The 2026 Hawaii House of Representatives election are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 United States elections. All 51 seats in the Hawaii House of Representatives will be elected.
Background State representatives in Hawaii represent an average of 28,630 residents as of the 2020 United States census. Democrats hold a supermajority in the chamber. However, Republicans gained three seats in the 2024 election, growing their caucus from 6 to 9 members.
On March 16, 2026, Representative Elle Cochran switched parties from Democratic to Republican, bringing the Republican caucus to 10 members, the first time their number reached double digits in more than twenty years.
The deadline to file for candidacy was June 2, 2026. Primary elections took place on August 8, 2026.
Retirements As of March 21, 2026, three incumbents have announced their intention not to run for re-election:
Democrats
District 21: Jackson Sayama is running for the Hawaii State Senate, Senate District 10. District 26: Della Au Belatti is running for lieutenant governor.
Republicans
District 39: Elijah Pierick is running for the Hawaii State Senate, Senate District 19.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball January 22, 2026
Incumbents defeated In Primary Election District 43: Kanani Souza lost renomination to Sheila Medeiros. The primary election result was invalidated by the Supreme Court of Hawaii and a special general election will be held between Medeiros and Souza concurrent with the regularly scheduled general election.
Results By district : incumbent is not seeking re-election. District Incumbent Party Electedrepresentative Party 1 Matthias Kusch Dem 2 Sue Lee Loy Dem 3 Chris Toshiro Todd Dem 4 Greggor Ilagan Dem 5 Jeanné Kapela Dem 6 Kirstin Kahaloa Dem 7 Nicole Lowen Dem 8 David Tarnas Dem 9 Justin Woodson Dem 10 Tyson Miyake Dem 11 Terez Amato Dem 12 Kyle Yamashita Dem 13 Mahina Poepoe Dem 14 Elle Cochran Rep 15 Nadine Nakamura Dem 16 Luke Evslin Dem 17 Dee Morikawa Dem 18 Joe Gedeon Rep 19 Mark Hashem Dem 20 Tina Nakada Grandinetti Dem 21 Jackson Sayama Dem 22 Andrew Takuya Garrett Dem 23 Ikaika Olds Dem 24 Adrian Tam Dem 25 Kim Coco Iwamoto Dem 26 Della Au Belatti Dem 27 Jenna Takenouchi Dem 28 Cov Ratcliffe Dem 29 Ikaika Hussey Dem 30 Shirley Ann Templo Dem 31 Linda Ichiyama Dem 32 Garner Shimizu Rep 33 Sam Satoru Kong Dem 34 Gregg Takayama Dem 35 Cory Chun Dem 36 Daisy Hartsfield Dem 37 Trish La Chica Dem 38 Lauren Matsumoto Rep 39 Elijah Pierick Rep 40 Julie Reyes Oda Rep 41 David Alcos Rep 42 Diamond Garcia Rep 43 Kanani Souza Rep 44 Darius Kila Dem 45 Chris Muraoka Rep 46 Amy Perruso Dem 47 Sean Quinlan Dem 48 Lisa Kitagawa Dem 49 Scot Matayoshi Dem 50 Mike Lee Dem 51 Lisa Marten Dem
Detailed results Primary election results: (uncontested primary elections are not included below)
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 8
District 10
District 12
District 14
District 17
District 19
District 21
District 24
District 26
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 36
District 37
District 39
District 43 Incumbent Kanani Souza and challenger Sheila Medeiros tied in the Republican primary election, leading the Hawaii Office of Elections to draw lots from a basket and ultimately declare Medeiros the winner. As no Democratic candidate had filed for the general election, Medeiros was seen as likely to be elected to the seat. However, Souza sued to challenge the result after two voters who did not live in the district were mistakenly given ballots for the race. On September 4, the Supreme Court of Hawaii invalidated the Office of Elections' lots procedure and ruled that a special general election between Medeiros and Souza will be held concurrent with the regularly scheduled general election to determine the district's representative. On September 9th, Medeiros filed a request for the court to reconsider its ruling.
District 44
District 46
District 51
See also Elections in Hawaii List of Hawaii state legislatures
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