2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Hawaii Senate District 12
Hawaii State Senate · Hawaii
Brickwood M. Galuteria (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Gordon M. Trimble (R) by 5.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Brickwood M. GaluteriaDemocrat · winner
52.8%6,618
Gordon M. TrimbleRepublican · incumbent
47.2%5,922
12,540 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET