2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election

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2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election
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  2018 November 8, 2022 2026  
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Nominee Josh Green Duke Aiona
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Sylvia Luke Seaula Tupa'i Jr.
Popular vote261,025152,237
Percentage63.16%36.84%

2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election results by congressional district.svg
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Green:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Aiona:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
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Governor before election

David Ige
Democratic

Elected Governor

Josh Green
Democratic

The 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Democratic governor David Ige was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third term. Incumbent lieutenant governor Josh Green was the Democratic nominee, and faced former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona, the Republican nominee. This marked the third time Aiona had been the Republican gubernatorial nominee, having previously run unsuccessfully in 2010 and 2014. Green won the election with 63.2% of the vote. [1] [2]

Contents

Green's performance was the highest percentage of the vote ever received by any gubernatorial candidate in the state's history, surpassing the record from the previous election. Despite this, Aiona performed 3 points better and received 20,000 more raw votes than Andria Tupola did in 2018, likely because there were no third-party candidates in the 2022 race. Green is the first Hawaii governor born after Hawaii's statehood.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew
Declined
Endorsements
Kirk Caldwell (withdrew)
Vicky Cayetano

Organizations

  • Patsy T. Mink Foundation [16]
Josh Green

Labor unions

Publications

  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser Editorial Board [19]

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Kirk
Caldwell
Vicky
Cayetano
Josh
Green
Kai
Kahele
Undecided
Mason-Dixon [21] July 12–17, 2022317 (LV)± 5.6%19%55%16%10%
MRG Research [22] June 28–30, 2022782 (LV)± 4.0%15%48%16%22%
May 4, 2022Caldwell withdraws from the race
Public Policy Polling (D) [23] [A] February 8–9, 2022644 (LV)± 3.9%5%10%46%14%25%
10%48%17%25%
Mason-Dixon [24] January 24–28, 2022320 (LV)± 5.6%11%8%58%23%
Public Policy Polling (D) [25] [A] November 5–6, 2021600 (LV)± 4.0%7%14%51%28%
21%58%

Results

Results by county:
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Green--60-70%
Green--40-50% 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Green—60–70%
  Green—40–50%
Democratic primary results [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josh Green 158,161 62.91%
Democratic Vicky Cayetano 52,44720.86%
Democratic Kai Kahele 37,73815.01%
Democratic Van Tanabe1,2360.49%
Democratic Richard Kim9910.39%
Democratic David Bourgoin5900.23%
Democratic Clyde Lewman2490.10%
Total votes251,412 100.0%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew
Declined

Endorsements

Keith Amemiya
Ikaika Anderson

Individuals

Labor unions

Sherry Menor-McNamara

Organizations

  • Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawaii [40]
Sylvia Luke

Individuals

Labor unions

Organizations and professional associations

  • Americans for Democratic Action [40]
  • General Contractors Association of Hawai‘i [40]
  • Patsy T. Mink PAC [40]
  • Hawaii Association of Realtors [44]
  • Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association [44]

Publications

  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser Editorial Board [45]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Keith
Amemiya
Ikaika
Anderson
Sylvia
Luke
Sherry
Menor-McNamara
Jill
Tokuda
Undecided
Mason-Dixon [46] July 12–17, 2022317 (LV)± 5.6%19%18%21%4%38%
MRG Research [47] June 28–30, 2022782 (LV)± 4.0%10%14%20%7%48%
April 27, 2022Tokuda withdraws from the race
Mason-Dixon [48] January 24–28, 2022320 (LV)± 5.6%8%9%3%7%13%60%

Results

Results by county:
Luke--<40%
Anderson--<40% 2022 Hawaii lieutenant gubernatorial Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Luke—<40%
  Anderson—<40%
Democratic primary results [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sylvia Luke 87,797 36.23%
Democratic Ikaika Anderson 67,46227.84%
Democratic Keith Amemiya 57,19923.60%
Democratic Sherry Menor-McNamara25,34910.46%
Democratic Sam Puletasi2,3280.96%
Democratic Daniel Cunningham2,2150.91%
Total votes242,350 100.0%

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined
Endorsements
Duke Aiona

Labor unions

  • State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, police union [59]

