2024 United States Senate election in Hawaii

The 2024 United States Senate election in Hawaii was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Hawaii. Incumbent two-term Democratic senator Mazie Hirono was re-elected with 71.2% of the vote in 2018. Hirono was re-elected to a third term. Primary elections took place on August 10, 2024.

2024 United States Senate election in Hawaii

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Nominee Mazie Hirono Bob McDermott Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 324,194 160,075 Percentage 64.61% 31.90%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Hirono:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% McDermott:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      No votes

U.S. senator before election Mazie Hirono Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mazie Hirono, incumbent U.S. senator

Eliminated in primary

• Ron Curtis, retired computer engineer and Republican nominee for Hawaii's 1st congressional district in 2020
• Clyde Lewman, realtor and candidate for governor in 2022

Endorsements

Mazie Hirono

Labor unions

• Association of Flight Attendants
• National Education Association
• National Union of Healthcare Workers

Organizations

• Asian American Action Fund
• EMILY's List
• Feminist Majority PAC
• Humane Society Legislative Fund
• J Street PAC
• Jewish Democratic Council of America
• Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs
• League of Conservation Voters
• National Women's Political Caucus
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund
• Population Connection Action Fund

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of August 11, 2024
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Mazie Hirono (D)	$4,387,633	$3,047,072	$2,337,434
Source: Federal Election Commission

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mazie Hirono (incumbent)	176,131	90.47%
	Democratic	Ron Curtis	14,271	7.33%
	Democratic	Clyde Lewman	4,287	2.2%
Total votes			194,689	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bob McDermott, former state representative and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022

Eliminated in primary

• Melba Amaral, childcare provider
• Paul Dolan, attorney
• Adriel Lam, retired U.S. Army officer
• Arturo Reyes, physician and perennial candidate
• Emmanuel Tipon, attorney

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of August 11, 2024
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Adriel Lam (R)	$20,265	$15,900	$4,360
Bob McDermott (R)	$2,503	$2,611	$10
Source: Federal Election Commission

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob McDermott	27,961	51.87%
	Republican	Adriel Lam	8,913	16.54%
	Republican	Melba Amaral	7,627	14.15%
	Republican	Paul Dolan	4,006	7.43%
	Republican	Arturo Reyes	3,319	6.16%
	Republican	Emmanuel Tipon	2,075	3.85%
Total votes			53,901	100.0%

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Emma Pohlman, attorney and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022

Results

Green primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Emma Pohlman	1,342	100.0%
Total votes			1,342	100.0%

We the People primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Shelby Pikachu Billionaire, laborer

Results

We the People primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	We the People	Shelby Billionaire	977	100.0%
Total votes			977	100.0%

Independents

Candidates

• John Giuffre, businessman and perennial candidate

Declined

• Tulsi Gabbard, former Democratic U.S. representative from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district (2013–2021) and candidate for president of the United States in 2020

Results

Nonpartisan primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Giuffre	966	100.0%
Total votes			966	100.0%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe D	November 9, 2023
The Cook Political Report	Solid D	November 9, 2023
Elections Daily	Safe D	May 4, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill	Safe D	June 8, 2024
Inside Elections	Solid D	November 9, 2023
CNalysis	Solid D	November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics	Solid D	August 5, 2024
Split Ticket	Safe D	October 23, 2024
538	Solid D	October 23, 2024

Results

2024 United States Senate election in Hawaii

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mazie Hirono (incumbent)	324,194	64.61%	−6.54%
	Republican	Bob McDermott	160,075	31.90%	+3.05%
	We the People	Shelby Billionaire	9,224	1.84%	N/A
	Green	Emma Pohlman	8,270	1.65%	N/A
Total votes			501,763	100.0%	N/A
	Democratic hold

By county

By county
County Mazie Hirono Democratic Bob McDermott Republican All Others # % # % # % Hawaii 54,691 67.92% 22,747 28.25% 2,079 3.83% Honolulu 209,780 63.12% 111,603 33.58% 10,953 3.3% Kauai 18,934 66.45% 8,537 29.96% 1,024 3.59% Maui 40,789 67.51% 17,188 28.45% 2,438 4.03% Totals 324,194 64.61% 160,075 31.9% 17,494 3.49%

By congressional district

Hirono won both congressional districts.

District	Hirono	McDermott	Representative
1st	64.8%	32.0%	Ed Case
2nd	64.5%	31.8%	Jill Tokuda