Emmanuel Tipon

Emmanuel Tipon (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Hawaii. He lost in the Republican primary on August 10, 2024.

Biography

Emmanuel Tipon was born in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines and living in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tipon earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Philippines and a Master of Laws degree from Yale Law School. His career experience involves working in immigration law, serving as a dean at the College of Law of Northwestern University in Laoag City, Philippines, and writing law books.^[1]

Elections

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)	64.6	324,194
	Bob McDermott (R)	31.9	160,075
	Shelby Billionaire (We the People)	1.8	9,224
	Emma Pohlman (G)	1.6	8,270

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 501,763
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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

	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
	Submit photo	Melba Amaral	14.2	7,627
		Paul Dolan	7.4	4,006
		Arturo Reyes	6.2	3,319
		Emmanuel Tipon	3.8	2,075

	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

No candidate advanced from the primary.

		Candidate	%	Votes
		John Giuffre	100.0	966

Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.
	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 966
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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Aloha Aina Party primary election

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

	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)

Libertarian primary election

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

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

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Tipon in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Emmanuel Tipon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Tipon’s campaign website stated the following:

“	My goals include: 1) Eliminating visa requirements for Filipinos to visit the U.S. 2) Allowing relatives who have been petitioned as immigrants to come to the U.S. and wait for their visa number to become available. 3) Continuing visa processing by the beneficiary if the immigration petitioner dies before the visa is approved. 4) Obtaining at least $5 billion in federal aid to Hawai’i for roads and other infrastructure. 5) Giving senior citizens federal assistance for food and other necessities. 7) Providing free education at all levels. 8) Providing a supplement for the compensation of teachers. 9) Providing free medical care for life for citizens who have served in the military. 10) Reducing foreign aid and ensuring that only countries friendly to America and vital to American interests get aid. 11) Preventing illegal immigration and summarily deporting illegal aliens. 12) Supporting the right to bear arms as provided for in the Constitution. 13) Strengthening our military. 14) Creating an American foreign legion composed of foreign nationals to fight for America abroad. ^[2]	”
—Emmanuel Tipon’s campaign website (2024)^[3]

Campaign finance summary

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Emmanuel Tipon campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. Senate Hawaii	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 from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Tipon for U.S. Senate, "About Me," accessed July 25, 2024
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Emmanuel Tipon’s campaign website, “About Me,” accessed July 25, 2024

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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)

[orgbio-1] Tipon for U.S. Senate, "About Me," accessed July 25, 2024

[quotedisclaimer-2] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[3] Emmanuel Tipon’s campaign website, “About Me,” accessed July 25, 2024

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Emmanuel Tipon

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Aloha Aina Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

We the People primary election

We the People primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Endorsements

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Campaign website

Campaign finance summary

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