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UPDATED: Voters winnowed a field of 17 candidates down to 14 who will advance to the general election.

UPDATED: Three seats on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs remain to be decided in November — Molokai, Kauai and the at-large seat.

UPDATED: Scott Nishimoto, a longtime House representative, won the council seat that Calvin Say is vacating. Council member Esther Kiaaina was reelected to her Kailua seat.

UPDATED: Mazie Hirono, Ed Case and Jill Tokuda held wide leads over their primary opponents.

UPDATED: Voters cast ballots in the primary for who they want to represent Upcountry and South Maui.

Voter turnout has dropped back to levels seen before the introduction of mail-in ballots.

Three challengers face Mayor Rick Blangiardi, who claims many successes in his first term.

Updated: Groups with ties to the politically influential union have doled out more than $70,000 since 2021 to teach more than a dozen people to run better campaigns.

Even as digital advertising grows, the islands buck the spending trend due to a dearth of high-profile races.

Spending by political action groups is way down this year with a dearth of competitive races.