Nov 052026
 

Pa’ele Kiakoma, the Green Party nominee for State House, Hawaii 14th district, has been elected. He was in a 3-way race. The results: Green 2,991; Democratic 2,884; Republican 1,236.
This is the first time the Green Party has won a legislative seat since 2012, when Fred Smith was elected to an Arkansas legislative seat. It is also the first time any party other than the Democratic or Republican Parties has been elected to the Hawaii legislature. And that covers both the state legislature and the territorial legislature.
The 14th district is on Maui. The incumbent, Elle Cochran, had been elected in 2022 and 2024 as a Democrat, but she had switched to the Republican Party in early 2026…

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Nov 052026
 

As a result of Democratic wins in state legislative races and gubernatorial races, the National Popular Vote Plan theoretically can gain enough states in 2027 to take effect. See this story.

The story does not assume New Hampshire will pass the Compact, because New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte was re-elected. However, Democrats won large majorities in both houses of the legislature. See this story.

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