Josh Green

Josh Green was raised in Pittsburgh and remains a Steelers fan while serving as Hawaii's governor.¹ He met Jaime Ushiroda in 2005, and they married the following year.² They have two children, Maia and Sam, and enjoy family walks, games and visits to farmers markets.¹

Green studied biology and anthropology at Swarthmore College and earned his medical degree at Penn State.¹ After training in family medicine, he joined the National Health Service Corps and worked in the rural Ka‘ū community on Hawaii Island.¹ He continued practicing emergency medicine on the island during his years in the Legislature.¹

He served in the Hawaii House from 2004 to 2008 and the Senate from 2008 to 2018, then became lieutenant governor.¹ In that office, he was the liaison between state government and healthcare providers during the COVID pandemic.¹ Elected governor in 2022, he signed 2024 income tax legislation raising standard deductions and setting out staged changes to tax brackets.²³

For another term, Green proposes protecting middle class tax relief, building affordable homes, expanding kauhale housing villages for people experiencing homelessness and reducing electricity costs.⁴ He says housing policy should allow the state's children to remain in Hawaii rather than being priced out.⁴ He faces Republican contractor Gary Cordery, who is challenging his bid for a second term.⁵