2016Final resultsSpecial election
2016 special election for Hawaii Senate District 1
Hawaii State Senate · Hawaii
Kaiali’i Kahele (D) won with 88.9% of the vote, defeating Kimberly A. Arianoff (Lib) by 77.7 points.
Kaiali’i KaheleDemocrat · winner
88.9%14,488
Kimberly A. ArianoffLibertarian
11.1%1,816
16,304 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 2016
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET