • Bill McKibben, environmentalist
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then the Democratic nominee for New York's 14th congressional district{{Cite tweet |number=1012143777694306304 |user=Ocasio2018 |title=America: Please send @KanielaIng to Congress with me! He is incredibly inspiring – another working class American who knocked on 15,000 doors to win his state assembly seat. Now he's running for Congress. Imagine what we could accomplish if we both went in together. 💪🏽🗳 |author=Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria |date=June 27, 2018}}
  • Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks

;Trade unions

;Organizations

}}

{{Endorsements box

| title = Ernie Martin

| max-width = 50em

| list =

;Trade unions

  • State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers{{Cite news |url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38302875/police-organization-endorses-ernie-martin-for-1st-congressional-district |title=SHOPO endorses Ernie Martin for 1st Congressional District |date=May 29, 2018 |work=HawaiiNewsNow}}

}}

{{Endorsements box

| title = Donna Mercado Kim

| max-width = 50em

| list =

;Local and statewide politicians

;Individuals

  • Lee Donahue, former Honolulu Chief of Police{{Cite web |url=https://www.donnamercadokim.com/view-endorsements |title=View Endorsements – Donna Mercado Kim for Congress |access-date=2018-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812114618/https://www.donnamercadokim.com/view-endorsements |archive-date=2018-08-12 |url-status=dead }}
  • June Jones, football coach
  • Roy Yamaguchi, celebrity chef

;Trade unions

}}

==Polling==

{| class=wikitable

|- valign= bottom

! Poll source

! Date(s)
administered

! Sample
size

! Margin of
error

! style="width:75px;"|Ed
Case

! style="width:75px;"|Doug
Chin

! style="width:75px;"|Beth
Fukumoto

! style="width:75px;"|Kaniela
Ing

! style="width:75px;"|Ernie
Martin

! style="width:75px;"|Donna Mercado
Kim

! style="width:75px;"|Undecided

|-

|Merriman River Group[https://www.civilbeat.org/2018/08/civil-beat-poll-case-has-big-lead-in-6-way-race-for-congress/ Merriman River Group]

| align=center| July 19–21, 2018

| align=center| 403

| align=center| ± 4.9%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 34%

| align=center| 19%

| align=center| 5%

| align=center| 6%

| align=center| 3%

| align=center| 15%

| align=center| 18%

|-

|Mason-Dixon[http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/07/17/hawaii-news/ed-case-far-ahead-in-race-for-congressional-seat/?HSA=c47470fddb6c9adec04fa6c383e5bb3804d130fd Mason-Dixon]

| align=center| July 6–11, 2018

| align=center| 244

| align=center| ± 6.4%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 36%

| align=center| 27%

| align=center| 1%

| align=center| 6%

| align=center| 2%

| align=center| 14%

| align=center| 14%

|-

|Merriman River Group[http://www.civilbeat.org/2018/05/civil-beat-poll-kim-leads-chin-in-race-for-congress/ Merriman River Group]

| align=center| May 3–5, 2018

| align=center| 321

| align=center| ± 5.5%

| align=center| –

| align=center| 19%

| align=center| 11%

| align=center| 8%

| align=center| 4%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 26%

| {{party shading/Undecided}} align=center| 32%

{{election box end}}

==Primary results==

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Democratic primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Ed Case

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 47,491

| percentage = 40.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Doug Chin

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 30,290

| percentage = 25.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Donna Mercado Kim

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 21,563

| percentage = 18.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Kaniela Saito Ing

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 7,539

| percentage = 6.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Beth Keiko Fukumoto

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 7,476

| percentage = 6.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Ernie Yorihiko Martin

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 3,827

| percentage = 3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Sam Puletasi

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 519

| percentage = 0.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 118,705

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Republican primary=

  • Campbell Cavasso, former state representative, and 2004, 2010, and 2014 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate
  • Raymond Vinole, small business owner

==Primary results==

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Republican primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Campbell Cavasso

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 10,564

| percentage = 81.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Raymond Vinole

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 2,342

| percentage = 18.1

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 12,906

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Green primary=

==Primary results==

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Green primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Zachary B. Burd

| party = Green Party (United States)

| votes = 173

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 173

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Libertarian primary=

==Primary results==

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Libertarian primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Michelle Rose Tippens

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 150

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 150

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Nonpartisan primary=

==Primary results==

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Nonpartisan primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Calvin C. Griffin

| party = Nonpartisan politician

| votes = 266

| percentage = 58.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = John E. Cipolla

| party = Nonpartisan politician

| votes = 187

| percentage = 41.3

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 453

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General election=

==Predictions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | The Cook Political Report{{Cite web | url=https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings/187562 | title=2018 House Race Ratings | website=Cook Political Report | access-date=October 30, 2018}}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|November 5, 2018

align=left | Inside Elections{{Cite web | title=2018 House Ratings | url=http://www.insideelections.com/ratings/house/2018-house-ratings-november-1-2018 | publisher=The Rothenberg Political Report | access-date=November 5, 2018}}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|November 5, 2018

