DemocratNot in office · last served 2024Last on a ballot: Nov 2022
Bertrand Kobayashi
Last held office: Hawaii House of Representatives, District 20 (2022–2024). Ran in 12 elections between 1978 and 2022, winning 12.
- Last margin
- +49.4
- Won 2022
- Elections
- 12
- 1978–2022
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Kobayashi was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Hawaii House of Representatives, District 10Hawaii State Senate, District 9Hawaii State Senate, District 13Hawaii House of Representatives, District 19Hawaii House of Representatives, District 20
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Kobayashi has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Kobayashi won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 20 | General | Won | Jessica Caiazzo (R) | 74.7% | D+49.4 | D+44.3 | |
| 2020 | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Won | Michael L. Parrish (R), Wayne Chen (I) | 76.7% | D+58.6 | — | |
| 2018 | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Won | Unopposed | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Won | Stephen N. Bischoff (R), Anthony Higa (L) | 65.1% | D+43.1 | — | |
| 2014 | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Won | Victoria Elizabeth Mathieu (R), Anthony Higa (L) | 67% | D+43.4 | — | |
| 2014 | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 19 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 2012 | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 19 | General | Won | Darrell Young (R) | 68.9% | D+37.7 | — | |
| 1990 | Hawaii State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Unopposed | — | — | — | |
| 1986 | Hawaii State Senate, District 13 | General | Won | Randall M. L. Yee (R) | 52.6% | D+5.3 | — | |
| 1982 | Hawaii State Senate, District 9 | General | Won | Kinau B. Kamalii (R) | 53.9% | D+7.8 | — | |
| 1980 | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 10 | General | Won | Ken Kiyabu (D) | 44.3% | R+11.5 | — | |
| 1978 | Hawaii House of Representatives, District 10 | General | Won | Ken Kiyabu (D) | 46.4% | R+7.2 | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Kobayashi has held
- Hawaii House of Representatives, District 20 · 2022–2024
- Hawaii House of Representatives, District 19 · 2012–2022
- Hawaii State Senate, District 13 · 1986–1994
- Hawaii State Senate, District 9 · 1982–1986
- Hawaii House of Representatives, District 10 · 1978–1982
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Kobayashi has run against
- Jessica Caiazzo (R) · 2022 election, won
- Michael L. Parrish (R) · 2020 election, won
- Stephen N. Bischoff (R) · 2016 election, won
- Victoria Elizabeth Mathieu (R) · 2014 election, won
- Darrell Young (R) · 2012 election, won
- Randall M. L. Yee (R) · 1986 election, won
- Kinau B. Kamalii (R) · 1982 election, won
- Ken Kiyabu (D) · 1980 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive