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96757

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Maui County, HI

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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U.S. House, Hawaii District 2
2 candidates
Federal ▾
JN
Jill N. Tokuda
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Tokuda represented Kaneohe and Kailua in the Hawaii State Senate from 2006 to 2018, chairing the Ways and Means Committee, per the official House biography. She earned a degree in international relations from George Washington University as the first in her family to attend college, and later worked as co-director of CyberHawaii and external affairs director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center before her election to Congress, per the official House biography.
Top Priorities
  • Lowering the cost of housing, food, gas, and healthcare
  • Protecting land and local opportunity
Per the voter guide statement.
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
BA
Brenton Awa
REP
Biography
Brenton Awa appears on the Republican primary ballot for HI-2 on August 8, 2026, per the Hawaii Office of Elections certified candidate list. Brenton Awa is the Republican nominee for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District. He is a Hawaii state senator representing District 23 and has served as State Senate Minority Leader since 2025, and previously worked as a television news anchor, per Hawaii News Now and Honolulu Civil Beat.
Top Priorities
  • Making Hawaii more affordable so residents do not have to leave the islands
  • Limiting corporate and outside investor purchases of Hawaii land, with tax incentives for affordable home development
  • Requiring active-duty military and defense personnel to pay a fairer share of costs such as vehicle registration
Per the Honolulu Civil Beat.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Certified candidate list from the Hawaii Office of Elections for the Saturday, August 8, 2026 primary. Each party primary winner advances to the November 3 general ballot. November 3 general-election field, per the Hawaii Office of Elections' official August 8, 2026 primary results: Rep. Jill N. Tokuda won the Democratic primary with 91,832 votes; Brenton Awa was unopposed for the Republican nomination. The two nonpartisan primary candidates did not reach Hawaii's vote thresholds to advance.
Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
JG
Josh Green
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Josh Green is Hawaii's incumbent governor and a Democratic candidate for re-election. A physician and former lieutenant governor, he emphasizes housing, health care, disaster recovery, affordability, climate resilience, and trusted public leadership.
Top Priorities
  • Address housing and cost-of-living pressures
  • Strengthen health care and disaster recovery
  • Improve climate resilience and public trust
Campaign siteFull profile
Gary Cordery portrait
GC
Gary Cordery
REP
Biography
Gary Cordery is a Republican candidate for Hawaii governor and a contractor. His campaign emphasizes housing, cost-of-living relief, local jobs, island-by-island representation, and integrity-focused leadership.
Top Priorities
  • Lower housing and cost-of-living pressure
  • Support local jobs across the islands
  • Bring integrity-focused leadership to state government
Campaign siteFull profile
Lieutenant Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
DK
Derek Kawakami
DEM
Biography
Derek Kawakami is a Democratic candidate for Hawaii lieutenant governor and the mayor of Kauai County since 2018. A former state legislator and county council member from a well-known Kauai business family, he is running in the August 8 Democratic primary with an emphasis on cost of living and practical local governance.
Top Priorities
  • Cost-of-living relief
  • Housing
  • Practical, community-level governance
Campaign siteFull profile
DA
Daniel Anthony
REP
Biography
Anthony describes himself as a community advocate, environmental professional, and small business leader with experience across agriculture, public policy, and community engagement in Hawaii, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Restoring trust in government
  • Expanding local food security and supporting small businesses and family farms
  • Climate resilience through ahupuaa-based emergency readiness education centers
Per the Civil Beat candidate Q&A.
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
BM
Brickwood M. Galuteria
Biography
Brickwood M. Galuteria is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the At-Large seat on the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, per Hawaii's certified 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
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Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.

Countywide races in Maui County

ZIP 96757 sits in Maui County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Maui County races (17).

