2026 forecast · Hawaii 1st

Ed Case is all but certain to win Hawaii's 1st District.

Ed Case vs Adriel Lam. The model has Case ahead by 43.2 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +43.2Updated October 22, 2026
Ed Case
Democrat
71.0%
165,943 projected votes
Adriel Lam
Republican
27.8%
65,016 projected votes
100%Case
0%Lam
Case all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Case wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Case
Model marginD +43.2No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +50.7 to D +35.62,000 simulations
Projected votes233,546Case 71.1%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Hawaii districts

2 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Ed CaseDemocrat · 100% to win
71.0%
Adriel LamRepublican · 0% to win
27.8%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

233,546 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Ed Case D165,94371.1%
Adriel Lam R65,01627.8%
Jordan Conley G2,5881.1%
Total233,546100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%100% Case0% Lam15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Case +43.2
Chance of winning
Ed Case100%
Adriel Lam0%
Simulated vote
Ed Case71.0%
Adriel Lam27.8%
Jordan Conley1.1%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +25.0
FundamentalsD +42.8
With pollsD +42.3
Early vote turnoutD +0.9
With early voteD +43.2

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Hawaii, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +52R +52Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +25.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +42.8With pollsno pollsD +42.3With early voteturnout so farD +43.2
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.