Hawaii state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for Hawaii in 2024.
General election results
Senate
- See also: Hawaii State Senate elections, 2024
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Retiring incumbents
Senate
One incumbent did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] The average number of retirements each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 1.9. That incumbent was:
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Maile Shimabukuro |  Democratic |
District 22 |
House
Four incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] The average number of retirements each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 5.4. Those incumbents were:
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Richard Onishi | Democratic |
District 2 |
| Bert Kobayashi | Democratic |
District 20 |
| Scott Nishimoto | Democratic |
District 23 |
| Cedric Asuega Gates | Democratic |
District 45 |
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Hawaii. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Hawaii in 2024. Information below was calculated on June 17, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Hawaii had 31 contested state legislative primaries on August 10, 2024.
There were 146 candidates, including 96 Democrats and 50 Republicans, running for 63 seats in the state legislature. The average number of total primary candidates in Hawaii from 2010 to 2024 was 158.5.
Fifty-eight incumbents ran for re-election in 2024 and 19 of them faced primary challengers. That was the lowest number of contested incumbents since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010. Among the contested incumbents, 18 were in the House and one was in the Senate.
Five incumbents did not seek re-election in 2024, marking the lowest number of retirements since 2016. All five of the retiring incumbents were Democrats.
Senate
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Hawaii State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[3]
| Open Seats in Hawaii State Senate elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 (8 percent) | 11 (92 percent) |
| 2022 | 25 | 4 (16 percent) | 21 (84 percent) |
| 2020 | 13 | 2 (15 percent) | 11 (85 percent) |
| 2018 | 13 | 3 (23 percent) | 10 (77 percent) |
| 2016 | 14 | 1 (7 percent) | 13 (93 percent) |
| 2014 | 13 | 2 (15 percent) | 11 (85 percent) |
| 2012 | 25 | 0 (0 percent) | 25 (100 percent) |
| 2010 | 15 | 3 (20 percent) | 12 (80 percent) |
House
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[4]
| Open Seats in Hawaii House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 51 | 4 (8 percent) | 47 (92 percent) |
| 2022 | 51 | 11 (22 percent) | 40 (78 percent) |
| 2020 | 51 | 6 (12 percent) | 45 (88 percent) |
| 2018 | 51 | 7 (14 percent) | 44 (86 percent) |
| 2016 | 51 | 2 (4 percent) | 49 (96 percent) |
| 2014 | 51 | 3 (6 percent) | 48 (94 percent) |
| 2012 | 51 | 5 (10 percent) | 46 (90 percent) |
| 2010 | 51 | 5 (10 percent) | 46 (90 percent) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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