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2022 Hawaii Senate election

Not to be confused with 2022 United States Senate election in Hawaii.

The 2022 Hawaii Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect senators in all 25 districts of the state Senate of the U.S. state of Hawaii. 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.

2022 Hawaii Senate election
← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →
All 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ron Kouchi Kurt Fevella
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 8th district 19th district
Seats before 24 1
Seats after 23 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 231,076 103,919
Percentage 68.02% 30.59%
Swing Increase 5.74% Decrease 0.56%
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

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.

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] Safe D May 19, 2022

Overview

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Party Candidates Votes Seats
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  
Popular vote
Democratic
 
 68.02%
Republican
 
 30.59%
Others
 
 1.39%
Senate seats
Democratic
 
 92.00%
Republican
 
 8.00%

Summary by district

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District Incumbent[a] Party Elected Senator Party
1st Laura Acasio Dem 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

Closest races

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Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 22, 0.72%
  2. District 23, 2.50% (gain)

Retiring incumbents

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Democrats

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  1. District 6: Rosalyn Baker was retiring.[3]
  2. District 11: Brian Taniguchi was retiring.[4]
  3. District 19: Clarence Nishihara was retiring.[3]

Incumbents defeated

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In primary elections

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Democrats

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  1. District 1: Laura Acasio lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Lorraine Inouye.[5]
  2. District 16: Bennette Misalucha lost renomination to Brandon Elefante.[6]

In general elections

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Democrats

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  1. District 23: Gil Riviere lost re-election to Brenton Awa.[7]

Detailed results

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District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25

District 1

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary results[8]
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

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 1st Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lorraine Inouye (incumbent) 12,432 70.93%
Republican Helen Tupai 5,094 29.07%
Total votes 17,526 100.00
Democratic hold

District 2

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Republican primary

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Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Holly Osborn 1,310 62.59
Republican Dianne Hensley 783 37.41
Total votes 2,093 100.00

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 2nd Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joy San Buenaventura (incumbent) 9,486 69.74%
Republican Holly Osborn 3,522 25.89%
Libertarian Frederick Fogel 594 4.37%
Total votes 13,602 100.00
Democratic hold

District 3

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2022 Hawaii's 3rd Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dru Kanuha (incumbent) – 100.00
Total votes – 100.00
Democratic hold

District 4

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2022 Hawaii's 4th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tim Richards III 11,018 71.18%
Republican Nicholas Tancheff 4,462 28.82%
Total votes 15,480 100.00
Democratic hold

District 5

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2022 Hawaii's 5th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gilbert Keith-Agaran (incumbent) – 100.00
Total votes – 100.00
Democratic hold

District 6

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary results[8]
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

Republican primary

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Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sheila Walker 1,335 54.47
Republican Philip Raya 1,116 45.53
Total votes 2,451 100.00

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 6th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angus McKelvey 9,387 62.26%
Republican Sheila Walker 4,634 30.74%
Green Melissah Shishido 1,056 7.00%
Total votes 15,077 100.00
Democratic hold

District 7

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary results[8]
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

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 7th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lynn DeCoite (incumbent) 14,161 75.70%
Republican Tamara McKay [d] 4,545 24.30%
Total votes 18,706 100.00
Democratic hold

District 8

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2022 Hawaii's 8th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Kouchi (incumbent) 16,234 71.41%
Republican Ana Mo Des 5,266 23.16%
Aloha ʻĀina Kapana Thronas-Kaho'onei 1,235 5.43%
Total votes 22,735 100.00
Democratic hold

District 9

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2022 Hawaii's 9th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stanley Chang (incumbent) 14,864 70.27%
Republican Mike Parrish 6,289 29.73%
Total votes 21,153 100.00
Democratic hold

District 10

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Republican primary

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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

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 10th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Les Ihara Jr. (incumbent) 10,264 66.98%
Republican Leilani Soon 5,060 33.02%
Total votes 15,324 100.00
Democratic hold

District 11

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Democratic primary

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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

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 11th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carol Fukunaga 12,831 75.31%
Republican Benjamin Sakai 4,207 24.69%
Total votes 17,038 100.00
Democratic hold

District 12

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2022 Hawaii's 12th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sharon Moriwaki (incumbent) 9,744 72.00%
Republican Blake Boyd 3,789 28.00%
Total votes 13,533 100.00
Democratic hold

