Primary elections are taking place in Hawaii. The last in-person voting site closes at 7 pm local time or 1 a.m. There is an hour and a half later.

Congress

There will be at least one new face in the congressional delegation.

The freshman lawmaker told leadership in April that he was running for governor instead of reelection. Hawaii state representative David Branco, former Hawaii state senator Jill Tokuda, as well as first-time candidates Nicole Gi, Brendan Shultz, Steven Sparks, and Kyle Yoshida are vying for the open seat.

A five-term Democrat. The case is being challenged In 2020, Case got a lot of votes.

Two-term Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz is being challenged by returning congressional hopeful Stave Tatali, who got less than 1% of the vote when he ran for a House seat in 2016 and filed to run for Senate in 2012 but didn't appear on the certified candidates A majority of the votes were cast in 2016 by Schatz.

Governor and lieutenant governor

The leading candidates to replace David Ige include the incumbent lieutenant governor, a single-term lawmaker, and a successful businessman.

There are six Democrats vying to fill the seat left by Green in the governor's race.

Democrats have held control of the state government.

State legislative primaries