The 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Democratic Governor David Ige was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third term. Incumbent lieutenant governor Josh Green was the Democratic nominee, and faced former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona, the Republican nominee. This marked the third time Aiona had been the Republican gubernatorial nominee, having previously run unsuccessfully in 2010 and 2014. Green won the election with 63.2% of the vote with Aiona receiving 36.8% of the vote. Green's performance was the highest percentage of the vote ever received by any gubernatorial candidate in the state's history. Despite this, Aiona performed 3 points better and received 20,000 more raw votes than Andria Tupola did in 2018. Democratic primary Governor Candidates Nominee Josh Green, lieutenant governor of Hawaii (2018–present) and former state senator (2008–2018) Eliminated in primary David Bourgoin, candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2020 Vicky Cayetano, former First Lady of Hawaii (1997–2002) and wife to former governor Ben Cayetano Kai Kahele, U.S. representative for (2021–2023) Richard Kim, dentist, musician, and candidate for governor in 2018 Clyde Lewman, realtor Van Tanabe, perennial candidate Withdrew Kirk Caldwell, former mayor of Honolulu (2013–2021) and former state representative (2002–2008) Declined Donovan Dela Cruz, state senator (2011–present) Sharon Har, state representative (2007–present) Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. representative for (2011–2015, 2016–2019), candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014, candidate for governor in 2018, and candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2020 Endorsements Polling Graphical summary Results Lieutenant governor Candidates Nominee Sylvia Luke, state representative (1999–present) and House Finance Committee chair (2013–present) Eliminated in primary Keith Amemiya, business executive and candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2020 Ikaika Anderson, former member (2009–2020) and chair (2019–2020) of the Honolulu City Council Daniel H. Cunningham, independent candidate for governor in 2002 and 2010 Sherry Menor-McNamara, president and CEO of Chamber of Commerce Hawaii (2013–present) Sam Puletasi, candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014 and for in 2016 and 2018 Withdrew Jill Tokuda, former state senator (2006–2018) and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2018 (running for U.S. House) Declined Kym Pine, former state representative, former Honolulu City Councilmember, and candidate for Mayor of Honolulu in 2020 Scott Saiki, Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives Donovan Dela Cruz, state senator Sergio Alcubilla, attorney and former director of external relations, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii (running for Hawaii's 1st congressional district)