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2018 governor elections · Hawaii history

Hawaii governor election 2018

David Y. Ige DEM +28.4 · held 11/6/18

Votes counted
398,657
Margin
28.4 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld

General election 11/6/18

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
David Y. Ige WonDEM244,93462.67%
Andria P. L. TupolaREP131,71933.70%
Jim BrewerGRE10,1232.59%
Blank—7,1651.83%
Terrence K. TeruyaNPA4,0671.04%
Overvote—6490.17%
Total398,657

Official source: histatewide.pdf

Other Hawaii governor races

YearWinnerMargin
2022Josh Green25.9
2018David Y. Ige28.4
2014David Y. Ige12.3
2010Neil Abercrombie17.0
2006Linda Lingle26.8
2002Linda Lingle4.5
1998Benjamin Cayetano1.3

Full Hawaii governor history →

Questions and answers

Who won the 2018 Hawaii governor race?

David Y. Ige (DEM) won with 62.7% of the vote, ahead of Andria P. L. Tupola (33.7%), a margin of 28.4 points.

Did the Hawaii governor seat change party in 2018?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2018 Hawaii governor race?

398,657 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.