2022 Hawaii Senate election


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.
The Democratic Party maintained supermajority control of the chamber, although Republicans were able to win two seats, a first for the party since the 2008 election.

Overview

Closest races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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Retiring incumbents

Democrats

  1. District 6: Rosalyn Baker was retiring.
  2. District 11: Brian Taniguchi was retiring.
  3. District 19: Clarence Nishihara was retiring.

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Democrats

  1. District 1: Laura Acasio lost a redistricting race to fellow incumbent Lorraine Inouye.
  2. District 16: Bennette Misalucha lost renomination to Brandon Elefante.

In general elections

Democrats

  1. District 23: Gil Riviere lost re-election to Brenton Awa.

Detailed results