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2026 candidates we're tracking in HI-1
Ed Case
Top priorities
- Cost of living and the economy
- Appropriations Committee seniority for Hawaii
- Defending democracy
Per the voter guide statement.
About Ed Case
Case is a sitting member of the U.S. House who has served Hawaii for over a decade and sits on the Appropriations Committee, per the campaign site. He points to his work through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Red Hill water crisis, and the Maui wildfires as evidence of experienced representation, per the campaign site.
Adriel C. Lam
Adriel C. Lam appears on the Republican primary ballot for HI-1 on August 8, 2026, per the Hawaii Office of Elections certified candidate list. Lam is the Republican nominee for Hawaii's 1st Congressional District, having run unopposed in the August 8, 2026 Republican primary, per Inside Elections candidate listing. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026; the Office of Elections' candidate list is the only verifiable source for Adriel C. Lam.
Jordan S. Conley
Top priorities
- Universal health care
- An empty-homes tax on properties left unoccupied more than half the year
- Housing-first policy and adding apartments to the Hawaiian Homestead Act for Native Hawaiian housing
Per Honolulu Star-Advertiser candidate profile.
About Jordan S. Conley
Jordan S. Conley appears on the Green primary ballot for HI-1 on August 8, 2026, per the Hawaii Office of Elections certified candidate list. Jordan S. Conley is the Green Party nominee for Hawaii's 1st Congressional District, a teacher, coach and fitness trainer who works as a group fitness instructor for Hawaii Pacific Health and teaches fitness at a Kalihi middle school, per the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. In 2016 he founded Hapa Mana, a nonprofit aimed at bridging income and social divides, per Honolulu Civil Beat.
Nathan M. Berning
Nathan M. Berning appears on the nonpartisan primary ballot for HI-1 on August 8, 2026, per the Hawaii Office of Elections certified candidate list. Berning ran unopposed in the August 8, 2026 nonpartisan filing and advanced to the November 3 general election ballot for HI-1, per Hawaii Public Radio. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026; the Office of Elections' candidate list is the only verifiable source for Nathan M. Berning.
About this race
Hawaii's 1st Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Hawaii primary is Saturday, August 8, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.