Election Results
Hawaii voted decisively for the Democratic presidential candidate in 2024, continuing a decades-long Democratic streak.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
- •Hawaii has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1988.
Governors
Josh Green (D), a physician, has been governor since December 2022, governing with large Democratic legislative majorities.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Green | Democratic | 2022–present |
| Neil Abercrombie | Democrat | 2010–2014 |
| Linda Lingle | Republican | 2002–2010 |
| Benjamin J. Cayetano | Democrat | 1994–2002 |
| John Waihee | Democrat | 1986–1994 |
| George Ryoichi Ariyoshi | Democrat | 1973–1986 |
| John Anthony Burns | Democrat | 1962–1974 |
| William Francis Quinn | Republican | 1957–1962 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
- •Hawaii is one of the most reliably Democratic states in presidential elections.
Senators
Hawaii's two U.S. Senators, Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, are both Democrats.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
- •Mazie Hirono is the first Asian-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
Representatives
Hawaii sends two representatives to the U.S. House, both currently Democrats.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Hawaii
1960–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
Voting Trends
Hawaii has one of the most consistently Democratic voting patterns in the U.S., last backing a Republican presidential candidate in 1984.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Party Distribution
Hawaii's state government is dominated by the Democratic Party, which holds a supermajority in the legislature.