2022_Hawaii_Senate_election

2022 Hawaii Senate election
All 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold Republican gain; Democrats: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Uncontested; Republicans 50-60% Uncontested
President before election; Ron Kouchi; Democratic	Elected President ; Ron Kouchi; Democratic

2022 Hawaii Senate election

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The 2022 Hawaii Senate elections was held on November 8, 2022, to elect senators in all 25 districts of the Hawaii Senate. Due to the chamber's use of the 2-4-4 term system, members were elected in single-member constituencies, with half of them serving two-year terms and the other half serving four-year terms.^[1] These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for Governor of Hawaii. Partisan primaries were held on August 13.

Quick Facts All 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate 13 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

The Democratic Party maintained supermajority control of the chamber, although Republicans were able to win two seats, a first for the party since the 2008 election.

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[3] Some districts may have no incumbents, while others may have multiple incumbents due to redistricting.

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Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	33	231,076	68.02	24	23	1
	Republican	29	103,919	30.59	1	2	1
	Green	2	1,915	0.56	0	0
	Aloha ʻĀina	1	1,225	0.36	0	0
	Nonpartisan	1	985	0.29	0	0
	Libertarian	1	593	0.17	0	0
Total			339,713	100.00	25	25

District	Incumbent^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Elected Senator
1st	Laura Acasio	Dem	Lorraine Inouye	Dem
1st	Lorraine Inouye	Dem	Lorraine Inouye	Dem
2nd	Joy San Buenaventura	Dem	Joy San Buenaventura	Dem
3rd	Dru Kanuha	Dem	Dru Kanuha	Dem
4th	New seat		Tim Richards III	Dem
5th	Gilbert Keith-Agaran	Dem	Gilbert Keith-Agaran	Dem
6th	Rosalyn Baker	Dem	Angus McKelvey	Dem
7th	Lynn DeCoite	Dem	Lynn DeCoite	Dem
8th	Ron Kouchi	Dem	Ron Kouchi	Dem
9th	Stanley Chang	Dem	Stanley Chang	Dem
10th	Les Ihara Jr.	Dem	Les Ihara Jr.	Dem
11th	Brian Taniguchi	Dem	Carol Fukunaga	Dem
12th	Sharon Moriwaki	Dem	Sharon Moriwaki	Dem
13th	Karl Rhoads	Dem	Karl Rhoads	Dem
14th	Donna Mercado Kim	Dem	Donna Mercado Kim	Dem
15th	Glenn Wakai	Dem	Glenn Wakai	Dem
16th	Bennette Misalucha	Dem	Brandon Elefante	Dem
17th	Donovan Dela Cruz	Dem	Donovan Dela Cruz	Dem
18th	Michelle Kidani	Dem	Michelle Kidani	Dem
19th	Clarence Nishihara	Dem	Henry Aquino	Dem
20th	Kurt Fevella	Rep	Kurt Fevella	Rep
21st	Mike Gabbard	Dem	Mike Gabbard	Dem
22nd	Maile Shimabukuro	Dem	Maile Shimabukuro	Dem
23rd	Gil Riviere	Dem	Brenton Awa	Rep
24th	Jarrett Keohokalole	Dem	Jarrett Keohokalole	Dem
25th	Chris Lee	Dem	Chris Lee	Dem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorraine Inouye (incumbent)	7,214	56.05
	Democratic	Laura Acasio (incumbent)	3,925	30.50
	Democratic	Wil Okabe	1,731	13.45
Total votes			12,870	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorraine Inouye (incumbent)	12,414	70.94
	Republican	Helen Tupai	5,085	29.06
Total votes			17,499	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Holly Osborn	1,310	62.59
	Republican	Dianne Hensley	783	37.41
Total votes			2,093	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joy San Buenaventura (incumbent)	9,468	69.75
	Republican	Holly Osborn	3,513	25.88
	Libertarian	Frederick Fogel	593	4.37
Total votes			13,574	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dru Kanuha (incumbent)	–	100.00
Total votes			–	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Richards	11,002	71.21
	Republican	Nicholas Tancheff	4,447	28.79
Total votes			15,449	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gilbert Keith-Agaran (incumbent)	–	100.00
Total votes			–	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angus McKelvey	3,897	59.82
	Democratic	Shaina Forsyth	1,502	23.06
	Democratic	Mara Goebbert	1,115	17.12
Total votes			6,514	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sheila Walker	1,335	54.47
	Republican	Philip Raya	1,116	45.53
Total votes			2,451	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angus McKelvey	9,375	62.28
	Republican	Sheila Walker	4,625	30.73
	Green	Melissah Shishido	1,052	6.99
Total votes			15,052	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn DeCoite (incumbent)	6,722	60.12
	Democratic	Walter Ritte	3,739	33.44
	Democratic	Leo Kaniela Caires	720	6.44
Total votes			11,181	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn DeCoite (incumbent)	14,133	75.70
	Republican	Tamara McKay [d]	4,537	24.30
Total votes			18,670	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Kouchi (incumbent)	16,146	71.48
	Republican	Ana Mo Des	5,216	23.09
	Aloha ʻĀina	Kapana Thronas-Kaho'onei	1,225	5.42
Total votes			22,587	100.00
	Democratic hold

