If Kim Il Jong can hit Hawaii, he can almost certainly hit Alaska. Which would be a more valuable target, the possible home state of a sympathetic leader, or the state of a governor who could become a real problem if elected?
And even if he can't hit Hawaii, it's still possible he could hit Anchorage for example, which is about 1,000 miles closer to him. Midway is a few hundred miles closer yet, and Guam, where we have a big airbase, is less than half the distance to Oahu.