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2020 Hawaii Senate election

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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2020 Hawaii Senate election

| country = Hawaii

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2018 Hawaii Senate election

| previous_year = 2018

| next_election = 2022 Hawaii Senate election

| next_year = 2022

| seats_for_election = 14 of the 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate

| majority_seats = 13

| election_date = November 3, 2020

| image1 = File:Ron Kouchi.jpg

| image_size = 160x160px

| leader1 = Ron Kouchi

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| leaders_seat1 = 8th

| seats_before1 = 24

| seat_change1 = {{steady}}

| seats_after1 = 24

| popular_vote1 = 112,858

| percentage1 = 62.3

| swing1 =

| image2 = File:Hawaii State Senator Kurt Fevella visits PRTF (cropped).jpg

| leader2 = Kurt Fevella

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| leaders_seat2 = 19th

| seats_before2 = 1

| seat_change2 = {{steady}}

| seats_after2 = 1

| popular_vote2 = 56,447

| percentage2 = 31.2

| swing2 =

| map_image = 2020 Hawaii Senate election.svg

| map_size =

| map_caption = Results:
{{legend0|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}} {{legend0|#F48882|Republican hold}}
{{legend0|#D3D3D3|No election}}

| title = President

| before_election = Ron Kouchi

| before_party = Democratic

| after_election = Ron Kouchi

| after_party = Democratic

}}

{{ElectionsHI}}

The 2020 Hawaii Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Hawaii voters elected state senators in 13 of the state's 25 senate districts. The primary elections on August 8, 2020, determined which candidates would appear on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot.

Following the previous election in 2018, Democrats had control of the Hawaii Senate with 24 seats to Republicans' one seat.

Predictions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | The Cook Political Report{{cite web|title=October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races|url=https://cookpolitical.com/october-overview-handicapping-2020-state-legislature-races|website=The Cook Political Report|access-date=November 1, 2020}}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

|October 21, 2020

Composition

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
style="vertical-align:bottom;"

!rowspan=3|Affiliation

!colspan=2|Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

!rowspan=3|Total

style="height:5px"

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

Democratic

!Republican

nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Before election

| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 24

| 1

! 25

style="background:#bbb" | Not up

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 11

| 0

! 11

colspan=4|
style="background:#bbb" | Up

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 13

| 1

! 14

nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Results

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 13

| 1

! 14

colspan=4|
nowrap style="font-size:80%"|After election

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 24

| 1

! 25

nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Change

|{{steady}}

|{{steady}}

!

Summary

class="wikitable"

|+Summary of the November 3, 2020 Hawaii Senate election results

| colspan="15" align="center" |link=Special:FilePath/File:Hawaii_Senate_Diagram_2018.svg

colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party

! rowspan="2" |Candidates

! rowspan="2" |Vote

! rowspan="2" |%

! colspan="5" |Seats

Before

!Up

!Won

!After

!+/–

style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |

|Democratic

| align="right" |14

| align="right" |112,858

| align="right" |62.28

| align="right" |24

| align="right" |13

| align="right" |13

| align="right" |24

| align="right" |{{steady}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

|Republican

| align="right" |6

| align="right" |56,447

| align="right" |31.15

| align="right" |1

| align="right" |1

| align="right" |1

| align="right" |1

| align="right" |{{steady}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Libertarian Party (US)}}" |

|Libertarian

| align="right" |1

| align="right" |6,172

| align="right" |3.41

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |{{steady}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Aloha ʻĀina Party}}" |

|Aloha ʻĀina

| align="right" |2

| align="right" |5,722

| align="right" |3.16

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |{{steady}}

colspan="3" align="left" |Total

| align="right" |181,199

| align="right" |100%

| align="right" |25

| align="right" |14

| align="right" |14

| align="right" |25

| align="right" |{{steady}}

colspan="10" |Source: State of Hawaii Office of Elections{{Cite web|date=November 19, 2020|title=Statewide Summary|url=https://elections.hawaii.gov/wp-content/results/histatewide.pdf|website=State of Hawaii Office of Elections}}

{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=550px|barwidth=710px|bars={{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}|62.28}}