Republican primary results^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leilani Soon	1,334	77.51
	Republican	True St. Thomas	387	22.49
Total votes			1,721	100.00

Democratic primary results^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Fukunaga	7,914	65.46
	Democratic	Ian Ross	4,176	34.54
Total votes			12,090	100.00

2022 Hawaii's 16th Senate district election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brandon Elefante	14,418	74.05
	Republican	Patricia Yuki Beekman	5,052	25.95
Total votes			19,470	100.00
	Democratic hold

Republican primary results^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anna Misako Hudson	2,277	69.70
	Republican	Karl Dicks	990	30.30
Total votes			3,267	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stanley Chang (incumbent)	14,783	70.28
	Republican	Mike Parrish	6,250	29.72
Total votes			21,033	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Les Ihara Jr. (incumbent)	10,204	67.01
	Republican	Leilani Soon	5,023	32.99
Total votes			15,227	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Fukunaga	12,761	75.34
	Republican	Benjamin Sakai	4,177	24.66
Total votes			16,938	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Moriwaki (incumbent)	9,688	72.07
	Republican	Blake Boyd	3,755	27.93
Total votes			13,443	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karl Rhoads (incumbent)	8,763	64.42
	Republican	Matthew Tinay	2,991	21.99
	Nonpartisan	Michelle Kwock	985	7.24
	Green	Kapono Aluli Souza	863	6.34
Total votes			13,602	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Mercado Kim (incumbent)	8,068	73.55
	Republican	Cheryl Rzonca	2,902	26.45
Total votes			10,970	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn Wakai (incumbent)	7,839	67.72
	Republican	Lorene Godfrey	3,737	32.28
Total votes			11,576	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brandon Elefante	9,680	70.83
	Democratic	Bennette Misalucha (incumbent)	3,987	29.17
Total votes			13,667	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donovan Dela Cruz (incumbent)	11,504	65.23
	Republican	Anna Misako Hudson	6,132	34.77
Total votes			17,636	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Smart	2,295	71.88
	Republican	Emil Svrcina	898	28.12
Total votes			3,193	100.00

2022_Hawaii_Senate_election

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Overview

Summary by district

Closest races

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

In general elections

Democrats

Detailed results

District 1

Democratic primary

General election

District 2

Republican primary

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District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

Democratic primary

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District 7

Democratic primary

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District 8

District 9

District 10

Republican primary

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District 11

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District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

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District 17

Republican primary

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District 18

Republican primary

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District 19

Democratic primary

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District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

Republican primary

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District 24

Republican primary

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District 25

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Kidani (incumbent)	11,405	65.75
	Republican	Mary Smart	5,940	34.25
Total votes			17,345	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Aquino	4,898	80.68
	Democratic	Roger Clemente	1,173	19.32
Total votes			6,071	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kurt Fevella (incumbent)	–	100.00
Total votes			–	100.00
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Gabbard (incumbent)	8,104	58.94
	Republican	Matthew Khan	5,646	41.06
Total votes			13,750	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maile Shimabukuro (incumbent)	4,971	50.36
	Republican	Samantha DeCorte	4,900	49.64
Total votes			9,871	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenton Awa	2,990	74.01
	Republican	Art Hannemann	1,050	25.99
Total votes			4,040	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenton Awa	8,023	51.25
	Democratic	Gil Riviere (incumbent)	7,632	48.75
Total votes			15,655	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Antionette Fernandez	1,513	50.65
	Republican	Adriel Lam	1,474	49.35
Total votes			2,987	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jarrett Keohokalole (incumbent)	13,603	70.34
	Republican	Antionette Fernandez	5,736	29.66
Total votes			19,339	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Lee (incumbent)	14,795	70.36
	Republican	Brian Lauro	6,232	29.64
Total votes			21,027	100.00
	Democratic hold