Joshua Green is the Governor of Hawaii. He assumed office on December 5, 2022. His current term ends on December 7, 2026. Green served as lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2018 to 2022. He is a former member of the Hawaii State Senate, representing District 3 from 2008 to 2018. He served as majority floor leader. Green served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008. Green was born in Kingston, New York, in 1970. He received degrees in biology and anthropology from Swarthmore College in 1992 and an M.D. from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Pennsylvania State University in 1997. Green worked as a family practice doctor with the National Health Corps beginning in 2000. Green won election to the Hawaii House of Representatives in 2004 and served until 2008. He then represented District 3 in the Hawaii State Senate from 2008 to 2018. During his time as a state senator, Green served as majority floor leader, chair of the human services committees, and vice chair of the energy, environment, human services, and housing committees. In 2018, Green defeated Marissa Kerns 62.7%-33.7% in the race for lieutenant governor. Green ran for governor in 2022, defeating six other candidates in the Democratic primary with 62.9% of the vote. He went on to defeat Duke Aiona 63.2%-36.8% in the general election, receiving the highest percentage of the vote for a Hawaii gubernatorial election winner since at least 2002. Green's key campaign messages in 2022 included affordable housing, the cost of living, and the environment. Green said, "[b]uilding affordable, solar-powered housing for working families, ending chronic homelessness, investing in early childhood education and free community college, and creating a sustainable visitor industry" would be some of his top priorities.
