2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election


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.
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

Polling

Graphical summary

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Nominee

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominee

Nonpartisan primary

Under Hawaii law, a nonpartisan candidate must either receive at least ten percent of the vote for that office or receive a vote "equal to or greater than the lowest vote received by the partisan candidate who was nominated" to qualify for the general election ballot. 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

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominee
  • Charles Keoho

General election

Results

By congressional district

Green won both congressional districts.
DistrictGreenAionaRepresentative
64%36%Ed Case
62%38%Kai Kahele
62%38%Jill Tokuda