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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

• The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Hawaii
• A list and map of counties in Hawaii
• An overview of local elections in Hawaii
• An overview of the initiative process in Hawaii

Contents

• 1 Counties
  • 1.1 County government
  • 1.2 Full list of counties
  • 1.3 Map of counties
• 2 Elections
  • 2.1 2025
  • 2.2 2024
  • 2.3 2023
  • 2.4 2022
  • 2.5 2021
  • 2.6 2020
  • 2.7 2019
  • 2.8 2018
  • 2.9 2017
  • 2.10 2016
  • 2.11 2015
• 3 Initiative process availability
• 4 See also
• 5 External links
• 6 Footnotes

Counties

County government

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• Government of Honolulu County

Full list of counties

There are four local governments with charters in Hawaii. The only city in Hawaii is Honolulu which is consolidated with the county of Honolulu. The other counties are Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.[1] Hawaii has 17 special districts.[2]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County
Hawaii
Kauai
Maui
Kalawao
Honolulu

Map of counties

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

Elections

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

2025

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

• All local elections by county

2024

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• Honolulu, Hawaii

2023

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Hawaii that year.

2022

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

• Honolulu, Hawaii - City council

2021

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Hawaii that year.

2020

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

• Honolulu, Hawaii - Mayor, city councilors, prosecuting attorney

Past elections

2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

• Honolulu, Hawaii

2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018

• Honolulu, Hawaii - City council (special election)

2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Hawaii that year.

2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

• Honolulu, Hawaii

2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015 Ballotpedia did not cover any local elections in Hawaii that year.

Initiative process availability

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Hawaii

An initiative process is available in all four counties for citizens to propose ordinances and charter amendments (including the consolidated city-county of Honolulu). The process requirements are set by the county's respective charter.[3]

See also

Hawaii	Municipal government	Other local coverage
Hawaii Hawaii elections, 2026 Public policy in Hawaii Endorsers in Hawaii	Top counties 100 largest cities Current mayors Current council officials	2026 municipal elections School board elections, 2026 Local ballot measure elections in 2026 2026 local judicial elections

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Hawaii municipal code library
• Hawaii state government website

Footnotes

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, Governments--Individual State Descriptions, "Hawaii," pg. 111
2. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
3. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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