Linda Lingle Republican Neil Abercrombie Democratic The 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Hawaii.
Incumbent Republican governor Linda Lingle was term-limited and not eligible to run for re-election.
In the election, Abercrombie won and was sworn in as the state's 7th governor on December 6, 2010.
As of 2024, this was the last time the Republican candidate for governor received over 40% of the vote in Hawaii.
Eleven candidates ran for their political parties' nominations in the lieutenant governor primary election on September 18: seven Democrats, two Republicans, one independent, and one Free Energy Party candidate.