2010 Hawaii Senate election

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2010 Hawaii Senate election
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15 of 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Brickwood Galuteria.jpg Fred Hemmings.jpg
Leader Brickwood Galuteria Fred Hemmings
(retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seatDistrict 1225th district
Last election232
Seats after241
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote140,55069,190
Percentage67.01%32.99%
President of the Senate before election

Colleen Hanabusa
Democratic

Elected President of the Senate

Shan Tsutsui
Democratic

The 2010 Hawaii Senate election was held on November 2, 2010, to determine which party would control the Hawaii Senate for the following two years in the 26th Hawaii State Legislature. Fifteen seats were up for election and the primary was held on September 18, 2010. Prior to the election, 23 seats were held by Democrats and 2 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw the Democrats gain a single seat, thereby retaining control over the Hawaii Senate and reducing the Republican minority to just a single seat. [1]

Contents

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [2] Safe DNovember 1, 2010

Retirements

  1. District 15: Norman Sakamoto (D) retired.
  2. District 22: Robert Bunda (D) retired.
  3. District 25: Fred Hemmings (R) retired.

Results

District 2

District 2 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Russell S. Kokubun (incumbent) 13,432 75.41%
Republican Michael Hale4,38124.59%
Total votes17,813 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shan Tsutsui (incumbent) 10,931 77.84%
Republican Eric Seibert3,11322.16%
Total votes14,046 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 7

District 7 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ron Kouchi (incumbent) 14,438 69.81%
Republican David Hamman6,24530.19%
Total votes20,683 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 8

District 8 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sam Slom (incumbent) 12,318 61.50%
Democratic Larry Price7,71138.50%
Total votes20,029 100.0%
Republican hold

District 9

District 9 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Les Ihara Jr. (incumbent) 11,058 71.25%
Republican Lisa Shorba4,46128.75%
Total votes15,519 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 10

District 10 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Taniguchi (incumbent) 10,398 75.15%
Republican Eric Marshall3,43924.85%
Total votes13,837 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 11

District 11 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carol Fukunaga (incumbent) 100.0%
Total votes100.0%
Democratic hold

District 13

District 13 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Suzanne Chun Oakland (incumbent) 10,324 75.45%
Republican Judy Franklin3,35924.55%
Total votes13,683 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Donna Mercado Kim (incumbent) 8,481 82.08%
Republican Peter Dudek1,85217.92%
Total votes10,333 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 15

District 15 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Glenn Wakai 7,753 67.32%
Republican Ben Pascua3,76432.68%
Total votes11,517 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 19

District 19 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Gabbard (incumbent) 10,636 74.36%
Republican Aaron Bonar3,66725.64%
Total votes14,303 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 20

District 20 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Will Espero (incumbent) 7,863 62.03%
Republican Anel Montes4,81437.97%
Total votes12,677 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Donovan Dela Cruz 8,738 70.96%
Republican Charles Aki3,57629.04%
Total votes12,314 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 24

District 24 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jill Tokuda (incumbent) 10,010 58.37%
Republican Tracy Bean7,14041.63%
Total votes17,150 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 25

District 25 election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Pohai Ryan 8,777 55.42%
Republican Virginia Enos7,06144.58%
Total votes15,838 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

References

  1. ↑ "Hawaii State Senate elections, 2010". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  2. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (November 1, 2010). "Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats". Governing. Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
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