November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2014 → 24 1 165,035 72,264 Start date November 6, 2012 | District 12 District 9 24 1 68.13% 29.83% | |
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The 2012 Hawaii State Senate Elections were held on November 6, 2012. State senators in all 25 districts of the Hawaii State Senate were up for election. 9 seats were won in the primary uncontested. No seats changed parties in this election.
Overview
No seats were lost as a result of the decennial reappropriation of districts. Only 2 incumbent senators were not reelected. District 11 Senator Carol Fukunaga was defeated by fellow Democratic Senator Brian Taniguchi (formerly District 10) in the primary. Pohai Ryan, incumbent District 25 senator, was defeated by Laura Thielen in the primary.
References
Hawaii Senate elections, 2012 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA