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. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for governor of Hawaii. Partisan primaries were held on August 13.
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 SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball May 19, 2022
Overview Party Candidates Votes Seats % 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
Summary by district District Incumbent 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 Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Retiring incumbents Democrats District 6: Rosalyn Baker was retiring. District 11: Brian Taniguchi was retiring. District 19: Clarence Nishihara was retiring.
Incumbents defeated In primary elections Democrats District 1: Laura Acasio lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Lorraine Inouye. District 16: Bennette Misalucha lost renomination to Brandon Elefante.
In general elections Democrats District 23: Gil Riviere lost re-election to Brenton Awa.
Detailed results 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__NOTOC__
District 1 Democratic primary
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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 Democratic primary
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District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16 Democratic primary
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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
See also 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election 2022 Hawaii House of Representatives election
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