Hawaii 2020 General Election

The Green Papers: Hawaii 2020 General Election

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Hawaii
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Saturday 8 August 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

✓ Tuesday 2 June 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
✓ Wednesday 5 August 2020 - Filing Deadline: Independent President .
✓ Saturday 8 August 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p HAST (1700-0500 UTC). Hawaii votes by mail beginning in 2020. Ballots must be received by 7p on Election Day.
✓ Friday 4 September 2020 - Filing Deadline - Qualified political parties certify Presidential nominees .
✓ Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p HAST (1700-0500 UTC). Hawaii votes by mail beginning in 2020. Ballots must be received by 7p on Election Day.

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	1,366,862	(0.44% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
Capital:	Honolulu

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Hawaii State and Local Government

Hawaii 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

In order to advance to the General Election, Nonpartisan primary candidates must receive EITHER 10% of the total votes cast for that office OR at least the number of votes that any winning partisan candidate received for that office.

Special Elections do not have a primary. All candidates, regardles of party affiliation, run on a single ballot. The candidate who receives the most votes wins.

Hawaii does not permit write-ins.

2020 Election Calendar from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections.

2020 Candidate Filing Report from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections.

2020 General Election from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections.

8 August 2020 Primary returns from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections.

6 August 2020 Primary results from a media source.

3 November 2020 Candidate list from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections.

3 November 2020 returns from the State of Hawaii Office of Elections.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 4 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (6, 2 write-ins)

		Democratic	366,130	63.15%	former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris (4 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521

		Republican	196,864	33.95%	President Donald John Trump • for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence • FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436

		Libertarian	5,539	0.96%	Jo Jorgensen • for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen • FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521

		Scattering	4,927	0.85%	Blank Votes

		Green	3,822	0.66%	Howie Gresham Hawkins • for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker • FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095

		American Shopping	1,183	0.20%	Brock Jeffrey Pierce • for Vice President: Karla Marie Ballard • FEC P00016550; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,347,587; Dsb $6,315,486

		Constitution	931	0.16%	Don Blankenship • for Vice President: William Alan Mohr • FEC P00014209; 20 Dec 20; Tot $83,880; Dsb $83,880

		Scattering	388	0.07%	Over Votes
Total			579,784	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 116^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Mazie K. Hirono • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic*			*Senator Mazie K. Hirono* • FEC S2HI00106
	16 May 2017: Senator Mazie K. Hirono announced she has kidney cancer and expects a full recovery.

Class 3		Democratic	Senator Brian Emanuel Schatz • Appointed: 26 December 2012 (re 17 December 2012 death of Senator Daniel K. Inouye [Democratic]). First elected in a special election: 2014; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor David Yutaka Ige • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Joshua B. "Josh" Green • First elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

116^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (1 Renominated, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1		Democratic	Member of Congress Edward E. "Ed" Case • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected in a special election 2002, reelected 2004. Unsuccessful candidate to the United States Senate in 2006 and for the United States House in 2010. Elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	183,245	64.66%	Member of Congress Edward E. "Ed" Case • FEC H2HI02128; 31 Dec 20; Tot $606,356; Dsb $570,675

		Republican	71,188	25.12%	Ron Curtis • FEC H0HI01298; 23 Nov 20; Tot $15,500; Dsb $15,609

		Scattering	28,907	10.20%	Blank Votes
		Scattering	68	0.02%	Over Votes
Total			283,408	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2 Open		Democratic	Member of Congress Tulsi Neil Gabbard • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Open Seat - 24 October 2019: "I will not be seeking reelection to Congress in 2020. I humbly ask for your support for my candidacy for President of the United States." 19 March 2020: "... today, I'm suspending my presidential campaign, and offering my full support to Vice President Joe Biden in his quest to bring our country together."
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (6, 2 write-ins) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	171,517	57.87%	state Senator Kaiali'i "Kai" Kahele • FEC H0HI02155; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,213,591; Dsb $1,036,182

		Republican	84,027	28.35%	Joseph S. "Joe" Akana • FEC H0HI02213; 31 Dec 20; Tot $54,534; Dsb $55,344

		Scattering	24,065	8.12%	Blank Votes

		Libertarian	6,785	2.29%	Michelle Rose Tippens • FEC H8HI01283

		Aloha 'Āina	6,453	2.18%	Jonathan Ho'omanawanui • FEC H0HI02197; 14 Oct 20; Tot $1,883; Dsb $1,522

		Nonpartisan	2,659	0.90%	Ron Burrus • FEC H0HI02338

		American Shopping	661	0.22%	John "Raghu" Giuffre • FEC H0HI01223

		Scattering	209	0.07%	Over Votes
Total			296,376	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents, 4 candidates
	• Republican: 3 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Aloha 'Āina: 1 candidate
	• American Shopping: 2 candidates
Independents
	• Nonpartisan: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 6 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.