Hawaii House: Party Control and History

Current seats

Democratic majorityDemocrats 41, Republicans 10. 51 seats; 26 for a majority.

Democrats 41Republicans 10

Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 41Republican 10

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1968-2022

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Seats	Control
2022	45	6	51	Democratic majority
2020	47	4	51	Democratic majority
2018	46	5	51	Democratic majority
2016	45	6	51	Democratic majority
2014	43	8	51	Democratic majority
2012	44	7	51	Democratic majority
2010	43	8	51	Democratic majority
2008	45	6	51	Democratic majority
2006	43	8	51	Democratic majority
2004	41	10	51	Democratic majority
2002	36	15	51	Democratic majority
2000	32	19	51	Democratic majority
1998	39	12	51	Democratic majority
1996	39	12	51	Democratic majority
1994	44	7	51	Democratic majority
1992	47	4	51	Democratic majority
1990	45	6	51	Democratic majority
1988	45	6	51	Democratic majority
1986	40	11	51	Democratic majority
1984	40	11	51	Democratic majority
1982	43	8	51	Democratic majority
1980	39	12	51	Democratic majority
1978	42	9	51	Democratic majority
1976	40	11	51	Democratic majority
1974	34	17	51	Democratic majority
1972	35	16	51	Democratic majority
1970	34	17	51	Democratic majority
1968	38	13	51	Democratic majority

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 35 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share
3	CHRISTOPHER LT TODD	Democrat	65.5%
4	GREGGOR ILAGAN	Democrat	69.9%
5	JEANNE KAPELA	Democrat	60.4%
6	KIRSTIN KAHALOA	Democrat	61.5%
7	NICOLE LOWEN	Democrat	55.5%
8	DAVID A TARNAS	Democrat	62.4%
11	TEREZ "TAMATO" AMATO	Democrat	65.4%
12	KYLE T YAMASHITA	Democrat	65.9%
13	MAHINA POEPOE	Democrat	73.6%
14	ELLE COCHRAN	Democrat	56.3%
15	NADINE K NAKAMURA	Democrat	71.2%
16	LUKE A EVSLIN	Democrat	69.5%
17	DAYNETTE "DEE" MORIKAWA	Democrat	71.0%
20	TINA NAKADA GRANDINETTI	Democrat	69.2%
21	JACKSON D SAYAMA	Democrat	76.5%
22	ANDREW TAKUYA GARRETT	Democrat	78.8%
24	ADRIAN TAM	Democrat	67.6%
27	JENNA TAKENOUCHI	Democrat	69.4%
29	IKAIKA LARDIZABAL HUSSEY	Democrat	67.7%
30	SHIRLEY ANN LABADAN TEMPLO	Democrat	69.2%
31	LINDA ICHIYAMA	Democrat	69.0%
32	GARNER MUSASHI SHIMIZU	Republican	50.4%
34	GREGG TAKAYAMA	Democrat	68.4%
37	TRISH LA CHICA	Democrat	68.3%
38	LAUREN CHEAPE MATSUMOTO	Republican	72.0%
39	ELIJAH PIERICK	Republican	50.1%
40	JULIE REYES ODA	Republican	51.3%
41	DAVID A ALCOS	Republican	58.8%
42	DIAMOND GARCIA	Republican	56.8%
45	CHRIS MURAOKA	Republican	51.7%
46	AMY A PERRUSO	Democrat	57.9%
47	SEAN QUINLAN	Democrat	57.5%
48	LISA C KITAGAWA	Democrat	82.7%
49	SCOT MATAYOSHI	Democrat	72.1%
50	MIKE LEE	Democrat	70.0%

