Hawaii held its general election on November 6, 2018, deciding 64 legislative seats and 2 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- Democrats kept their governor and their two-thirds majorities in both chambers, and the night's headline came in the Senate, where a narrow upset gave Republicans their only seat in the chamber.
- Gov. David Ige (D) won re-election by about 29 points over Andria Tupola (R). Hawaii elects its governor and lieutenant governor as a single ticket in November, so Josh Green (D) won the lieutenant governorship by the same margin over Marissa Kerns (R).
- In the open Senate District 19 seat in Ewa Beach, Kurt Fevella (R), a school custodian, edged state Rep. Matt LoPresti (D) by just over 100 votes to become Hawaii's only Republican senator, in a chamber Democrats had held 25-0. LoPresti contested the result in the state Supreme Court, alleging voting irregularities, and the court rejected the challenge in January.
- Compared with 2016, only 3 seats changed parties, one each way: Fevella's Senate pickup and House District 43, won by Stacelynn Kehaulani Eli (D). No incumbent legislator lost in November, and 37 of the legislative seats went uncontested.
- Voters rejected the Constitutional Convention question by a wide margin. A second amendment, letting the legislature levy a surcharge on investment real property to fund public education, stayed on printed ballots, but in October the state Supreme Court ruled the question invalid, so the result had no effect.
Legislature
- House (51 seats): 46 D, 5 R before the election, 46 D, 5 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
- Senate (25 seats): 25 D, 0 R before the election, 24 D, 1 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
Statewide races
Legislative races
Ballot measures