United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2016

United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2016

November 8, 2016[1]

Two Hawaii seats to the United States House of Representatives   Party Democratic Republican Last election 2[1] 0[1]

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in the 50th state and islandic state Hawaii occurs on November 8, 2016. The electorate will determine two candidates to act in the U.S. House, each from the state's two districts. Hawaii is one of 14 states that^[1] employ an open primary system, meaning voters do not have to state a party affiliation in the election.

Voter Information

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election Date
June 17, 2016	August 13, 2016	November 8, 2016

Current Incumbents

Party	Candidate	Opposing Party	District
Democratic	Mark Takai[1]	Republican	1
Democratic	Tulsi Gabbard[1]	Republican	2

Candidates

Party	Candidate	Opposing Party	Candidate	District
Democratic	Mark Takai	Republican	None[1]	1
Democratic	Tulsi Gabbard	Republican	None[1]	2

Results from 2014

There were 6,057 seats in 87 chambers^[1] with elections in 2014. According to Ballotpedia's three aspects of competitiveness index, the numbers of open seats, incumbents facing primary opposition and general elections between partisan candidates showed poor results compared to the prior election.^[1]

Overall Competiveness

	2010	2012	2014
Competitiveness Index	36.2[1]	35.8	31.4
% Open Seats	18.6	21.2	17.0
% Incumbents with primary challenge	22.7	24.6	20.1
% Candidates with major party opposition	67.3	61.7	57.0

References

1. "United States House of Representatives in Hawaii, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 7, 2016.

External links

• Office of Elections, Hawaii

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
• United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2016