by Andrew Walden
LINK: FIRST READ RESULTS 11:41PM Nov 5, 2024
LINK: SECOND READ RESULTS 12:26AM Nov 6, 2024
LINK: THIRD READ RESULTS 8:25AM Nov 6, 2024 (county by county, no statewide report released)
LINK: Fourth Read 10:40am Nov 6 2024 -- Hawaii County only
CLOSE RACE?
SECOND READ NUMBERS:
TOTAL REGISTRATION 860,868
TOTAL TURNOUT 306,882 54.5% (2ND READ)
MAIL TURNOUT 284,168 50.5%
IN-PERSON TURNOUT 22,714 4.0%
PRESIDENTIAL RACE:
Harris 61.6%
Trump 35.8%
Big Island Mayor
ALAMEDA, C. Kimo 35,577 51.2% HTH "Alameda to become Mayor"
ROTH, Mitch 30,717 44.2%
OHA Races
AKINA, Keli'i 165,273 37.6% -- OHA's only honest Trustee wins by biggest margin yet.
AHU ISA, Lei 106,885 24.3%
State Senate Races (Republicans gain one seat? Updated with 2nd Read Results)
State Senator, Dist 22 (Republican gain)
(R) DECORTE, Samantha 5,700 52.3%
(D) GATES, Cedric Asuega 4,920 45.2%
State Senator, Dist 23
(R) AWA, Brenton 9,001 48.6% (Won reelection without campaigning at all.)
(D) SHAFER, Ben 8,699 46.9%
State House Races (Republicans gain 3 & lose 1. Updated with 2nd Read Results)
State Representative, Dist 14
(D) COCHRAN, Elle 2,987 51.3%
(R) ARMSTRONG, Kelly J. 2,350 40.4%
State Representative, Dist 32 (Republican gain)
(R) SHIMIZU, Garner Musashi 4,088 47.6%
(D) AIU, Micah Pookela Kim 4,028 46.9%
State Representative, Dist 38
(R) CHEAPE MATSUMOTO, Lauren 7,697 68.4%
(D) OZAWA, Alexander Kekuanao'a 3,049 27.1%
State Representative, Dist 39 (Republican loss by 71 votes on 3rd read)
(D) ROSENLEE, Corey 4,476 47.4%
(R) PIERICK, Elijah 4,405 46.7%
State Representative, Dist 40 (Republican gain)
(R) REYES ODA, Julie 3,743 48.9%
(D) MARTINEZ, Rose 3,434 44.8%
State Representative, Dist 41
(R) ALCOS, David A., III 4,762 55.2%
(D) CLARK, John H., III 3,460 40.1%
State Representative, Dist 42
(R) GARCIA, Diamond 3,942 53.5%
(D) PARIS, Anthony Makana 3,116 42.3%
State Representative, Dist 45 (Republican gain)
(R) MURAOKA, Chris 2,608 47.4%
(D) DESOTO, Desire Auguste 2,556 46.4%
OTHER INTERESTING RACES
CON. AMEND.: Marriage
YES 232,017 51.7%
NO 180,714 40.3% (Imagine what would have happened if there had actually been a campaign against this)
Blank Votes: 34,379 7.7%
Over Votes: 1,717 0.4%
Maui Councilmember (South Maui)
Tom Cook — 41.6% (26,315 votes)
Kelly Takaya King — 41.4% (26,198 votes)
Hawaii County Councilmember Dist 9 Kohala
James Hustace -- 4,191 votes 56.8%
Cindy Evans -- 3,192 votes 43.2%.