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Hawaii’s 2nd District

U.S. House · HI-2

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 44.7 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 68.2%

    Jill Tokuda, incumbent

  • Republican 23.5%

    Brenton Awa

  • Other 8.3%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
HI-2 68.2%23.5%8.3%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+13.7 44.2%−20.7 1.2%+7.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over9.4% (± 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

Jill Tokuda · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 8, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Jill Tokuda 91.5% 92,075 votes
Republican primary Brenton Awa 100.0% 26,290 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Jill Tokuda

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Brenton Awa

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 33.5 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 44.7 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • HI-1 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