{{bar percent|Republican|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}|31.15}}

{{bar percent|Libertarian|{{party color|Libertarian Party (United States)}}|3.41}}

{{bar percent|Aloha ʻĀina|{{party color|Aloha ʻĀina Party}}|3.16}}}}{{bar box|title=Senate seats (up for election)|titlebar=#ddd|width=550px|barwidth=710px|bars={{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|92.86}}

{{bar percent|Republican|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|7.14}}}}{{bar box|title=Senate seats (in total)|titlebar=#ddd|width=550px|barwidth=710px|bars={{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|96}}

{{bar percent|Republican|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|4}}}}

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:95%;line-height:14px;"

! class="unsortable"| District

! class="unsortable"|Incumbent

! colspan="2"| Party

! class="unsortable"|Elected Senator

! colspan="2"| Party

2nd

| Russell Ruderman

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Joy San Buenaventura

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

5th

| Gilbert Keith-Agaran

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Gilbert Keith-Agaran

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

8th

| Ron Kouchi

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Ron Kouchi{{efn|group=summary|name=unopposed|Without opposition, the general election was canceled and the incumbent was automatically reelected.}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

9th

| Stanley Chang

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Stanley Chang

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

10th

| Les Ihara Jr.

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Les Ihara Jr.{{efn|name=unopposed}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

11th

| Brian Taniguchi

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Brian Taniguchi{{efn|name=unopposed}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

13th

| Karl Rhoads

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Karl Rhoads{{efn|name=unopposed}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

14th

| Donna Mercado Kim

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Donna Mercado Kim{{efn|name=unopposed}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

15th

| Glenn Wakai

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Glenn Wakai{{efn|name=unopposed}}

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

16th*{{efn|group=summary|Special election called due to the death of Sen. Breene Harimoto. Misalucha was the appointed incumbent.}}

| Bennette Misalucha

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Bennette Misalucha

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

19th

| Kurt Fevella

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

| Kurt Fevella

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|

| Rep

20th

| Mike Gabbard

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Mike Gabbard

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

22nd

| Donovan Dela Cruz

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Donovan Dela Cruz

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

25th

| Laura Thielen

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

| Chris Lee

| style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"|

| Dem

{{notelist|group=summary}}

Retiring incumbents

Two incumbent senators (both Democrats) did not seek reelection in 2020.

  1. District 2: Russell Ruderman (D){{cite web|url=https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/05/20/hawaii-news/ruderman-wont-seek-third-senate-term/|title=Ruderman won’t seek third Senate term|author=West Hawaii Today Staff|date=May 20, 2020|access-date=November 28, 2020|work=West Hawaii Today}}
  2. District 25: Laura Thielen (D){{cite web|url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/11/sen-laura-thielen-wont-seek-re-election-to-hawaii-senate/|title=Sen. Laura Thielen Won’t Seek Re-Election To Hawaii Senate|date=November 7, 2019|access-date=November 28, 2020|first=Chad|last=Blair|work=Honolulu Civil Beat}}

Detailed results

id=toc class=toc summary=Contents

| align=center |

{{nbsp}}District 2 • District 5 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 (special) • District 19 • District 20 • District 22 • District 25{{nbsp}}__NOTOC__

Source for primary results:{{cite web|url=https://files.hawaii.gov/elections/files/results/2020/primary/histatewide.pdf|title=PRIMARY ELECTION 2020 – State of Hawaii – Statewide|date=August 20, 2020|access-date=November 25, 2020|work=State of Hawaii – Office of Elections}}

Source for general election results:{{cite web|url=https://elections.hawaii.gov/wp-content/results/histatewide.pdf|title=GENERAL ELECTION 2020 – State of Hawaii – Statewide|date=November 19, 2020|access-date=November 25, 2020|work=State of Hawaii – Office of Elections}}

