Mel Rapozo was elected as Kauaʻi's next mayor. He will succeed Mayor Derek Kawakami, who was elected Lieutenant Governor after Tuesday's general election.

Questions are lingering in the Asia Pacific about what the midterm election results mean for the region. It's a timely issue, as President Trump heads to the region in less than two weeks. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

UH political scientist Colin Moore analyzes and explains the results of the 2026 midterm election.

Five people, including two children, have been found alive near a remote island in the central Pacific. Their boat had been missing for three months. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

With plenty to parse on this year's ballot, here are the main takeaways so far from the 2026 midterm elections for the state.

Hawaiʻi voters pass a state constitutional amendment giving counties a new way to pay for infrastructure by issuing bonds that would be repaid by future tax revenue.

Challenger Ikaika Anderson will be a new face on the nine-member Board of Trustees, alongside incumbents Keoni Souza and Brickwood Galuteria.

The AP has called the race for the Green Party's Pāʻele Kiakona, who bested Democrat Sne Patel and Republican incumbent Elle Cochran. Kiakona is the first third-party lawmaker in a state office in over a century.