The Hawaii State Senate is the upper house of the Hawaii State Legislature. It consists of twenty-five members elected from an equal number of constituent districts across the islands and is led by the President of the Senate,elected from the membership of the body,currently Ron Kouchi. The forerunner of the Hawaii Senate during the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii was the House of Nobles originated in 1840. In 1894,the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii renamed the upper house the present senate. Senators are elected to four-year terms and are not subject to term limits.
Stanley Chang is a Democratic member of the Hawaii State Senate,representing the 9th district. Before entering the legislature,he served as a Honolulu city councilman. He defeated Sam Slom,the last remaining Republican in the Hawaii State Senate,in 2016. Chang faced Slom a second time in 2020,and won reelection.
Takashi Ohno is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for District 27 from 2013 to 2022.
Ty J.K. Cullen is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives who represented District 39 from January 16,2013 until his resignation on February 8,2022. Cullen served in the District 41 seat from 2011 to 2013.
Michelle N. Kidani is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate since November 2012 representing District 18. Kidani served consecutively from 2008 until 2012 in the District 17 seat.
Joshua Booth Green is an American politician and physician who has served since 2022 as the ninth governor of Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2018 to 2022,a member of the Hawaii Senate from 2008 to 2018,and a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008.
Rosalyn "Roz" Hester Baker is an American politician. She was a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate for District 6 from November 2012 to November 2022. Baker served consecutively from 2002 until 2012 in the District 5 seat,and previously served from 1992 until 1998,having served consecutively in the Hawaii State Legislature from 1988 until 1993 in the Hawaii House of Representatives. Baker was appointed by Governor John D. Waiheʻe III to the Senate on November 26,1993,and served as the Senate Chair of Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Jamie Kalani English is a former American politician and was a Democratic member of the Hawaii State Senate representing District 7. English served consecutively from 2001 until 2013 in the District 5 and District 6 seats. English resigned his seat on May 1,2021,months after having been arrested by Federal agents.
Brian T. Taniguchi is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate from January 16,2013,to January 16,2023,representing District 10. Taniguchi served consecutively from 1995 until 2013 in the District 10 and District 11 seats,having served consecutively in the Hawaii State Legislature from 1981 until 1995 in the Hawaii House of Representatives.
Clare Elizabeth Connors is an American lawyer who has served as the United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii since 2022. She served as the 16th attorney general of Hawaii from January 3,2019,to December 10,2021. She was also a former nominee for United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Kurt Fevella is an American politician serving as a member of the Hawaii Senate,representing the 19th District since 2018. His victory in 2018 made him the only state senator not affiliated with the Democratic Party,and the first Republican elected to the Hawaii State Senate since Sam Slom in 2014.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii was held on November 3,2020,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Hawaii,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The state's primary elections were held on August 8,2020.
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.
The Aloha ʻĀina Party is a political party in the US state of Hawaiʻi that advocates for the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and the promotion of Native Hawaiian culture.
Events from 2020 in Hawaii.
Tina Wildberger is an American politician who is currently the Hawaii state representative in Hawaii's 11th district. She won the seat after incumbent Democrat Kaniela Ing decided to run for Hawaii's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She won re-election in 2020 against Aloha ʻĀina Party candidate Howard Greenburg,74.2% to 25.8%.
The State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) is a police union and political action committee located in Honolulu which represents police across the state of Hawaii. Consisting of a separate chapter for each of the four counties in the state along with a statewide board of directors,SHOPO has engaged in lobbying and legal efforts to keep police misconduct files private,and roughly 10 percent of its spending is focused on advertising to promote police officers and the union itself.
The 2022 Hawaii Senate elections were held on November 8,2022,to elect senators in all 25 districts of the state Senate of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Due to the chamber's use of the 2-4-4 term system,members were elected in single-member constituencies,with half of them serving two-year terms and the other half serving four-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections,including for governor of Hawaii. Partisan primaries were held on August 13.
Luella Toledo Costales is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives. She was appointed to represent the 39th district after incumbent Representative Ty Cullen resigned in February 2022.
Croccifixio "Cross" Makani Crabbe is a Democratic member of the Hawaii State Senate. He currently represents the state senate's 22nd district,which became vacant upon the resignation of Maile Shimabukuro in May 2024.
