Staggered Senate
Senators serve four-year terms, with one two-year term after each redistricting, so about half the seats are on the ballot each election.
Hawaii › Hawaii State Senate · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Hawaii State Senate District 2
Joy San Buenaventura has no major-party opponent.
Joy San Buenaventura has no major-party opponent.
How this race is decided
The candidates
DemocraticIncumbent
Joy San Buenaventura
- Experience
- State legislature
Libertarian
Fred Fogel
The district
Lean D+30: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 46,251
- People per km²
- 30
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 24%
- White, no degree
- 28%of adults
- White 34%
- Hispanic 16%
- Black 1%
- Asian 14%
- Other / multiracial 36%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024 President Vote in this district
18,742 two-party votes · D+27.6 · D+29.1 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)63.8%
Donald Trump (R)36.2%
2022
13,602 votes · D+45.8✓ Joy Sanbuenaventura (D)69.7%
Holly L Osborn (R)25.9%
Frederick F Fogel (L)4.4%
2020 Earlier district lines
18,919 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Joy San Buenaventura (D)75.2%
Ron G Ka-Ipo (—)24.8%
2020 President Vote in this district
17,889 two-party votes · D+35.7 · D+31.2 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)67.9%
Donald Trump (R)32.1%
2016 Earlier district lines
14,152 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Russell E Ruderman (D)82.4%
Frederick F Fogel (L)17.6%
2016 President Vote in this district
11,631 two-party votes · D+40.8 · D+38.5 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)70.4%
Donald Trump (R)29.6%