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Hawaii’s 1st District

U.S. House · HI-1

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 50.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 72.1%

    Ed Case, incumbent

  • Republican 21.3%

    Adriel Lam

  • Other 6.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
HI-1 72.1%21.3%6.6%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+17.6 44.2%−23.0 1.2%+5.4

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over7.0% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Ed Case · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 8, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Ed Case 58.5% 63,784 votes
Republican primary Adriel Lam 100.0% 18,530 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Ed Case

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Adriel Lam

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Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 39.7 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 50.8 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • HI-2 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated