Physician Green Wins Hawaii Democratic Primary for Governor

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Green speaks at his campaign headquarters inside the Modern Hotel in Honolulu on Aug. 13, 2022. Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP

HONOLULU—For their 16th wedding anniversary, Democrats in Hawaii gifted Josh Green and his wife, Jaime, a comfortable margin of victory in the gubernatorial primary Saturday.

Green, the state’s current lieutenant governor, handily defeated former First Lady Vicky Cayetano and Kaiali’I Kahele, who decided to seek the governor’s office instead of a second term in the U.S. House.