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2026 candidates we're tracking in HI-1
Ed Case
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Cost of living and the economy, per his voter guide statement
- Appropriations Committee seniority for Hawaii, per his voter guide statement
- Defending democracy, per his 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 is the Republican nominee for HI-1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Hawaii Office of Elections' official August 8, 2026 primary results. 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. A fourth-generation Kaneohe resident, he served nearly 24 years in the U.S. Army before returning to Hawaii, per the campaign site.
Jordan S. Conley
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Universal health care, per Honolulu Star-Advertiser candidate profile
- An empty-homes tax on properties left unoccupied more than half the year, per Honolulu Civil Beat candidate Q&A
- Housing-first policy and adding apartments to the Hawaiian Homestead Act for Native Hawaiian housing, per Honolulu Civil Beat candidate Q&A
About Jordan S. Conley
Jordan S. Conley is the Green nominee for HI-1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Hawaii Office of Elections' official August 8, 2026 primary results. 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
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Cost of living and housing
- The Right to Keep: practical support for mothers who want to keep their child
- Local jobs and small business
About Nathan M. Berning
Berning is an independent candidate who co-founded and helped lead a national nonprofit dedicated to helping pregnant women in crisis, per the campaign site. Berning stepped away from nonprofit governance to pursue public policy and has managed teams, built organizations and technology, and raised resources, per the campaign site. Berning advanced to the November 3 general election ballot for HI-1 under the nonpartisan advancement rule, per the Hawaii Office of Elections.
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.