She replaces former Speaker Scott Saiki, who lost his reelection bid in the Democratic primary election to Kim Coco Iwamoto.

Just before statehood in 1959, Hawaii Democrats took control of local government for the first time and have never looked ...

Tammy Baldwin and Sarah McBride were among the successful LGBTQ candidates, while voters approved pro-LGBTQ ballot ...

But Hawaii, the nation’s 50th state, remains reliably and historically Democratic, more so since its most famous resident and former President Barack Obama, became the party’s nominee in 2006.