The 2020 Hawaii House of Representatives elections took place on November 3, 2020, as part of the biennial
2020 United States elections. The process will elect all 51 seats in the
Hawaii House of Representatives
The Hawaii House of Representatives is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature. Pursuant to Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of Hawaii, amended during the 1978 constitutional convention, the House of Representatives consists ...
. Primary elections took place on August 8.
Predictions
Summary of results
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Retiring incumbents
Six incumbent representatives (5 Democrats and one Republican) did not seek reelection in 2020.
#District 4:
Joy San Buenaventura (D) to
run for State Senate
#District 5:
Richard Creagan (D)
#District 20:
Calvin Say
Calvin K.Y. Say (born February 1, 1952) is an American politician and former Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives. Say currently serves as a member of the Honolulu City Council, representing Honolulu's 5th District. He was sworn in a ...
(D) to run for
Honolulu City Council
Honolulu City Council is the legislature of the City and County of Honolulu, the capital and largest city in Hawai'i, the fiftieth state in the United States. The City and County of Honolulu is a municipal corporation that manages government asp ...
#District 41:
Rida Cabanilla (D) to run for State Senate
#District 50:
Cynthia Thielen (R)
#District 51:
Chris Lee (D) to run for State Senate
Defeated incumbents
In primary
Two incumbent representatives, both Democrats sought reelection but was defeated in the August 8 primary.
#District 22:
Tom Brower (D)
#District 30:
Romeo Munoz Cachola (D)
Detailed results
Source for primary results:
Source for general election results:
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 5
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 6
Incumbent Democrat
Nicole Lowen
Nicole E. Lowen is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since November 6, 2012, representing District 6.
Early life and education
Lowen was born in Washington, D.C., and earned her bachelor's d ...
was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 7
Incumbent Democrat David Tarnas was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 8
;Democratic primary
;General election
Incumbent Democrat Troy Hashimoto was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 9
District 10
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 11
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 12
;Democratic primary
;General election
Incumbent Democrat
Kyle Yamashita
Kyle T. Yamashita (born September 2, 1959) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since November 2, 2004 representing District 12.
Elections
*2012 Yamashita was unopposed for the August 11, 201 ...
was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 13
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 19
District 20
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 21
Incumbent Democrat
Scott Nishimoto
Scott Y. Nishimoto is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 2003 representing District 21.
Education
Nishimoto earned his Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Hawai� ...
was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 22
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 23
Incumbent Democrat
Dale Kobayashi was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 24
District 25
Incumbent Democrat
Sylvia Luke
Sylvia J. Luke (born December 15, 1967) is a Korean-American attorney and politician who has served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for the 25th district since 2013. She is serving as the 15th lieutenant governor of Hawaii, sin ...
was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 26
;Democratic primary
;General election
Incumbent Democrat
Scott Saiki
Scott K. Saiki (born July 17, 1964) is an American attorney and politician. Since 1994, he has served as a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, representing the state's 26th district. He served as majority leader from 2013 to ...
was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 27
Incumbent Democrat
Takashi Ohno
Takashi Ohno (born on Kodiak Island, Alaska) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 16, 2013 representing District 27.
Ohno announced in March 2022 that he will not be runni ...
was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 28
Incumbent Democrat
John Mizuno was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 29
;Democratic primary
;General election
Incumbent Democrat Daniel Holt was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 30
;Democratic primary
;Republican primary
;General election
District 31
Incumbent Democrat
Aaron Ling Johanson was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 32
Incumbent Democrat
Linda Ichiyama
Linda Ichiyama is a Democratic member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives, representing Moanalua, Aliamanu and Salt Lake, Hawaii in the 32nd District since 2013. Prior to this, Representative Ichiyama represented the same area when ...
was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 33
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 34
District 35
District 36
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 37
District 38
Incumbent Democrat
Henry Aquino was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 39
District 40
District 41
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 42
;Democratic primary
;General election
Incumbent Democrat
Sharon Har was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 43
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 44
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 45
District 46
;Democratic primary
;General election
Incumbent Democrat
Amy Perruso was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 47
District 48
;Democratic primary
;General election
Incumbent Democrat Lisa Kitagawa was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded.
District 49
District 50
;Democratic primary
;General election
District 51
;Democratic primary
;Republican primary
;General election
See also
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2020 Hawaii elections
References
External links
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* (State affiliate of the U.S.
League of Women Voters)
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Hawaii Office of Elections Candidate List
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