2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election

The 2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Hawaii and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii.

After prevailing in an intensely competitive primary election on August 11, 2018, incumbent Democratic Governor David Ige 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 Andria Tupola 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, Paulette Jordan and Kristin Collum. This was Hawaii's only gubernatorial election since 1994 without Linda Lingle or Duke Aiona as the Republican nominee, as well as the first since the 1990 election in which the winner was of a different party than the incumbent president. As of 2023, this election was the only time since 1998 that an incumbent Democratic Governor of Hawaii was re-elected.

Declared

 * Ernest Caravalho, Democratic Party of Hawaii, chair, House District 29
 * Colleen Hanabusa, U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
 * David Ige, incumbent governor
 * Wendell Kaehuaea, security guard and perennial candidate
 * Van Tanabe

Withdrew

 * Clayton Hee, former state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014

Declared

 * Bernard Carvalho, Mayor of Kauai County
 * Will Espero, State Senate Vice President and candidate for HI-01 in 2014
 * Josh Green, state senator
 * Kim Coco Iwamoto, former state Board of Education member
 * Jill Tokuda, State Senator

Withdrew

 * Alan Arakawa, Mayor of Maui County (running for Maui County Council)

Declared

 * John Carroll, 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
 * Andria Tupola, Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives

Withdrew

 * Bob McDermott, state representative and nominee for HI-02 in 2002

Declared

 * Marissa Kerns
 * Steve Lipscomb
 * Jeremy Low

Declared

 * Jim Brewer

Declared

 * Renee Ing

Declared

 * Selina Blackwell
 * Link El
 * Terrence Teruya

Declared

 * Ernest Magaoay
 * Paul Robotti

Predictions

 * Notes

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