Glenn S. Wakai[2] (born May 14, 1967) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate since November 2010 representing District 15.

[4] When Democratic Representative Nathan Suzuki retired and left the House District 31 seat open, Wakai won the September 21, 2002 Democratic Primary with 1,975 votes (49.8%),[5] and won the November 5, 2002 General election with 4,393 votes (58.2%) against Republican nominee Brad Sakamoto.

[12] When Democratic Senator Norman Sakamoto ran for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii and left the Senate District 15 seat open, Wakai was unopposed for the September 18, 2010 Democratic Primary, winning with 5,848 votes,[13] and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 7,753 votes (62.4%) against Republican nominee Ben Pascua.

[14] Glenn Wakai is President of non government organization Reach Out Pacific Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine.

[citation needed] In 2014, Wakai proposed SB3124 which attempted to establish Aliivibrio fischeri as the state microbe of Hawaiʻi.