Publications

  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser Editorial Board [19]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Duke
Aiona
Gary
Cordery
Lynn Barry
Mariano
Paul
Morgan
B.J.
Penn
Heidi Haunani
Tsuneyoshi
Undecided
Mason-Dixon [21] July 12–17, 2022133 (LV)± 8.7%48%26%9%17%
MRG Research [60] June 28–30, 2022269 (LV)± 6.0%27%7%3%1%24%9%29%

Results

Results by county:
Aiona--50-60%
Aiona--40-50% 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial Republican primary.svg
Results by county:
  Aiona—50–60%
  Aiona—40–50%
Republican primary results [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Duke Aiona 37,608 49.57%
Republican B.J. Penn 19,81726.12%
Republican Gary Cordery8,25810.88%
Republican Heidi Haunani Tsuneyoshi7,2559.56%
Republican Lynn Barry Mariano9031.19%
Republican Paul Morgan7961.05%
Republican Keline Kahau4690.62%
Republican Walter Woods4380.58%
Republican Moses Paskowitz1890.25%
Republican George Hawat1400.18%
Total votes75,873 100.0%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominee
  • Seaula Tupa'i Jr., pastor [5]
Eliminated in primary
  • Rob Burns, realtor
  • Tae Kim, candidate for Honolulu prosecutor in 2020 [5]

Results

Results by county:
Tupai--60-70%
Tupai--50-60% 2022 Hawaii lieutenant gubernatorial Republican primary.svg
Results by county:
  Tupai—60–70%
  Tupai—50–60%
Republican primary results [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Seaula Tupai Jr. 35,798 53.56%
Republican Rob Burns23,12134.60%
Republican Tae Kim7,91111.84%
Total votes66,830 100.0%

Nonpartisan primary

Under Hawaii law, a nonpartisan candidate must either receive at least ten percent of the vote for that office (32,729 votes for governor or 30,918 votes for lieutenant governor) or receive a vote "equal to or greater than the lowest vote received by the partisan candidate who was nominated" (37,608 votes for governor or 35,798 votes for lieutenant governor) to qualify for the general election ballot. [61] Because none of the nonpartisan candidates for governor or lieutenant governor met that threshold, no nonpartisan candidates for governor or lieutenant governor advanced to the general election.

Governor

Candidates

Eliminated in primary
  • Caleb Nazara, pastor
  • Keleionalani Taylor, activist

Results

Nonpartisan primary results [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Keleionalani Taylor75561.94%
Nonpartisan Caleb Nazara46438.06%
Total votes1,219 100.0%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominee
  • Charles Keoho

Results

Nonpartisan primary results [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Charles Keoho1,030100.0%
Total votes1,030 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [62] Solid DMarch 4, 2022
Inside Elections [63] Solid DMarch 4, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [64] Safe DJanuary 26, 2022
Politico [65] Solid DApril 1, 2022
RCP [66] Safe DJanuary 10, 2022
Fox News [67] Solid DMay 12, 2022
538 [68] Solid DJune 30, 2022
Elections Daily [69] Safe DNovember 7, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Josh Green (D)

Organizations

Labor unions

Publications

  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser Editorial Board [19] (co-endorsed with Aiona)
Duke Aiona (R)

Publications

  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser Editorial Board [19] (co-endorsed with Green)

Results

2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election [72]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic 261,025 63.16% +0.49%
Republican
152,23736.84%+3.14%
Total votes413,262 100.00%
Turnout 417,21548.44%–4.24
Registered electors 861,358
Democratic hold

By county

By county
County Josh Green
Democratic
Duke Aiona
Republican
MarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%
Hawaii [73] 42,15265.8421,87034.1620,28231.6864,022
Honolulu [74] 170,57562.36102,96837.6467,60724.72273,543
Kauai [75] 14,22759.639,63240.374,59519.2623,859
Maui [76] 33,93065.7917,64134.2116,28931.5851,571
Totals259,90163.21151,25836.79108,64326.42411,159

By congressional district

Green won both congressional districts. [77]

DistrictGreenAionaRepresentative
1st 64%36% Ed Case
2nd 62%38% Kai Kahele (117th Congress)
Jill Tokuda (118th Congress)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by 314 Action, which endorsed Josh Green

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