Emil Svrcina

Emil Svrcina (Republican Party) ran for election to the Hawaii State Senate to represent District 18. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Incumbent Michelle Kidani defeated Emil Svrcina in the general election for Hawaii State Senate District 18 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michelle Kidani (D)	66.2	13,706
	Emil Svrcina (R)	33.8	6,986

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,692
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Incumbent Michelle Kidani advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18 on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Kidani	100.0	7,075

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,075
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Emil Svrcina advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18 on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emil Svrcina	100.0	1,966

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,966
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Incumbent Michelle Kidani defeated Mary Smart in the general election for Hawaii State Senate District 18 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michelle Kidani (D)	65.7	11,463
	Mary Smart (R)	34.3	5,977

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,440
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Incumbent Michelle Kidani advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18 on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Kidani	100.0	8,862

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,862
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Mary Smart defeated Emil Svrcina in the Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18 on August 13, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mary Smart	71.9	2,295
	Emil Svrcina	28.1	898

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,193
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2020

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Ryan Yamane defeated Emil Svrcina in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ryan Yamane (D)	74.5	10,049
	Emil Svrcina (R)	25.5	3,442

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,491
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Ryan Yamane advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ryan Yamane	100.0	5,991

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,991
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

Emil Svrcina advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emil Svrcina	100.0	1,096

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,096
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2018

General election

General election for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Incumbent Michelle Kidani defeated Tony Solis in the general election for Hawaii State Senate District 18 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Kidani (D)	67.0	11,845
	Submit photo	Tony Solis (R)	33.0	5,830

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,675 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Incumbent Michelle Kidani advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Kidani	100.0	9,142

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,142
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Tony Solis defeated Emil Svrcina in the Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Tony Solis	68.0	1,086
		Emil Svrcina	32.0	510

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,596
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2016

See also: Municipal elections in Honolulu, Hawaii (2016)

The city of Honolulu, Hawaii, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on August 13, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was June 7, 2016. Five of the nine city council seats were up for election. Incumbent Ron Menor defeated Emil Svrcina in the Honolulu City Council, District 9 general election.^[1]

Honolulu City Council District 9, General Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ron Menor Incumbent	82.56%	22,783
Emil Svrcina	17.44%	4,814
Total Votes		27,597
Source: "State of Hawaii Office of Elections", "General Election Official Results 2016", accessed November 28, 2016

2014

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Hawaii House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Ryan I. Yamane was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Emil Svrcina was unopposed in the Republican primary. Yamane defeated Svrcina in the general election.^[2]^[3]^[4]

**Hawaii House of Representatives, District 37, General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ryan I. Yamane Incumbent	76%	7,267
	Republican	Emil Svrcina	24%	2,294
Total Votes				9,561

2012

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2012

Svrcina ran in the 2012 election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37. Svrcina ran unopposed in the August 11 Republican primary and was defeated by incumbent Ryan Yamane (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[5]^[6]^[7]

**Hawaii House of Representatives, District 37, General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ryan Yamane Incumbent	80%	8,660
	Republican	Emil Svrcina	20%	2,163
Total Votes				10,823

Campaign themes

2024

2012

Svrcina's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Environment

Excerpt: "Hawai'i is blessed with ideal weather year round and the most beautiful vegetation, fresh water, and bountiful ocean fishing. We must protect what we have while exploiting these gifts to their fullest. The man-made 'global warming' hoax has been exposed. There is no looming environmental crisis."

Energy

Excerpt: "Petroleum and natural gas is plentiful in the USA and its surrounding areas. The USA has learned to extract these resources with minimal impact to the environment. ...Costly renewable energy programs that destroy the beauty of our State like the wind turbines, should be discontinued until they pay for themselves or are pursued by private enterprises. Government must get out of the energy business."

Technology

Excerpt: "American has been the most innovative country in the world since the industrial and technological revolutions. We have gone from an agriculture, industrial, to a knowledge based society. We can produce more food from smaller areas; manufacture more goods with higher consistent quality, and create new products before there is a demand for them."

Education

Excerpt: "The need for brick and mortar schools has passed. With the access to the internet, and on-line education, we no longer need to send our children to school to be forced to learn in lock-step with students who are either faster or slower learners. Using new technologies, students can learn at their own pace, during the hours that are best for them, not best for the education system."

Tourism/Transportation

Excerpt: "Hawai'i's beauty was meant to be shared. The travel industry is one of the main sources of employment in the State. Jobs in the hotel and restaurant business are a great place for job entry and growth. They are great training grounds for showing ones dependability, initiative, and trustworthiness. Hawai'i should be known not only for it's beauty by the quality of service."

Campaign finance summary

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Emil Svrcina campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Hawaii State Senate District 18	Lost general	$0	$544
2022	Hawaii State Senate District 18	Lost primary	$-100	$1,622
2020	Hawaii House of Representatives District 37	Lost general	$6,500	N/A**
2018	Hawaii State Senate District 18	Lost primary	$1,353	N/A**
Grand total			$7,753	$2,166
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal

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Svrcina is married and has children.^[8]

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Hawaii State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Ronald Kouchi

Majority Leader:Dru Kanuha

Minority Leader:Brenton Awa

Senators

District 1

Lorraine Inouye (D)

District 2

Joy Buenaventura (D)

District 3

Dru Kanuha (D)

District 4

Tim Richards (D)

District 5

Troy Hashimoto (D)

District 6

Angus McKelvey (D)

District 7

Lynn DeCoite (D)

District 8

Ronald Kouchi (D)

District 9

Stanley Chang (D)

District 10

Les Ihara (D)

District 11

Carol Fukunaga (D)

District 12

Sharon Moriwaki (D)

District 13

Karl Rhoads (D)

District 14

Donna Kim (D)

District 15

Glenn Wakai (D)

District 16

Brandon Elefante (D)

District 17

Donovan Cruz (D)

District 18

Michelle Kidani (D)

District 19

Henry Aquino (D)

District 20

Kurt Fevella (R)

District 21

Mike Gabbard (D)

District 22

Samantha DeCorte (R)

District 23

Brenton Awa (R)

District 24

Jarrett Keohokalole (D)

District 25

Chris Lee (D)

Democratic Party (22)

Republican Party (3)

[list-1] Hawaii.gov, "2016 Candidate List," June 7, 2016

[2] Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed June 6, 2014

[3] Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 25, 2014

[4] Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed November 12, 2014

[5] civilbeat.com, " Unofficial 2012 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 24, 2014

[6] Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary election results," accessed March 24, 2014

[7] Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2012 General election results," accessed March 24, 2014

[8] Project Vote Smart, "Emil Svrcina," accessed October 3, 2012

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Emil Svrcina

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

2020

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

2018

General election

General election for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 18

2016

2014

2012

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2020

2012

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