The last of the votes were cast on a sunny Saturday, then candidates and their supporters sweated out the returns through the night.

The independent PAC, Defend Hawaii Now, has not disclosed any financial information with the state.

And U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is poised to win re-election by a landslide — again.

The Big Island senator garners lots of support from fans of former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Gov. David Ige, after trailing Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa in a May poll, now leads by 9 percentage points among likely primary voters.

Voters contacted by Civil Beat say the recent barrage of negative ads are mostly annoying — and haven’t changed their minds.

His record as a city prosecutor and corporate lobbyists shows a conservative bent.

“On Kauai, the public has access to beaches that are part of the Pacific Missile Research Facility. If the U.S. were to weaponize that facility, as Congresswoman Gabbard proposed in May 2018, then public access would stop.”

We’ve fired up the comments section for this special live chat with Civil Beat’s political writers about our latest poll results. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

A solid majority of those surveyed support the idea of holding the first such event in 40 years.