Hawaii State Senate District 23
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Brenton Awa Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
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- Last election
- Brenton Awa (Republican) won by 5.4 points, 2024
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History (12 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 20,089
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrenton AwaWon Republican 10,59452.7% DemocraticBen Shafer Democratic 9,49547.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,781
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrenton AwaWon Republican 8,09351.3% DemocraticGil Riviere(incumbent) Democratic 7,68848.7% - Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGil RiviereWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,177
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGil RiviereWon Democratic 5,32052.3% RepublicanRichard Lee Fale Republican 4,85747.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,035
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticClayton HeeWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,96553.4% RepublicanColleen Meyer Republican 6,07046.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,996
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticClayton HeeWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,72767.1% RepublicanRichard Fale Republican 5,26932.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,794
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticClayton HeeWon Democratic 9,13154.4% RepublicanJim Henshaw Republican 7,66345.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,890
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMelodie William AdujaWon Democratic 7,80052.4% RepublicanLacene Terri Republican 7,09047.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,957
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBob NakataWon Democratic 7,30948.9% RepublicanJoe Pickard Republican 7,26348.6% LibertarianMichael Powell Libertarian 3852.6% - Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike McCartneyWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,485
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMike CrozierWon Democratic 7,485100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,569
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Hawaii Senate District 23, 1984 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPatsy Kikue YoungWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,569100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1984 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Hawaii State Senate District 23, election results 1984 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/hi/senate/23. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:hi/sldu:23
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026