2018 Hawaii State Senate election

Hawaii State Senate elections, 2018
	November 6, 2018
	November 6, 2018
13 of the 25 seats in the Hawaii State Senate; 13 seats needed for a majority
President of the Senate before election; Ron Kouchi; Democratic	Elected President of the Senate ; Ron Kouchi; Democratic

The 2018 Hawaii State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Hawaii voter elected state senators in 13 of the state senate's 25 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Hawaii State Senate.

A primary election on August 11, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Hawaii's Office of Elections website.[1] A statewide map of Hawaii's state Senate districts can be obtained from the state's Office of Planning here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the state's Office of Elections here.

Following the 2016 state senate elections, Democrats maintained effective control of the Senate with all 25 members.

To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to gain 13 senate seats. In the election, the Republicans managed to gain one seat, and returned to having a presence in the chamber after being shut out in the 2016 elections.

Summary of results by Senate district

Districts not shown did not have an election until 2020.

State Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st	Kaiali‘i Kahele	Dem	Kaiali‘i Kahele	Dem
3rd	Josh Green	Dem	Dru Kanuha	Dem
4th	Lorraine Inouye	Dem	Lorraine Inouye	Dem
6th	Roz Baker	Dem	Roz Baker	Dem
7th	J. Kalani English	Dem	J. Kalani English	Dem
12th	Brickwood Galuteria	Dem	Sharon Moriwaki	Dem
16th	Breene Harimoto	Dem	Breene Harimoto	Dem
17th	Clarence K. Nishihara	Dem	Clarence K. Nishihara	Dem
18th	Michelle Kidani	Dem	Michelle Kidani	Dem
19th	Jon Yoshimura	Dem	Kurt Fevella	Rep
21st	Maile Shimabukuro	Dem	Maile Shimabukuro	Dem
23rd	Gil Riviere	Dem	Gil Riviere	Dem
24th	Jill N. Tokuda	Dem	Jarrett Keohokalole	Dem

Source:[2]

Detailed Results by State Senate District

District 1 • District 3 • District 4 • District 6 • District 7 • District 12 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 24

Source: [2][3]

District 1

Hawaii's 1st State Senate District Libertarian Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Kimberly Arianoff	15	100.0
Total votes			15	100.0

Hawaii's 1st State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kaiali‘i Kahele (incumbent)	9,542	100.0
Total votes			9,542	100.0

Hawaii's 1st Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kaiali‘i Kahele (incumbent)	12,492	87.5
	Libertarian	Kimberly Arianoff	1,792	12.5
Total votes			14,284	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 3

Hawaii's 3rd State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dru Kanuha	4,322	54.6
	Democratic	Brenda Ford	3,600	45.4
Total votes			7,922	100.0

Hawaii's 3rd State Senate District Libertarian Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Michael Last	19	100.0
Total votes			19	100.0

Hawaii's 3rd Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dru Kanuha	10,650	79.3
	Libertarian	Michael Last	2,773	20.7
Total votes			13,423	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

Hawaii's 4th State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorraine Inouye (incumbent)	4,982	54.9
	Democratic	Heather Kimball	4,092	45.1
Total votes			9,074	100.0

The state of Hawaii does not report vote totals for uncontested races. Incumbent Democrat Lorraine Inouye was re-elected without opposition in the general election.

Hawaii's 4th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorraine Inouye (incumbent)	Unreported	100.0
Total votes			Unreported	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

Hawaii's 6th State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roz Baker (incumbent)	3,394	50.8
	Democratic	Terez Amato	3,288	49.2
Total votes			6,682	100.0

Hawaii's 6th State Senate District Green Party Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Melissah Shishido	29	100.0
Total votes			29	100.0

Hawaii's 6th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roz Baker (incumbent)	8,978	67.2
	Green	Melissah Shishido	4,379	32.8
Total votes			13,357	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

Hawaii's 7th State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Kalani English (incumbent)	7,331	68.2
	Democratic	Michael Tengan	2,547	23.7
	Democratic	Gayla Haliniak	872	8.1
Total votes			10,750	100.0

The state of Hawaii does not report vote totals for uncontested races. Incumbent Democrat J. Kalani English was re-elected without opposition in the general election.

