Lester Fung

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Lester Fung

Republican Party

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Last election

August 10, 2024

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Lester Fung (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Hawaii. Fung did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 10, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Mazie K. Hirono defeated Bob McDermott, Shelby Billionaire, and Emma Pohlman in the general election for U.S. Senate Hawaii on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mazie K. Hirono (D)	65.5	283,454
		Bob McDermott (R)	31.4	135,761
		Shelby Billionaire (We the People)	1.6	7,090
		Emma Pohlman (G)	1.5	6,419

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 432,724
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Mazie K. Hirono defeated Ron Curtis and Clyde McClain Lewman in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mazie K. Hirono	90.5	176,131
		Ron Curtis	7.3	14,271
		Clyde McClain Lewman	2.2	4,287

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 194,689
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob McDermott	51.9	27,961
		Adriel Lam	16.5	8,913
		Melba Amaral	14.2	7,627
		Paul Dolan	7.4	4,006
		Arturo Reyes	6.2	3,319
		Emmanuel Tipon	3.8	2,075

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 53,901
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Harry Friel, Jr. (R)
• Keith Drummond Lambert (R)
• Ku Lono Cuadra (R)
• Lester Fung (R)
• Walter Kupau Jr. (R)
• Eddie Pirkowski (R)
• Shaena Dela Cruz Hoohuli (R)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

No candidate advanced from the primary.

		Candidate	%	Votes
		John Giuffre	100.0	966

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 966
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Link El

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dan Decker (Aloha Aina Party)

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Emma Pohlman advanced from the Green primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emma Pohlman	100.0	1,342

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,342
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jennifer Booker (G)

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Aaron Toman (L)

We the People primary election

We the People primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Shelby Billionaire advanced from the We the People primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shelby Billionaire	100.0	977

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 977
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46

Incumbent Amy Perruso defeated John Miller in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Perruso (D)	62.6	4,394
		John Miller (R)	37.4	2,622

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,016
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46

Incumbent Amy Perruso defeated Cross Makani Crabbe in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46 on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Perruso	72.8	2,645
		Cross Makani Crabbe	27.2	987

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,632
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46

John Miller advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46 on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Miller	100.0	1,391

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,391
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lester Fung (R)

2018

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46

Amy Perruso defeated John Miller in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Perruso (D)	66.2	3,205
		John Miller (R)	33.8	1,640

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,845 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46

Amy Perruso defeated incumbent Lei Learmont and Lester Fung in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Perruso	51.6	1,429
		Lei Learmont	44.0	1,221
		Lester Fung	4.4	122

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,772
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46

John Miller advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 46 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Miller	100.0	461

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 461
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Lester Fung did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Lester Fung campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2018	Hawaii House of Representatives District 46	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Hawaii's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mazie Hirono (D)

Brian Schatz (D)

Representatives

District 1

Ed Case (D)

District 2

Jill Tokuda (D)

Democratic Party (4)