The Hawaii gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010 to determine the next Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii. The winning candidates will serve a four-year term from 2010 to 2014. Incumbent Republican Governor Linda Lingle was term-limited in 2010 and not eligible to run for re-election. Former congressman Neil Abercrombie was declared the winner, defeating lieutenant governor Duke Aiona. Abercrombie was sworn in as the state's seventh (and its fifth Democratic) Governor on December 6, 2010.
The winners of the 2010 lieutenant governor primary election became the running mates of the 2010 gubernatorial nominees.
Primary candidates
List of candidates per State of Hawaii Office of Elections candidate report.
Neil Abercrombie, former U.S. Representative
Mufi Hannemann, former Mayor of Honolulu
Arturo P. (Art) Reyes
Miles Shiratori
Van K. Tanabe
Daniel H. Cunningham
Duke Aiona, Lieutenant Governor
John Carroll
Tony Clapes
Paul Manner
Thomas (Tom) W. Pollard, critical care Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Eleven candidates ran for their political parties' nominations in the lieutenant governor primary election on September 18: seven Democrats, two Republicans, one independent, and one Free Energy Party candidate.
Lyla Berg, 59, Hawaiian State Representative first elected in 2004 to represent the Kāhala area; former teacher and principal
Robert Bunda, 63, state legislator since 1983: State Representative from 1983 until 1994 and Senator from 1994 until 2010; President of the Hawaiian Senate for five years. Resigned from office to run for Lieutenant Governor.
Steve Hirakami, 64, principal of a charter school in Pahoa, on the Big Island of Hawai'i
Gary Hooser, 56, former state Senator from Kauai. Campaign based largely on support of civil unions.
Jon Riki Karamatsu, 35, state legislator first elected in 2002 to represent the Waipahu area; chairman of the state House Judiciary Committee
Norman Sakamoto, 63, sitting state Senator first elected in 1996 to represent the Kalihi, Salt Lake, and Pearl Ridge neighborhoods of Honolulu; chairman of the state Senate Education and Housing Committee; opponent of civil unions
Brian Schatz, 37, former state legislator and former chairman of the Hawaiian Democratic Party. Resident of Honolulu.
Deborah Spence, no age provided, campaigns for the revival of hemp, which she calls the "most utilitarian plant", for use as a cellulose and biofuel. Resident of Hilo.
Leonard Kama, 67, retired security guard and deckhand campaigning on education and a reduction of homeslessness. Resident of Kapolei.
Lynn Finnegan, 39, state legislator since 2002; Republican leader in the State House since 2005. Resident of Aiea, Hawaii.
Adrienne King, 62, lawyer for more than thirty years. Resident of Honolulu, daughter-in-law to judge Samuel Pailthorpe King.
Candidates
Neil Abercrombie (D)
Abercrombie's running mate was former state Democratic Party chairman Brian Schatz
Duke Aiona (R)
Aiona's running mate was State Rep. Lynn Finnegan
Daniel Cunningham (FE)
Cunningham's running mate was Deborah Spence
Tom Pollard (I)
Pollard's running mate was Leonard Kama
