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Josh Green

Democrat, Governor
Time in office:
  • Lieutenant Governor: 2018-2022
  • Senate: 2008-2018
  • House: 2004-2008

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Bio

An emergency room doctor in civilian life, Josh Green has held elected office in Hawaii since 2004 when he won a Big Island House seat. Four years later, he jumped to the Senate where he served for 10 years. In 2018, Green beat out five other well-known candidates to win the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor and went on, along with Gov. David Ige, to win the November election that year. In 2022, running for governor, Green had a tough primary race against two other Democrats but won by a wide margin and easily defeated a Republican challenger in the November general. The 56-year-old governor is running for reelection in 2026.

Green was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and makes no secret of his love for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He earned degrees in biology and anthropology from Swarthmore College and got his medical degree at Penn State. He moved to Hawaiʻi island as part of the National Health Service Corps. He’s made health care a priority as an elected official, championing health insurance, cancer research and establishing a statewide trauma system, among other things.

During the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and 2021, Green, as lieutenant governor, played a key role as the administration’s health care liaison to the Legislature. He was an outspoken advocate for public safety restrictions, including social distancing, mask-wearing and strict travel protocols, and famously became a critic of the Ige administration for its slow response to the Covid-19 outbreak in Hawaiʻi. More recently, as governor he has lobbied against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the U.S. Secretary of Health. He’s floated the idea of running for president someday. His wife, Jaime Kanani Green, is an attorney. The couple has two children.

Job Description

In Hawaii, the governor is the chief executive and is responsible for the executive branch of state government. Among other things, according to the Legislative Research Bureau, the governor directs the development of the executive budget and the generation of recommendations for revenue producing measures and programs, which are submitted to the Legislature for each fiscal biennium. The governor’s authority includes the power to call the Legislature into special session, to veto legislation passed by the Legislature, to grant reprieves and pardons, and to arrange interstate compacts. The governor is also the commander in chief of the armed forces of the State. The governor nominates and, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints members of boards and commissions and members of the Cabinet and fills vacancies in the House of Representatives and the Senate as well as vacancies in the courts.

Financials

This feature tracks three sources of money intended to help a candidate win election: 1-Money given directly to a candidate’s committee, 2-Money given to an Independent Expenditure Committee, 3-Money given to a political party.

Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

Influence

There are three categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The three categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel, 3-Behests.

Giver
Value
Date
Description
Hawaii Executive Collaborative$1,088Sep 27, 2023Hotel and registration for Hawaii Executive Collaborative Conference

Gifts

For gifts that are allowed, officials must file an annual gifts disclosure statement with the Hawai'i State Ethics Commission if they or their spouse or dependent child receive from a single source one or multiple gifts and the whole aggregate value exceeds $200.

Policy

Bill Positions

This officeholder or this office has taken positions on the following bills during the current session.

Bill
Date
Last Recorded Position
GM 580Mar 7, 2025Support
GM 641Mar 7, 2025Support
GM 642Feb 19, 2025Support
GM 644Mar 5, 2025Support
GM 645Feb 19, 2025Support
GM 697Apr 4, 2025Support
HB 1001Mar 18, 2025Support
HB 1064Apr 1, 2025Support
HB 1076Feb 4, 2025Support
HB 1077Feb 12, 2025Support
HB 1077Feb 12, 2025Support
HB 1079Apr 2, 2025Support
HB 1081Feb 4, 2025Support
HB 1346Jan 30, 2025Against
HB 1378Apr 3, 2025Against
HB 1383Feb 4, 2025Support
HB 1387Feb 11, 2025Support
HB 1565Mar 17, 2026Support
HB 1574Feb 27, 2026Support
HB 1615Mar 2, 2026Support
HB 1635Mar 4, 2026Support
HB 1664Feb 10, 2026Against
HB 1710Feb 18, 2026Support
HB 1782Feb 18, 2026Support
HB 1800Mar 11, 2026Support
HB 1895Feb 3, 2026Support
HB 1937Feb 19, 2026Support
HB 1939Mar 3, 2026Support
HB 2037Mar 4, 2026Support
HB 213Mar 12, 2025Support
HB 2167Mar 23, 2026Support
HB 2268Feb 26, 2026Support
HB 2269Feb 6, 2026Support
HB 2280Feb 25, 2026Support
HB 2296Mar 4, 2026Support
HB 2304Feb 5, 2026Support
HB 2305Feb 18, 2026Support
HB 2306Mar 3, 2026Support
HB 2310Feb 25, 2026Support
HB 2358Mar 6, 2026Support
HB 239Mar 12, 2025Support
HB 2443Mar 23, 2026Support
HB 300Mar 18, 2025Support
HB 300Mar 18, 2025Support
HB 431Mar 28, 2025Support
HB 504Apr 3, 2025Support
HB 621Feb 4, 2025Against
HB 755Jan 30, 2025Support
HB 813Feb 4, 2025Support
HB 838Feb 4, 2025Against
HB 900Feb 24, 2025Support
HB 943Feb 6, 2025Support
HCR 179Mar 25, 2025Support
HCR 64Mar 27, 2025Support
HR 133Mar 20, 2025Support
HR 175Mar 25, 2025Support
HR 58Mar 27, 2025Support
SB 1040Mar 12, 2025Support
SB 1042Apr 2, 2025Support
SB 1228Feb 13, 2025Support
SB 1322Mar 14, 2025Support
SB 1383Feb 3, 2025Support
SB 1395Mar 18, 2025Support
SB 1396Apr 2, 2025Support
SB 1398Feb 5, 2025Support
SB 1399Feb 5, 2025Support
SB 1442Mar 19, 2025Support
SB 1611Feb 4, 2025Against
SB 17Mar 4, 2026Support
SB 2120Feb 3, 2026Against
SB 2211Feb 19, 2026Support
SB 2312Mar 17, 2026Against
SB 2312Mar 17, 2026Against
SB 2463Feb 27, 2026Support
SB 2567Apr 7, 2026Support
SB 2580Feb 19, 2026Support
SB 2615Mar 3, 2026Support
SB 2645Mar 3, 2026Support
SB 2862Feb 3, 2026Against
SB 2930Mar 4, 2026Support
SB 2969Apr 2, 2026Support
SB 299Apr 1, 2025Support
SB 3001Mar 18, 2026Support
SB 3025Mar 25, 2026Support
SB 3123Feb 12, 2026Support
SB 3142Mar 5, 2026Support
SB 3199Feb 25, 2026Support
SB 3204Feb 25, 2026Support
SB 710Feb 10, 2025Support
SB 711Jan 28, 2025Against
SB 798Jan 29, 2025Support
SB 850Mar 19, 2025Support
SB 935Mar 28, 2025Support
SB 950Feb 10, 2025Support
SB 952Mar 11, 2025Support
SCR 135Apr 11, 2025Support
SCR 145Apr 11, 2025Support
SCR 181Apr 10, 2025Support
SCR 51Apr 11, 2025Support
SCR 51Apr 11, 2025Support
SCR 73Apr 10, 2025Support
SR 114Mar 25, 2025Support
SR 114Mar 25, 2025Support
SR 117Mar 24, 2025Support
SR 151Apr 1, 2025Support
SR 33Mar 28, 2025Support
SR 56Mar 24, 2025Support
GM 637Apr 15, 2026Support
GM 747Apr 27, 2026Support

Election Results

Previous Election (2022):

Duke Aiona
36.3%
Josh Green
62.2%
WON