2024 Hawaii Senate election

Not to be confused with 2024 United States Senate election in Hawaii.

The 2024 Hawaii Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections.^[1] 12 of the 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate will be elected.^[2]

2024 Hawaii Senate election

← 2022 November 5, 2024 2026 →
13 of the 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate 13 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ron Kouchi Kurt Fevella Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 8th 19th Seats before 23 2 Seats after 22 3 Seat change 1 1
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President before election Ron Kouchi Democratic Elected President Ron Kouchi Democratic

Background

Primary elections are scheduled for August 10, 2024.^[3]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4]	Safe D	October 23, 2024

Summary of results

By district

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

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Lorraine Inouye		Dem	Lorraine Inouye		Dem
3rd	Dru Kanuha		Dem	Dru Kanuha		Dem
4th	Tim Richards III		Dem	Tim Richards III		Dem
5th‡	Troy Hashimoto[a]		Dem	Troy Hashimoto		Dem
6th	Angus McKelvey		Dem	Angus McKelvey		Dem
7th	Lynn DeCoite		Dem	Lynn DeCoite		Dem
12th	Sharon Moriwaki		Dem	Sharon Moriwaki		Dem
16th	Brandon Elefante		Dem	Brandon Elefante		Dem
18th	Michelle Kidani		Dem	Michelle Kidani		Dem
19th	Henry Aquino		Dem	Henry Aquino		Dem
22nd	Cross Makani Crabbe†[b]		Dem	Samantha DeCorte		Rep
23rd	Brenton Awa		Rep	Brenton Awa		Rep
24th	Jarrett Keohokalole		Dem	Jarrett Keohokalole		Dem

Overall

Summary of the November 5, 2024 Hawaii House of Representatives election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			#	%
					Before	Won	+/–
	Democratic	16			23	22	1
	Republican	8			2	3	1
Total valid votes				%
Blank votes				%
Overvotes				%
Total votes cast				100%
Source: State of Hawaii Office of Elections

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 23, 5.2%
2. District 22, 8.8% (gain)

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

1. District 22: Cross Makani Crabbe, who was appointed to the seat, ran in the 2024 Hawaii House of Representatives election.^[5]

Detailed results

District 1 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 (special) • District 6 • District 7 • District 12 • District 16 • District 18 • District 19 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24

General election results:^[6]

District 1

Democratic primary

2024 Hawaii's 1st Senate district Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorraine Inouye (incumbent)
	Democratic	Laura Acasio
Total votes				100.00

General election

The general election was cancelled because no opposition filed. Incumbent Democrat Lorraine Inouye re-elected.

District 3

General election

2024 Hawaii's 3rd Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dru Kanuha (incumbent)	13,099	63.1
	Republican	Kurt Sullivan	6,259	30.2
		Blank votes	1,384	6.7
		Over votes	15	0.1
Total votes			20,757	100%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Primary and general election cancelled because no opposition filed. Incumbent Democrat Tim Richards III re-elected.

District 5 (special)

Primary and general election cancelled because no opposition filed. Appointed incumbent Democrat Troy Hashimoto elected to a full term.

District 6

General election

2024 Hawaii's 6th Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angus McKelvey (incumbent)	11,473	57.3
	Republican	Sheila Walker	6,864	34.3
		Blank votes	1,558	7.8
		Over votes	145	0.7
Total votes			20,040	100%
	Democratic hold

District 7

General election

2024 Hawaii's 7th Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn DeCoite (incumbent)	15,833	66.5
	Republican	Gabby Macaraeg	5,904	24.8
		Blank votes	2,041	8.6
		Over votes	37	0.2
Total votes			23,815	100%
	Democratic hold

District 12

General election

2024 Hawaii's 12th Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Moriwaki (incumbent)	12,758	64.6
	Republican	Shotaro Dabbs	5,366	27.2
		Blank votes	1,591	8.1
		Over votes	24	0.1
Total votes			19,739	100%
	Democratic hold

District 16

General election

2024 Hawaii's 16th Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brandon Elefante (incumbent)	16,425	69.6
	Republican	Patricia Beekman	5,891	25.0
		Blank votes	1,259	5.3
		Over votes	17	0.1
Total votes			23,592	100%
	Democratic hold

District 18

General election

2024 Hawaii's 18th Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Kidani (incumbent)	13,670	61.7
	Republican	Emil Svrcina	6,978	31.5
		Blank votes	1,508	6.8
		Over votes	9	0.0
Total votes			22,165	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

Primary and general election cancelled because no opposition filed. Incumbent Democrat Henry Aquino re-elected.

District 22

Democratic primary

2024 Hawaii's 22nd Senate district Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cedric Asuega Gates
	Democratic	Stacelynn Kehaulani Eli
Total votes				100.00

Republican primary

2024 Hawaii's 22nd Senate district Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samantha DeCorte
	Republican	Teri Kia Savaiinaea
Total votes				100.00

General election

2024 Hawaii's 22nd Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samantha DeCorte	6,849	53.1
	Democratic	Cedric Gates	5,711	44.3
		Blank votes	318	2.5
		Over votes	14	0.1
Total votes			12,892	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 23

Democratic primary

2024 Hawaii's 23rd Senate district Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Schafer
	Democratic	Clayton Hee
Total votes				100.00

General election

2024 Hawaii's 18th Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenton Awa (incumbent)	10,567	50.3
	Democratic	Ben Shafer	9,477	45.1
		Blank votes	946	4.5
		Over votes	21	0.1
Total votes			21,011	100%
	Republican hold

District 24

Primary and general election cancelled because no opposition filed. Incumbent Democrat Jarrett Keohokalole re-elected.

See also

• Elections in Hawaii
• List of Hawaii state legislatures

Notes

1. Appointed November 9, 2023, to fill the vacancy following Gilbert Keith-Agaran's resignation.
2. Appointed July 30, 2024, to fill the vacancy following Maile Shimabukuro's resignation