Hawaii's 7th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Kalani English (incumbent)	Unreported	100.0
Total votes			Unreported	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

Hawaii's 12th State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Moriwaki	4,687	61.4
	Democratic	Brickwood Galuteria (incumbent)	2,942	38.6
Total votes			7,629	100.0

Hawaii's 12th State Senate District Republican Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Barry Mariano	941	100.0
Total votes			941	100.0

Hawaii's 12th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Y. Moriwaki	9,507	70.4
	Republican	Lynn Barry Mariano	3,999	29.6
Total votes			13,506	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

Hawaii's 16th State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Breene Harimoto (incumbent)	8,757	100.0
Total votes			8,757	100.0

The state of Hawaii does not report vote totals for uncontested races. Incumbent Democrat Breene Harimoto was re-elected without opposition in the general election.

Hawaii's 16th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Breene Harimoto (incumbent)	Unreported	100.0
Total votes			Unreported	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17

Hawaii's 17th State Senate District Republican Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Clemente	746	100.0
Total votes			746	100.0

Hawaii's 17th State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence K. Nishihara (incumbent)	6,177	100.0
Total votes			6,177	100.0

Hawaii's 17th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clarence K. Nishihara (incumbent)	7,828	68.9
	Republican	Roger Clemente	3,538	31.1
Total votes			11,366	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 18

Hawaii's 18th State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Kidani (incumbent)	9,142	100.0
Total votes			9,142	100.0

Hawaii's 18th State Senate District Republican Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Solis	1,086	68.0
	Republican	Emil Svrcina	510	32.0
Total votes			1,596	100.0

Hawaii's 18th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Kidani (incumbent)	11,845	67.0
	Republican	Tony Solis	5,830	33.0
Total votes			17,675	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

Hawaii's 19th State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt LoPresti	3,280	61.4
	Democratic	Alicia Maluafiti	1,453	27.2
	Democratic	Veronica Duzon	613	11.4
Total votes			5,346	100.0

Hawaii's 19th State Senate District Republican Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kurt Fevella	1,311	100.0
Total votes			1,311	100.0

Hawaii's 19th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kurt Fevella	6,205	50.5
	Democratic	Matt LoPresti	6,089	49.5
Total votes			12,294	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 21

Hawaii's 21st State Senate District Republican Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diamond Garcia	1,314	100.0
Total votes			1,314	100.0

Hawaii's 21st State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maile Shimabukuro (incumbent)	3,945	86.8
	Democratic	Tim Riley	601	13.2
Total votes			4,546	100.0

Hawaii's 21st Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maile Shimabukuro (incumbent)	5,808	58.9
	Republican	Diamond Garcia	4,049	41.1
Total votes			9,857	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

Hawaii's 23rd State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gil Riviere (incumbent)	3,640	66.8
	Democratic	Clayton Hee	1,806	33.2
Total votes			5,446	100.0

The state of Hawaii does not report vote totals for uncontested races. Incumbent Democrat Gil Riviere was re-elected without opposition in the general election.

Hawaii's 23rd Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gil Riviere (incumbent)	Unreported	100.0
Total votes			Unreported	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Hawaii's 24th State Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jarrett Keohokalole	7,840	59.2
	Democratic	Ken Ito	5,397	40.8
Total votes			13,237	100.0

The state of Hawaii does not report vote totals for uncontested races. Democrat Jarrett Keohokalole was elected without opposition in the general election.

Hawaii's 24th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jarrett Keohokalole	Unreported	100.0
Total votes			Unreported	100.0
	Democratic hold

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References

"Primary Election Results". Hawaii Secretary of State. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
"Hawaii State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
"Election Results". Hawaii Office of Elections. Retrieved August 11, 2018.

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[1] "Primary Election Results". Hawaii Secretary of State. Retrieved August 11, 2018.

[ballotpedia-2] "Hawaii State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 11, 2018.

[3] "Election Results". Hawaii Office of Elections. Retrieved August 11, 2018.

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