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball{{Cite web | title=2018 House | url=http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2018-house | publisher=Sabato's Crystal Ball | access-date=November 5, 2018}}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|November 5, 2018

align="left" |RCP{{cite news | title=Battle for the House 2018 | url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/house/2018_elections_house_map.html | publisher=RCP | accessdate=November 5, 2018}}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|November 5, 2018

align="left" |Daily Kos{{cite web | url=https://elections.dailykos.com/app/elections/2018/office/house | title=Daily Kos Elections 2018 race ratings | website=Daily Kos | accessdate=November 5, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|November 5, 2018

align="left" |538{{cite web | last1=Silver | first1=Nate | title=2018 House Forecast | url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/house | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816164538/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-midterm-election-forecast/house/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 16, 2018 | website=FiveThirtyEight | accessdate=November 6, 2018 | date=August 16, 2018}}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|November 7, 2018

align="left" |CNN{{cite web |title=CNN's 2018 Race Ratings |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/key-races |website=cnn.com |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System |access-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031235918/https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/key-races |archive-date=31 October 2018}}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|October 31, 2018

align="left" |Politico{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/house-senate-race-ratings-and-predictions/|title=Who wins 2018? Predictions for Every House & Senate Election|work=POLITICO|access-date=2018-09-07}}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|November 2, 2018

==Results==

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 1st congressional district, 2018{{cite web |title=Statewide Summary |url=https://elections.hawaii.gov/wp-content/results/histatewide.pdf |website=Office of Elections |publisher=State of Hawaii |access-date=20 November 2018}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Ed Case

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 134,650

| percentage = 73.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Campbell Cavasso

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 42,498

| percentage = 23.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Michelle Tippens

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 3,498

| percentage = 1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Zach Burd

| party = Green Party (United States)

| votes = 2,214

| percentage = 1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Calvin Griffin

| party = Nonpartisan politician

| votes = 1,351

| percentage = 0.7

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 184,211

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

District 2

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district election

| country = Hawaii

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii#District 2

| previous_year = 2016

| next_election = 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii#District 2

| next_year = 2020

| image_size = x150px

| image1 = File:Tulsi Gabbard, official portrait, 113th Congress (cropped 3).jpg

| nominee1 = Tulsi Gabbard

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 153,271

| percentage1 = 77.4%

| image2 = 3x4.svg

| nominee2 = Brian Evans

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 44,850

| percentage2 = 22.6%

| map_image = HI2 House 2018.svg

| map_size = 270px

| map_caption = Precinct results
Gabbard: {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80–90%}} {{legend0|#0D0596|>90%}}
Evans: {{legend0|#E27F7F|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
{{legend0|#808080|No votes}}

| title = U.S. Representative

| before_election = Tulsi Gabbard

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Tulsi Gabbard

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

The incumbent was Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, who had represented the district since 2013. She was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2016.

=Democratic primary=

  • Anthony Tony Austin{{Cite web |url=http://www.anthonytonyaustinforcongress.com/ |title=Home |access-date=2018-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802061538/http://www.anthonytonyaustinforcongress.com/ |archive-date=2018-08-02 |url-status=dead }}
  • Sherry Campagna{{Cite web | url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/36882517/local-community-leader-throws-her-name-in-the-race-for-congress | title=Local community leader throws her name in the race for Congress | work=Hawaii News Now | date=November 19, 2017 | access-date=December 18, 2017}}
  • Tulsi Gabbard, incumbent{{cite tweet|number=1002021431260209153|user=TulsiGabbard|title=I thank the people of Hawaii's 2nd...|date=31 May 2018}}

==Polling==

{| class=wikitable

|- valign= bottom

! Poll source

! Date(s)
administered

! Sample
size

! Margin of
error

! style="width:75px;"|Sherry
Campagna

! style="width:75px;"|Tulsi
Gabbard

! style="width:75px;"|Undecided

|-

|Merriman River Group

| align=center| July 19–21, 2018

| align=center| 468

| align=center| ± 4.5%

| align=center| 16%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} align=center| 69%

| align=center| 15%

{{election box end}}

==Primary results==

[[File:2018 HI-02 Democratic primary.svg|thumb|200px|2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary results by county

{{collapsible list

|title=Map legend

|{{legend|#214478|Gabbard—80–90%}}

|{{legend|#2c5aa0|Gabbard—70–80%}}

|{{legend|#f2f2f2|No data}}

}}

]]

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Democratic primary results

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tulsi Gabbard (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 94,665

| percentage = 83.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Sherry Alu Campagna

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 13,947

| percentage = 12.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Anthony Tony Austin

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 4,692

| percentage = 4.1

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 113,304

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Republican primary=

  • Brian Evans, singer, Democratic candidate for senator in 2004 and 2014{{Cite web | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/singer-and-author-brian-evans-will-run-for-us-congress-in-2018-300450684.html | title=Singer and Author Brian Evans Will Run for U.S. Congress in 2018 | last=Congress | first=Brian Evans for US | website=www.prnewswire.com | access-date=November 3, 2017}}

==Primary results==

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| title = Republican primary results

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Brian Evans

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 12,337

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 12,337

| percentage = 100.00

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=General election=

==Predictions==

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!Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | The Cook Political Report

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|November 5, 2018

align=left | Inside Elections

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|November 5, 2018

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball

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|November 5, 2018

align="left" |RCP

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|November 5, 2018

align="left" |Daily Kos

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|November 5, 2018

align="left" |538

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|November 7, 2018

align="left" |CNN

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|October 31, 2018

align="left" |Politico

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|November 4, 2018

==Results==

[[File:2018 HI-02 election.svg|thumb|200px|2018 Hawaii's 2nd congressional district results by county

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|title=Map legend

|{{legend|#214478|Gabbard—80–90%}}

|{{legend|#2c5aa0|Gabbard—70–80%}}

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| title = Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, 2018

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tulsi Gabbard (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 153,271

| percentage = 77.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Brian Evans

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 44,850

| percentage = 22.6

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 198,121

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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References

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