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2024 Hawaii Senate election

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2024 Hawaii Senate election

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13 of the 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 19th
Seats before 23 2
Seats after 22 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1

Results:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

President before election

Ron Kouchi
Democratic

Elected President

Ron Kouchi
Democratic

The 2024 Hawaii Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections.[1] 12 of the 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate will be elected.[2]

Background

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Primary elections are scheduled for August 10, 2024.[3]

Summary of results

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By district

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†: Incumbent not running for reelection. ‡: Special election.

District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
1st Lorraine Inouye Dem Lorraine Inouye Dem
3rd Dru Kanuha Dem Dru Kanuha Dem
4th Tim Richards III Dem Tim Richards III Dem
5th‡ Troy Hashimoto[a] Dem Troy Hashimoto Dem
6th Angus McKelvey Dem Angus McKelvey Dem
7th Lynn DeCoite Dem Lynn DeCoite Dem
12th Sharon Moriwaki Dem Sharon Moriwaki Dem
16th Brandon Elefante Dem Brandon Elefante Dem
18th Michelle Kidani Dem Michelle Kidani Dem
19th Henry Aquino Dem Henry Aquino Dem
22nd Cross Makani Crabbe[b] Dem Samantha DeCorte Rep
23rd Brenton Awa Rep Brenton Awa Rep
24th Jarrett Keohokalole Dem Jarrett Keohokalole Dem

Overall

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Summary of the November 5, 2024 Hawaii House of Representatives election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
# %
Before Won +/–
Democratic 16 23 22 Decrease 1
Republican 8 2 3 Increase 1
Total valid votes %
Blank votes %
Overvotes %
Total votes cast 100%
Source: State of Hawaii Office of Elections

Closest races

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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 18, 5.2%
  2. District 22, 8.8% (gain)

Retiring incumbents

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Democrats

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  1. District 22: Cross Makani Crabbe, who was appointed to the seat, is running in the 2024 Hawaii House of Representatives election.[4]

Detailed results

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District 1District 3District 4District 5 (special)District 6District 7District 12District 16District 18District 19District 22District 23District 24

General election results:[5]

District 1

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Democratic primary

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2024 Hawaii's 1st Senate district Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lorraine Inouye (incumbent)
Democratic Laura Acasio
Total votes 100.00

General election

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The general election was cancelled because no opposition filed. Incumbent Democrat Lorraine Inouye re-elected.

District 3

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General election

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2024 Hawaii's 3rd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dru Kanuha (incumbent) 13,099 63.1
Republican Kurt Sullivan 6,259 30.2
Blank votes 1,384 6.7
Over votes 15 0.1
Total votes 20,757 100%
Democratic hold

District 4

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Primary and general election cancelled because no opposition filed. Incumbent Democrat Tim Richards III re-elected.

District 5 (special)

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Primary and general election cancelled because no opposition filed. Appointed incumbent Democrat Troy Hashimoto elected to a full term.

District 6

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General election

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2024 Hawaii's 6th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angus McKelvey (incumbent) 11,473 57.3
Republican Sheila Walker 6,864 34.3
Blank votes 1,558 7.8
Over votes 145 0.7
Total votes 20,040 100%
Democratic hold

District 7

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General election

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2024 Hawaii's 7th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lynn DeCoite (incumbent) 15,833 66.5
Republican Gabby Macaraeg 5,904 24.8
Blank votes 2,041 8.6
Over votes 37 0.2
Total votes 23,815 100%
Democratic hold

District 12

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General election

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2024 Hawaii's 12th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sharon Moriwaki (incumbent) 12,758 64.6
Republican Shotaro Dabbs 5,366 27.2
Blank votes 1,591 8.1
Over votes 24 0.1
Total votes 19,739 100%
Democratic hold

District 16

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General election

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2024 Hawaii's 16th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brandon Elefante (incumbent) 16,425 69.6
Republican Patricia Beekman 5,891 25.0
Blank votes 1,259 5.3
Over votes 17 0.1
Total votes 23,592 100%
Democratic hold

District 18

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General election

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2024 Hawaii's 18th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michelle Kidani (incumbent) 13,670 61.7
Republican Emil Svrcina 6,978 31.5
Blank votes 1,508 6.8
Over votes 9 0.0
Total votes 22,165 100%
Democratic hold

District 19

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Primary and general election cancelled because no opposition filed. Incumbent Democrat Henry Aquino re-elected.

District 22

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Democratic primary

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2024 Hawaii's 22nd Senate district Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cedric Asuega Gates
Democratic Stacelynn Kehaulani Eli
Total votes 100.00

Republican primary

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2024 Hawaii's 22nd Senate district Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Samantha DeCorte
Republican Teri Kia Savaiinaea
Total votes 100.00

General election

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2024 Hawaii's 22nd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Samantha DeCorte 6,849 53.1
Democratic Cedric Gates 5,711 44.3
Blank votes 318 2.5
Over votes 14 0.1
Total votes 12,892 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 23

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Democratic primary

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2024 Hawaii's 23rd Senate district Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben Schafer
Democratic Clayton Hee
Total votes 100.00

General election

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2024 Hawaii's 18th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brenton Awa (incumbent) 10,567 50.3
Democratic Ben Shafer 9,477 45.1
Blank votes 946 4.5
Over votes 21 0.1
Total votes 21,011 100%
Republican hold

District 24

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Primary and general election cancelled because no opposition filed. Incumbent Democrat Jarrett Keohokalole re-elected.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Appointed November 9, 2023, to fill the vacancy following Gilbert Keith-Agaran's resignation.
  2. ^ Appointed July 30, 2024, to fill the vacancy following Maile Shimabukuro's resignation

References

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  1. ^ "Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  2. ^ "Hawaii State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. ^ "Hawaii Primary Results 2024: Live Election Map | Races by County - POLITICO". www.politico.com. 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  4. ^ Mizuo, Ashley (July 31, 2024). "Governor appoints Cross Makani Crabbe to West Oʻahu Senate seat". Hawaii Public Radio. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  5. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION 2024 - State of Hawaii - Statewide" (PDF). November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.