| 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 Size: | 115 |
| Leader1: | Ron Kouchi |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 8th |
| Seats Before1: | 24 |
| Seats After1: | 24 |
| Popular Vote1: | 112,858 |
| Percentage1: | 62.3 |
| Image2 Size: | 115 |
| Leader2: | Kurt Fevella |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat2: | 19th |
| Seats Before2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 56,447 |
| Percentage2: | 31.2 |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Ron Kouchi |
| Before Party: | Democratic |
| After Election: | Ron Kouchi |
| After Party: | Democratic |
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.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | ||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Before election | 24 | 1 | 25 | |
| Not up | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Up | 13 | 1 | 14 | ||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Results | 13 | 1 | 14 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | After election | 24 | 1 | 25 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Change | ||||
| Party | Candidates | Vote | % | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | ||||||
| Democratic | 14 | 112,858 | 62.28 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 24 | |||
| Republican | 6 | 56,447 | 31.15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Libertarian | 1 | 6,172 | 3.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 5,722 | 3.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 181,199 | 100% | 25 | 14 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| Source: State of Hawaii Office of Elections[2] | ||||||||||
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Russell Ruderman | Dem | Joy San Buenaventura | Dem | ||
| 5th | Gilbert Keith-Agaran | Dem | Gilbert Keith-Agaran | Dem | ||
| 8th | Ron Kouchi | Dem | Ron Kouchi | Dem | ||
| 9th | Stanley Chang | Dem | Stanley Chang | Dem | ||
| 10th | Les Ihara Jr. | Dem | Les Ihara Jr. | Dem | ||
| 11th | Brian Taniguchi | Dem | Brian Taniguchi | Dem | ||
| 13th | Karl Rhoads | Dem | Karl Rhoads | Dem | ||
| 14th | Donna Mercado Kim | Dem | Donna Mercado Kim | Dem | ||
| 15th | Glenn Wakai | Dem | Glenn Wakai | Dem | ||
16th*| Bennette Misalucha| style="background:;"|| Dem| Bennette Misalucha| style="background:;"|| Dem|-| 19th| Kurt Fevella| style="background:;"|| Rep| Kurt Fevella| style="background:;"|| Rep|-| 20th| Mike Gabbard| style="background:;"|| Dem| Mike Gabbard| style="background:;"|| Dem |-| 22nd| Donovan Dela Cruz| style="background:;"|| Dem| Donovan Dela Cruz| style="background:;"|| Dem |-| 25th| Laura Thielen| style="background:;"|| Dem| Chris Lee| style="background:;"|| Dem |}Retiring incumbentsTwo incumbent senators (both Democrats) did not seek reelection in 2020.
Detailed results
District 2
District 8Incumbent Democrat and Senate President Ron Kouchi was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded. District 10
District 11Incumbent Democrat Brian Taniguchi was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded. District 13
District 14Incumbent Democrat Donna Mercado Kim was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded. District 15Incumbent Democrat Glenn Wakai was automatically reelected without opposition, with no votes recorded. District 19
District 22
District 25See alsoExternal links
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