2026 Hawaii Senate election

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2026 Hawaii Senate election
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13 of the 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Ron Kouchi Brenton Awa
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceMay 5, 2015November 8, 2024
Leader's seat8–Lihue 23–Kahaluʻu
Last election68.8%, 12 seats [a] 29.2%, 1 seat
Current seats223
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 10
Seats up121
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Incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent     Republican incumbent
     No election
Incumbent President

Ron Kouchi
Democratic



The 2026 Hawaii Senate election is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to elect 13 of 25 representatives to serve four-year terms in the Hawaii Senate. Partisan primaries will take place on August 8, 2026. [1] Democrats currently hold a veto-proof supermajority in the chamber.

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State senators in Hawaii represent an average of 58,405 residents as of the 2020 United States census. [2] If a primary or general election in a district sees only one candidate file, no election will be held. Four general elections in 2024 were canceled due to lack of competition.

Summary

By district

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

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
2nd Joy San Buenaventura DemTBD
5th Troy Hashimoto DemTBD
8th Ron Kouchi DemTBD
9th Stanley Chang DemTBD
10th Les Ihara Jr. DemTBD
11th Carol Fukunaga DemTBD
13th Karl Rhoads DemTBD
14th Donna Mercado Kim DemTBD
15th Glenn Wakai DemTBD
17th Donovan Dela Cruz DemTBD
20th Kurt Fevella RepTBD
21st Mike Gabbard DemTBD
25th Chris Lee DemTBD

Background

DistrictCountyReg. voters
(2022) [3] 		2022 vote [b] 2024 pres. [4]
2nd Hawaii 31,110D+43.9D+26.9
5th Maui 34,796D+Unopp.D+24.7
8th Kauaʻi 48,494D+48.3D+19.5
9th Honolulu 39,591D+40.5D+36.7
10th Honolulu 32,962D+34.0D+42.5
11th Honolulu 34,811D+50.6D+46.1
13th Honolulu 30,596D+42.4D+34.7
14th Honolulu 26,267D+47.1D+18.1
15th Honolulu 31,254D+35.4D+14.0
17th Honolulu 34,101D+30.4D+15.6
20th Honolulu 31,964R+Unopp.R+4.8
21st Honolulu 33,170D+17.8R+4.2
25th Honolulu 40,051D+40.6D+30.2

Detailed results

District 2 • District 5 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 17 • District 20 • District 21 • District 25

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Joy San Buenaventura was re-elected in 2022 with 69.74% of the vote. She has not announced if she will run for re-election.

District 5

Incumbent Democrat Troy Hashimoto was elected in a 2024 special election unopposed. He has not announced if he will run for re-election.

District 8

Incumbent Democrat Ron Kouchi was re-elected in 2022 with 71.41% of the vote. Although previously signaling he would retire, Kouchi instead announced he would run for re-election. [5]

Democratic primary

Declared
Declined

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Stanley Chang was re-elected in 2022 with 70.27% of the vote. He has not announced if he will run for re-election.

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Les Ihara Jr. was re-elected in 2022 with 66.98% of the vote. He has not announced if he will run for re-election.

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Carol Fukunaga was elected in 2022 with 75.31% of the vote. She has not announced if she will run for re-election.

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Karl Rhoads was re-elected in 2022 with 64.36% of the vote. He has not announced if he will run for re-election.

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Donna Mercado Kim was re-elected in 2022 with 73.57% of the vote. She has not announced if she will run for re-election.

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Glenn Wakai was re-elected in 2022 with 67.69% of the vote. He has not announced if he will run for re-election.

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Donovan Dela Cruz was re-elected in 2022 with 65.20% of the vote. He has not announced if he will run for re-election.

District 20

Incumbent Republican Kurt Fevella was re-elected in 2022 unopposed. He has not announced if he will run for re-election.

District 21

Incumbent Democrat Mike Gabbard was re-elected in 2022 with 58.89% of the vote. He has not announced if he will run for re-election.

District 25

Incumbent Democrat Chris Lee was re-elected in 2022 with 70.30% of the vote. He has not announced if he will run for re-election.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Of districts last up in 2022
  2. ↑ District 5 had a special election in 2024, but it was also unopposed.

References

  1. ↑ "Contest Schedule". State of Hawaii Office of Elections. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Population represented by state legislators". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Hawaii 2022 General Election - Turnout by State Senate District". ArcGIS. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ "HI 2022 State Senate". Dave's Redistricting . Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "The Sunshine Blog: Kouchi's Running After All. So What Will Kawakami Do?". Civil Beat . August 17, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
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