The Hawaii House of Representatives is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature. Pursuant to Article III,Section 3 of the Constitution of Hawaii,amended during the 1978 constitutional convention,the House of Representatives consists of 51 members representing an equal number of districts across the islands. It is led by the Speaker of the House elected from the membership of the House,with majority and minority leaders elected from their party's respective caucuses. The current Speaker of the House is Nadine Nakamura.
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.
The Government of Hawaii is the governmental structure as established by the Constitution of Hawaii,the 50th state to have joined the United States.
Mark Jeremy Bennett is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party (GMPJP),previously named the Liberty Union Party (LUP) until 2021,is a socialist political party in Vermont,United States. LUP was formed in 1970 by progressives to contest the 1970 Senate election.
The Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Hawaii.
Clayton H. W. Hee is a former Democratic Party member of the Hawaii Senate who represented the 23rd District from 2004 to 2014 and 1984 to 1988. Hee served as chairman of the state senate's Judiciary and Labor Committee.
Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Hawaii,a seat he has held since 2012. A member of the Democratic Party,Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006,representing the 25th legislative district;as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010;and as the 12th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012.
Colleen Wakako Hanabusa is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she ran for her party's nomination for governor of Hawaii in 2018,challenging and losing to incumbent and fellow Democrat David Ige.
Elections in Hawaii are held for various local,state,and federal seats in the state of Hawaii. Regular elections are held every even year,although special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time. The primary election is held on the second Saturday in August,while the general election is held on Election Day,which is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic senator Daniel Akaka decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth full term. Democrat Mazie Hirono defeated Republican Linda Lingle in a rematch of Hawaii's 2002 gubernatorial election. This was the first open Senate seat in the state of Hawaii since 1976.
The 2014 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Hawaii,concurrently with a special election to Hawaii's Class III Senate Seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Arkansas,concurrently with the election of the Governor of Arkansas,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
David Yutaka Ige is an American politician and engineer who served as the eighth governor of Hawaii from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat,he served in the Hawaii State Senate from 1994 to 2014 and the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1985 to 1994.
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.
The 2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Hawaii and lieutenant governor of Hawaii.
Kaialiʻi Kahele is an American politician,educator,and commercial pilot who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2021 to 2023. From 2016 to 2020,he served in the Hawaii Senate from the 1st District. Kahele is a member of the Democratic Party and the son of the late Hawaii Senate member Gil Kahele.
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.
Elections to state legislatures were held in 46 U.S. states in 2014 with a total of 6,049 seats up for election. Six territorial chambers were up in four territories and the District of Columbia.