=District 2=

Democratic primary

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 2nd Senate District Democratic primary, 2020{{cite web |last1=Salmons |first1=Stephanie |title=San Buenaventura to seek Ruderman’s state Senate seat |url=https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2020/05/22/hawaii-news/san-buenaventura-to-seek-rudermans-state-senate-seat/ |website=Hawaii Tribune-Herald |access-date=8 August 2020 |date=22 May 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Joy San Buenaventura

| votes = 8072

| percentage = 78.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Smiley Burrows

| votes = 2235

| percentage = 21.7

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 10307

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

General election

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 2nd Senate District general election, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Joy San Buenaventura

| votes = 14225

| percentage = 75.2

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

| party = Aloha ʻĀina Party

| candidate = Ron Ka-Ipo

| votes = 4694

| percentage = 24.8

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 18919

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=District 5=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 5th Senate District general election, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Gilbert Keith-Agaran (incumbent)

| votes = 13891

| percentage = 64.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Christy Gusman

| votes = 6683

| percentage = 31.9

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

| party = Aloha ʻĀina Party

| candidate = Rynette Keen

| votes = 1028

| percentage = 4.8

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 21602

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=District 8=

Incumbent Democrat and Senate President Ron Kouchi was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.

=District 9=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 9th Senate District general election, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Stanley Chang (incumbent)

| votes = 19109

| percentage = 61.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Sam Slom

| votes = 11762

| percentage = 38.1

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 30871

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=District 10=

Democratic primary

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 10th Senate District Democratic primary, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Les Ihara Jr. (incumbent)

| votes = 8340

| percentage = 68.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Vicki Higgins

| votes = 2576

| percentage = 21.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Jesus Arriola

| votes = 1306

| percentage = 10.7

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 12222

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

General election

Incumbent Democrat Les Ihara Jr. was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.

=District 11=

Incumbent Democrat Brian Taniguchi was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.

=District 13=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 13th Senate District Democratic primary, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Karl Rhoads (incumbent)

| votes = 8264

| percentage = 86.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Kevin "Shadow" McDonald

| votes = 1302

| percentage = 13.6

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 9566

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

General election

Incumbent Democrat Karl Rhoads was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.

=District 14=

Incumbent Democrat Donna Mercado Kim was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.

=District 15=

Incumbent Democrat Glenn Wakai was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.

=District 16 (special)=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 16th Senate District special general election, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Bennette Misalucha (incumbent)

| votes = 11508

| percentage = 52.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Kelly Kitashima

| votes = 10335

| percentage = 47.3

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 21843

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=District 19=

Democratic primary

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 19th Senate District Democratic primary, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Rida Cabanilla

| votes = 4553

| percentage = 63.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = John Clark III

| votes = 2677

| percentage = 37.0

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 7230

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

General election

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 19th Senate District general election, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Kurt Fevella (incumbent)

| votes = 12345

| percentage = 58.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Rida Cabanilla

| votes = 8813

| percentage = 41.7

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 21158

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=District 20=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 20th Senate District general election, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Mike Gabbard (incumbent)

| votes = 13967

| percentage = 69.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Feena Bonoan

| votes = 6172

| percentage = 30.6

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 20139

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=District 22=

Democratic primary

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 22nd Senate District Democratic primary, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Donovan Dela Cruz (incumbent)

| votes = 8533

| percentage = 85.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Thora-Jean Cuaresma

| votes = 1439

| percentage = 14.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 9972

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

General election

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 22nd Senate District general election, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Donovan Dela Cruz (incumbent)

| votes = 13612

| percentage = 70.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = John Miller

| votes = 5755

| percentage = 29.7

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 19367

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=District 25=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Hawaii's 25th Senate District general election, 2020

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Chris Lee

| votes = 17733

| percentage = 65.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Kristina Kim-Marshall

| votes = 9567

| percentage = 35.0

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 27300

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{citation |author= Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association |work=Voting & Elections Toolkits |url= https://godort.libguides.com/votingtoolkit/hawaii |title= Hawaii }}
  • {{citation |work=Vote.org |location=Oakland, CA |url= https://www.vote.org/state/hawaii/ |title= Hawaii: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links }}
  • {{cite web |title= League of Women Voters of Hawaii |url= https://www.lwv.org/local-leagues/find-local-league }} (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
  • {{Ballotpedia|Hawaii|Hawaii}}

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