2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report Solid D October 16 , 2018
The Washington Post Safe D October 16 , 2018
FiveThirtyEight Solid D October 22 , 2018
Rothenberg Political Report Solid D October 12 , 2018
Sabato 's Crystal Ball Safe D October 19 , 2018
Real Clear Politics Safe D October 21 , 2018
Daily Kos Safe D October 22 , 2018
Fox News Likely D October 19 , 2018
Politico Solid D October 19 , 2018
Governing Safe D October 22 , 2018
General election -- Predictions
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. Ige's vote share of 62.67% is the highest of any gubernatorial candidate in Hawaiian history surpassing the previous record of 62.53% set by Linda Lingle in 2006. 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 first gubernatorial election since 1994 without Linda Lingle or Duke Aiona as the Republican nominee.