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Hawaii Senate District 7
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Lynn DeCoite Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
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- Last election
- Lynn DeCoite (Democratic) won by 45.6 points, 2024
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History (20 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 21,822
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLynn DeCoiteWonName as filed: Lynn Pualani Decoite Democratic 15,89272.8% RepublicanGabby Macaraeg Republican 5,93027.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,706
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLynn DeCoiteWonName as filed: Lynn Pualani Decoite Democratic 14,16175.7% RepublicanTamara McKay Republican 4,54524.3% - Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Kalani EnglishWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Kalani EnglishWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Kalani EnglishWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,683
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- Type
- Special election
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRonald D. KouchiWon Democratic 14,43869.8% RepublicanDavid R. Hamman Republican 6,24530.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,035
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGary L. HooserWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,99475.9% RepublicanJoanne S. Georgi Republican 6,04124.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,544
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGary L. HooserWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,27466.3% RepublicanMary Anne Kusaka Republican 8,27033.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,684
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGary L. HooserWon Democratic 15,83273.0% RepublicanRosie Holt Republican 5,85227.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,788
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJonathan J. ChunWon Democratic 14,82588.3% RepublicanRobert Measel Jr. Republican 1,96311.7% - Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLehua FernandessallingWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,212
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGerald T. HaginoWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,73969.0% RepublicanJack M. Magann Republican 3,47331.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,713
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGerald T. HaginoWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,20357.9% RepublicanYoshiro Nakamura Republican 4,51042.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,812
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve CobbWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,25784.8% RepublicanDavid W. Porter Republican 2,55515.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,910
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDennis OconnorWon(incumbent) Democratic 32,49854.2% RepublicanW. Buddy SoaresWon(incumbent) Republican 27,41245.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 149,806
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- Seats
- 4
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve CobbWon Democratic 30,57520.4% RepublicanPatricia SaikiWon(incumbent) Republican 27,90118.6% DemocraticDennis OconnorWon(incumbent) Democratic 27,80718.6% RepublicanW. Buddy SoaresWon(incumbent) Republican 22,67815.1% DemocraticDonald Nishimura(incumbent) Democratic 18,35912.3% DemocraticCarol Fanning Democratic 12,1538.1% RepublicanWayne C. Thiessen Republican 6,2874.2% RepublicanEmil A. Offer Republican 4,0462.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,637
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- Type
- Special election
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanW. Buddy SoaresWon Republican 24,34853.4% DemocraticKeo Nakama Democratic 21,28946.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 148,242
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- Seats
- 4
- District map
- Older district map (1974 to 1981)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPatricia SaikiWon Republican 28,26419.1% RepublicanFred RohlfingWon(incumbent) Republican 27,03018.2% DemocraticDennis OconnorWon Democratic 26,57217.9% DemocraticDonald NishimuraWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,68915.3% RepublicanTennyson Lum(incumbent) Republican 20,72014.0% DemocraticDavid H. Lee Democratic 12,7608.6% RepublicanWayne C. Thiessen Republican 10,2076.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 133,338
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- Seats
- 4
- District map
- Older district map (1970 to 1973)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred RohlfingWon(incumbent) Republican 23,30017.5% DemocraticDonald NishimuraWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,58715.4% RepublicanTennyson LumWon Republican 19,34414.5% DemocraticKenneth F. BrownWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,66014.0% RepublicanTom Kay Republican 15,09111.3% DemocraticRon Luftus Democratic 14,41410.8% RepublicanSargent Kahanamoku Republican 11,4928.6% DemocraticStephen Cobb Democratic 10,4507.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,318
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1969)
Hawaii Senate District 7, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDonald NishimuraWon Democratic 17,79226.8% DemocraticKenneth F. BrownWon Democratic 16,41924.8% RepublicanCliff W. Krueger Republican 16,25224.5% RepublicanWebley Edwards(incumbent) Republican 15,85523.9%
- 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
- 1968 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 Senate District 7, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/hi/senate/7. Retrieved October 30, 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:7
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026