2022: 42 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share
3	CHRISTOPHER LT TODD	Democrat	80.9%
4	GREGGOR ILAGAN	Democrat	69.6%
5	JEANNE KAPELA	Democrat	69.4%
6	KIRSTIN AK KAHALOA	Democrat	67.2%
8	DAVID A TARNAS	Democrat	69.1%
11	TEREZ 'TAMATO' AMATO	Democrat	64.6%
12	KYLE T YAMASHITA	Democrat	68.7%
13	MAHINA M POEPOE	Democrat	68.2%
14	ELLE COCHRAN	Democrat	54.8%
15	NADINE K NAKAMURA	Democrat	73.9%
16	JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA	Democrat	73.3%
17	DAYNETTE 'DEE' MORIKAWA	Democrat	73.5%
19	MARK JUN HASHEM	Democrat	70.5%
20	BERTRAND 'BERT' KOBAYASHI	Democrat	74.7%
21	JACKSON D SAYAMA	Democrat	74.0%
22	ANDREW TAKUYA GARRETT	Democrat	78.0%
24	ADRIAN TAM	Democrat	67.8%
25	SCOTT K SAIKI	Democrat	73.4%
26	DELLA AU BELATTI	Democrat	71.8%
27	JENNA TAKENOUCHI	Democrat	71.6%
28	DANIEL HOLT	Democrat	74.3%
29	JOHN M MIZUNO	Democrat	67.0%
30	ERNESTO 'SONNY' GANADEN	Democrat	72.8%
32	MICAH POOKELA KIM AIU	Democrat	51.7%
34	GREGG TAKAYAMA	Democrat	73.5%
35	CORY M CHUN	Democrat	63.0%
36	RACHELE FERNANDEZ LAMOSAO	Democrat	75.9%
37	RYAN I YAMANE	Democrat	65.7%
38	LAUREN CHEAPE MATSUMOTO	Republican	67.0%
39	ELIJAH PIERICK	Republican	55.1%
40	ROSE MARTINEZ	Democrat	51.6%
41	DAVID A ALCOS	Republican	58.6%
42	DIAMOND GARCIA	Republican	52.8%
43	KANANI SOUZA	Republican	55.5%
44	DARIUS K KILA	Democrat	62.5%
45	CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES	Democrat	55.3%
46	AMY A PERRUSO	Democrat	62.6%
47	SEAN QUINLAN	Democrat	56.8%
48	LISA C KITAGAWA	Democrat	71.4%
49	SCOT MATAYOSHI	Democrat	74.0%
50	NATALIA HUSSEY-BURDICK	Democrat	63.1%
51	LISA MARTEN	Democrat	63.2%

2020: 34 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	MARK M NAKASHIMA	Democrat	71.7%
2	CHRISTOPHER LT TODD	Democrat	85.7%
3	RICHARD HK ONISHI	Democrat	72.2%
4	GREGGOR ILAGAN	Democrat	70.1%
5	JEANNE KAPELA	Democrat	77.1%
9	JUSTIN H WOODSON	Democrat	83.5%
10	ANGUS LK MCKELVEY	Democrat	60.8%
11	TINA ML WILDBERGER	Democrat	74.2%
13	LYNN P DECOITE	Democrat	68.3%
14	NADINE K NAKAMURA	Democrat	76.2%
15	JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA	Democrat	72.8%
16	DAYNETTE "DEE" MORIKAWA	Democrat	73.7%
17	GENE WARD	Republican	64.8%
18	MARK JUN HASHEM	Democrat	67.8%
19	BERTRAND "BERT" KOBAYASHI	Democrat	76.7%
20	JACKSON SAYAMA	Democrat	74.6%
22	ADRIAN TAM	Democrat	67.9%
24	DELLA AU BELATTI	Democrat	77.2%
30	ERNESTO M "SONNY" GANADEN	Democrat	68.0%
33	SAM SATORU KONG	Democrat	74.5%
34	GREGG TAKAYAMA	Democrat	63.4%
35	ROY M TAKUMI	Democrat	65.7%
36	VAL OKIMOTO	Republican	52.3%
37	RYAN I YAMANE	Democrat	74.5%
39	TY JK CULLEN	Democrat	65.8%
40	BOB MCDERMOTT	Republican	58.0%
41	MATTHEW S "MATT" LOPRESTI	Democrat	50.8%
43	STACELYNN KEHAULANI ELI	Democrat	48.9%
44	CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES	Democrat	62.1%
45	LAUREN CHEAPE MATSUMOTO	Republican	66.2%
47	SEAN QUINLAN	Democrat	57.5%
49	SCOT MATAYOSHI	Democrat	77.2%
50	PATRICK PIHANA BRANCO	Democrat	61.3%
51	LISA MARTEN	Democrat	55.0%

