2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election

The 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Democratic Governor David Ige was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third term. Incumbent lieutenant governor Josh Green was the Democratic nominee, and faced former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona, the Republican nominee. This marked the third time Aiona had been the Republican gubernatorial nominee, having previously run unsuccessfully in 2010 and 2014. Green won the election with 63.2% of the vote with Aiona receiving 36.8% of the vote.

Green's performance was the highest percentage of the vote ever received by any gubernatorial candidate in the state's history, surpassing the record from the previous election. Despite this, Aiona performed 3 points better and received 20,000 more raw votes than Andria Tupola did in 2018, likely because there were no third-party candidates in the 2022 race. Green is the first Hawaii governor born after Hawaii's statehood.

Nominee

 * Josh Green, lieutenant governor of Hawaii (2018–present) and former state senator (2008–2018)

Eliminated in primary

 * David Bourgoin, business consultant and candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2020
 * Vicky Cayetano, former First Lady of Hawaii (1997–2002) and wife to former governor Ben Cayetano
 * Kai Kahele, U.S. representative for HI's 2nd congressional district (2021–2023)
 * Richard Kim, dentist, musician, and candidate for governor in 2018
 * Clyde Lewman, realtor
 * Van Tanabe, perennial candidate

Withdrew

 * Kirk Caldwell, former mayor of Honolulu (2013–2021) and former state representative (2002–2008)

Declined

 * Donovan Dela Cruz, state senator (2011–present)
 * Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. representative for HI's 1st congressional district (2011–2015, 2016–2019), candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014, candidate for governor in 2018, and candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2020
 * Sharon Har, state representative (2007–present)

Polling

 * Graphical summary

Nominee

 * Sylvia Luke, state representative (1999–2022) and House Finance Committee chair (2013–2022)

Eliminated in primary

 * Keith Amemiya, business executive and candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2020
 * Ikaika Anderson, former member (2009–2020) and chair (2019–2020) of the Honolulu City Council
 * Daniel H. Cunningham, independent candidate for governor in 2002 and 2010
 * Sherry Menor-McNamara, president and CEO of Chamber of Commerce Hawaii (2013–present)
 * Sam Puletasi, candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014 and for HI's 1st congressional district in 2016 and 2018

Withdrew

 * Jill Tokuda, former state senator (2006–2018) and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2018 (successfully ran for U.S. House)

Declined

 * Sergio Alcubilla, attorney and former director of external relations, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii (ran for Hawaii's 1st congressional district)
 * Donovan Dela Cruz, state senator
 * Joey Manahan, Honolulu City Councilmember (2013–2021) and former state representative (2007–2013)
 * Kym Pine, former state representative, former Honolulu City Councilmember, and candidate for Mayor of Honolulu in 2020
 * Scott Saiki, Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives

Nominee

 * Duke Aiona, former lieutenant governor (2002–2010) and nominee for governor in 2010 and 2014

Eliminated in primary

 * Gary Cordery, businessman
 * George Hawat
 * Keline-Kameyo Kahau, Aloha ʻĀina candidate for Hawaii House of Representatives in 2020 (also filed for Aloha ʻĀina primary)
 * Lynn Barry Mariano, retired Army Officer and Civil Servant
 * Paul Morgan, business consultant and former member of the Hawaii Army National Guard
 * Moses Paskowitz, realtor
 * B.J. Penn, mixed martial arts and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and former UFC Champion
 * Heidi Tsuneyoshi, Honolulu City Councilmember
 * Walter Woods

Declined

 * Peter Savio, businessperson and real estate developer
 * Andria Tupola, Honolulu City Councilmember (2021–present), former Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives (2017–2018), and nominee for governor in 2018

Nominee

 * Seaula Tupa'i Jr., pastor

Eliminated in primary

 * Rob Burns, realtor
 * Tae Kim, candidate for Honolulu prosecutor in 2020

Nonpartisan primary
Under Hawaii law, a nonpartisan candidate must either receive at least ten percent of the vote for that office (32,729 votes for governor or 30,918 votes for lieutenant governor) or receive a vote "equal to or greater than the lowest vote received by the partisan candidate who was nominated" (37,608 votes for governor or 35,798 votes for lieutenant governor) to qualify for the general election ballot. Because none of the nonpartisan candidates for governor or lieutenant governor met that threshold, no nonpartisan candidates for governor or lieutenant governor advanced to the general election.

Eliminated in primary

 * Caleb Nazara, pastor
 * Keleionalani Taylor, activist

Nominee

 * Charles Keoho

By congressional district
Green won both congressional districts.