District 13

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2022 Hawaii's 13th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karl Rhoads (incumbent) 8,810 64.36%
Republican Matthew Tinay 3,013 22.01%
Nonpartisan Michelle Kwock 989 7.22%
Green Kapono Aluli Souza 877 6.41%
Total votes 13,689 100.00
Democratic hold

District 14

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2022 Hawaii's 14th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donna Mercado Kim (incumbent) 8,123 73.57%
Republican Cheryl Rzonca 2,918 26.43%
Total votes 11,041 100.00
Democratic hold

District 15

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2022 Hawaii's 15th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Glenn Wakai (incumbent) 7,883 67.69%
Republican Lorene Godfrey 3,763 32.31%
Total votes 11,646 100.00
Democratic hold

District 16

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brandon Elefante 9,680 70.83
Democratic Bennette Misalucha (incumbent) 3,987 29.17
Total votes 13,667 100.00

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 16th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brandon Elefante 14,478 73.99%
Republican Patricia Yuki Beekman 5,090 26.01%
Total votes 19,568 100.00
Democratic hold

District 17

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Republican primary

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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

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 17th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donovan Dela Cruz (incumbent) 11,555 65.20%
Republican Anna Misako Hudson 6,168 34.80%
Total votes 17,723 100.00
Democratic hold

District 18

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Republican primary

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Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mary Smart 2,295 71.88
Republican Emil Svrcina 898 28.12
Total votes 3,193 100.00

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 18th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michelle Kidani (incumbent) 11,463 65.73%
Republican Mary Smart 5,977 34.27%
Total votes 17,440 100.00
Democratic hold

District 19

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Aquino 4,898 80.68
Democratic Roger Clemente 1,173 19.32
Total votes 6,071 100.00

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 19th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Aquino – 100.00
Total votes – 100.00
Democratic hold

District 20

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2022 Hawaii's 20th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kurt Fevella (incumbent) – 100.00
Total votes – 100.00
Republican hold

District 21

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2022 Hawaii's 21st Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Gabbard (incumbent) 8,164 58.89%
Republican Matthew Khan 5,698 41.11%
Total votes 13,862 100.00
Democratic hold

District 22

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2022 Hawaii's 22nd Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maile Shimabukuro (incumbent) 4,993 50.20%
Republican Samantha DeCorte 4,953 49.80%
Total votes 9,946 100.00
Democratic hold

District 23

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Republican primary

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Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brenton Awa 2,990 74.01
Republican Art Hannemann 1,050 25.99
Total votes 4,040 100.00

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 23rd Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brenton Awa 8,093 51.28%
Democratic Gil Riviere (incumbent) 7,688 48.72%
Total votes 15,781 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

District 24

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Republican primary

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Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Antionette Fernandez 1,513 50.65
Republican Adriel Lam 1,474 49.35
Total votes 2,987 100.00

General election

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2022 Hawaii's 24th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jarrett Keohokalole (incumbent) 13,669 70.29%
Republican Antionette Fernandez 5,777 29.71%
Total votes 19,446 100.00
Democratic hold

District 25

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2022 Hawaii's 25th Senate district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Lee (incumbent) 14,865 70.30%
Republican Brian Lauro 6,280 29.70%
Total votes 21,145 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Some districts may have no incumbents, while others may have multiple incumbents due to redistricting.

References

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  1. ^ "Senate". www.capitol.hawaii.gov. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  2. ^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Lovell, Blaze; Dayton, Kevin (May 5, 2022). "Legislature Closes Historic Session For Housing And Hawaiians". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Blair, Chad (December 27, 2021). "Brian Taniguchi To Retire From Legislature After 42 Years". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Dobbyn, Paula (July 24, 2022). "Big Island Redistricting Forces 2 State Senators To Run Against Each Other". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  6. ^ Ordonio, Cassie (August 1, 2022). "Battle For Central Oahu Senate Seat Pits Incumbent Against Well-Known City Councilman". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  7. ^ Dowd, Eddie (November 10, 2022). "Former TV anchor defeats incumbent in state Senate race". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "PRIMARY ELECTION 2022 - Statewide - August 13, 2022" (PDF). Hawaii Office of Elections. August 25, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "GENERAL ELECTION 2022 - Statewide - November 8, 2022" (PDF). Hawaii Office of Elections. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
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