2018: 19 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
2	CHRISTOPHER L T TODD	Democrat	83.3%
3	RICHARD H K ONISHI	Democrat	77.6%
7	DAVID TARNAS	Democrat	76.9%
10	ANGUS L K MCKELVEY	Democrat	59.7%
13	LYNN P DECOITE	Democrat	71.6%
17	GENE WARD	Republican	82.9%
18	MARK JUN HASHEM	Democrat	68.3%
20	CALVIN K Y SAY	Democrat	72.9%
22	TOM BROWER	Democrat	66.9%
27	TAKASHI OHNO	Democrat	74.4%
30	ROMY M CACHOLA	Democrat	60.0%
36	VAL OKIMOTO	Republican	54.7%
37	RYAN I YAMANE	Democrat	71.1%
40	BOB MCDERMOTT	Republican	55.8%
41	RIDA CABANILLA ARAKAWA	Democrat	53.8%
46	AMY A PERRUSO	Democrat	66.2%
47	SEAN QUINLAN	Democrat	58.5%
50	CYNTHIA THIELEN	Republican	62.1%
51	CHRIS LEE	Democrat	69.3%

2016: 30 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	NAKASHIMA, Mark M.	not in source	79.6%	seats not in source
3	ONISHI, Richard H.K.	not in source	74.2%	seats not in source
4	SAN BUENAVENTURA, Joy A.	not in source	75.5%	seats not in source
5	CREAGAN, Richard P.	not in source	77.8%	seats not in source
6	LOWEN, Nicole E.	not in source	67.5%	seats not in source
7	EVANS, Cindy	not in source	62.4%	seats not in source
8	SOUKI, Joe	not in source	71.7%	seats not in source
10	MCKELVEY, Angus L.K.	not in source	73.5%	seats not in source
11	ING, Kaniela	not in source	70.0%	seats not in source
13	DECOITE, Lynn	not in source	67.7%	seats not in source
14	NAKAMURA, Nadine K.	not in source	72.5%	seats not in source
16	MORIKAWA, Dee	not in source	75.9%	seats not in source
17	WARD, Gene	not in source	74.3%	seats not in source
19	KOBAYASHI, Bertrand (Bert)	not in source	65.1%	seats not in source
20	SAY, Calvin K.Y.	not in source	69.9%	seats not in source
22	BROWER, Tom	not in source	65.4%	seats not in source
24	BELATTI, Della Au	not in source	70.6%	seats not in source
28	MIZUNO, John M.	not in source	76.0%	seats not in source
29	HOLT, Daniel	not in source	77.2%	seats not in source
31	JOHANSON, Aaron Ling	not in source	70.0%	seats not in source
34	TAKAYAMA, Gregg	not in source	57.2%	seats not in source
35	TAKUMI, Roy M.	not in source	67.3%	seats not in source
36	FUKUMOTO CHANG, Beth	not in source	67.5%	seats not in source
37	YAMANE, Ryan I.	not in source	76.6%	seats not in source
40	MCDERMOTT, Bob	not in source	58.7%	seats not in source
41	LOPRESTI, Matthew S. (Matt)	not in source	59.6%	seats not in source
43	TUPOLA, Andria	not in source	66.6%	seats not in source
44	GATES, Cedric Asuega	not in source	62.7%	seats not in source
46	OSHIRO, Marcus R.	not in source	79.0%	seats not in source
47	QUINLAN, Sean	not in source	50.8%	seats not in source

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.