Maui County Mayor
2 candidates
County ▾
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Richard T. Bissen, Jr.
INCUMBENT
Biography
Bissen is a retired judge and prosecutor with three decades in public service who was elected Maui County Mayor in 2022 and has family roots in Paia, Piʻihana, Keʻanae and Kahakuloa, per the campaign site. Bissen is seeking re-election as Maui County Mayor, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Maintain housing momentum after increasing affordable housing production, per his Civil Beat Q&A
  • Raise public stewardship of West Maui drinking water through acquisitions, per his Civil Beat Q&A
  • Recovery and readiness, including a new Emergency Operations Center, per his campaign site
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YL
Yuki Lei Sugimura
Biography
Maui County Council vice chair who held the council's Upcountry residency seat for roughly a decade and gave it up to run for mayor, per Maui Now, which reported she led the incumbent in pre-primary fundraising.
Top Priorities
  • Speed up permit and project reviews so homes can actually get built
  • Invest in water, wastewater and roadway infrastructure that unlocks home building
  • Cesspool conversions supported by county property tax credits
Per the Civil Beat Q&A.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Richard Bissen (15,709 votes) and Yuki Lei Sugimura (11,438) advance to the November 3, 2026 general election, per the Hawaii Office of Elections' official August 8 primary results. Maui County holds a primary only when more than two candidates file, and races are never decided at the primary: the top two always advance to November 3, per Civil Beat's charter explainer and Maui Now.
Maui County Council (Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu residency seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
MM
Marvin Moniz
Biography
Moniz works in airport operations and has decades of leadership and crisis-management experience, including coordinating relief resources during the 2023 Maui wildfires, per the campaign site. Based in Wailuku, Moniz is running for Maui County Council, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Lease unused public land at small cost to residents and farmers to grow food sold locally, per his Civil Beat Q&A
  • Infrastructure: roads, sewer, water and renewable energy, per his Civil Beat Q&A
  • Local jobs and trade training, per his campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
AA
Ashley Awakea Lindsey
Biography
Maui Planning Commissioner and Native Hawaiian community advocate who has served on the Maui Redevelopment Agency and Maui Historical Society board, per her Civil Beat candidate Q&A; she describes local-food work through Project Locavore as a decade-long passion project.
Top Priorities
  • A countywide plan addressing the gap between pay and cost of living
  • Repair failing water delivery systems
  • Implement the county Food and Nutrition Security Plan
Per the Civil Beat Q&A.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Marvin Moniz (11,057 votes) and Ashley Awakea Lindsey (6,325) advance to the November 3, 2026 general election, per the Hawaii Office of Elections' official August 8 primary results for this open seat. Council seats are elected countywide. Maui County holds a primary only when more than two candidates file, and races are never decided at the primary: the top two always advance to November 3, per Civil Beat's charter explainer and Maui Now.
Maui County Council (Kahului residency seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
KB
Kauanoe Batangan
INCUMBENT
Biography
Kauanoe Batangan is the incumbent Kahului councilmember, appointed to fill the term of the late Councilmember Tasha Kama, and chair of the council's Government Relations, Ethics and Transparency Committee, per his Civil Beat Q&A; previously a state DOT deputy director and a county Office of Recovery manager after the 2023 wildfires, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Expand affordable housing and cut red tape that delays housing projects
  • Diversify the economy beyond tourism
  • Upgrade aging water infrastructure and protect watersheds
Per the Civil Beat Q&A.
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CL
Carol Lee Kamekona
Biography
Kamekona is a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserves running for Maui County Council representing Kahului, per the campaign site. A single mother of seven children born in Hilo with family roots in Kohala and Kalapana, Kamekona has served as past president of the ʻAhahui Kaʻahumanu Chapter IV in Wailuku and on the boards of Malama Kakanilua and Hoʻoponopono o Makena, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • A sanctuary on county land with transitional housing and wraparound services for the houseless
  • Phase out short-term rentals in apartment-zoned districts without mass exemptions
  • A county-supported processing plant for Maui-raised beef and produce
Per the Civil Beat Q&A.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Kauanoe Batangan (14,206 votes) and Carol Lee Kamekona (11,181) advance to the November 3, 2026 general election, per the Hawaii Office of Elections' official August 8 primary results. Maui County holds a primary only when more than two candidates file, and races are never decided at the primary: the top two always advance to November 3, per Civil Beat's charter explainer and Maui Now.
Maui County Council (Upcountry residency seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
BP
Bobby Pahia
Biography
Pahia is a taro farmer and family business owner with four generations of family ties to Maui, per the campaign site. Pahia is running for the Maui County Council Upcountry residency seat and has supported community recovery efforts after the Lahaina fires, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Protect aina: healthy land and water mean healthy people, per his campaign site
  • Cost of living relief, putting residents' needs ahead of investor profits, per his campaign site
  • Food security and affordable housing, per The Maui News
Campaign siteFull profile
JY
Jon Yokouchi
Biography
Kula resident who says water is the main reason he is running, arguing more wells and reservoirs would unlock housing and construction jobs so young families can stay on Maui, per his Civil Beat candidate Q&A. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Drill more wells and build reservoirs for Upcountry
  • Make resort-area vacation rentals pay taxes and fees like hotels
  • Use expanded water capacity to enable homes and construction jobs
Per the Civil Beat Q&A.
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About this race
Bobby Pahia (14,360 votes) and Jon Yokouchi (5,989) advance to the November 3, 2026 general election, per the Hawaii Office of Elections' official August 8 primary results for this open seat, vacated by Yuki Lei Sugimura's run for mayor. Maui County holds a primary only when more than two candidates file, and races are never decided at the primary: the top two always advance to November 3, per Civil Beat's charter explainer and Maui Now.
Maui County Council (South Maui residency seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
TC
Tom Cook
INCUMBENT
Biography
No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Housing solutions for South Maui
  • Infrastructure improvements
Per the Maui Now.
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KK
Kelly King
Biography
Kelly King is a candidate for the Maui County Council's South Maui residency seat, which she previously represented for six years starting in 2016. She owns and operates King Diesel and Pacific Biodiesel and previously managed the Maui Sunflower Farm, per her campaign site. Kelly King appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maui County Council (South Maui residency seat), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Bringing truly affordable housing to South Maui, including county-negotiated condo purchases for local families
  • Wetland restoration and drainage projects to address South Maui flooding
  • County control over water through a County Water Authority
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
November 3 race with no primary: only two candidates filed, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup. Confirm the pairing against the county clerk's certified general-election list.
Maui County Council (Makawao-Haiku-Paia residency seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
NU
Nohe Uu-Hodgins
INCUMBENT
Biography
Uu-Hodgins began her career in accounting before moving into the construction industry, where she now serves as a permit expediter and advisor at F&W Land LLC, per the campaign site. Born and raised in Paia, Maui, she is a longtime member of a Hawaiian canoe club and a board member of the Maui Public Art Corps, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Affordable and workforce housing to keep local residents on Maui
  • Ensuring the tourism industry pays for its impacts on local neighborhoods
  • Securing more water sources and funding to maintain county water systems
Per the Honolulu Civil Beat candidate Q&A.
Campaign siteFull profile
SK
Stevie Kathryn Chung
Biography
Challenger for the Makawao-Haiku-Paia residency seat, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Taxing large fortunes to help fund housing, food, education and community protection programs
  • Community control of water resources and protecting creeks and water tables from vacation-rental and hotel development
  • Updating plantation-era farming rules to support contemporary farmers
Per the Honolulu Civil Beat candidate Q&A.
Full profile
About this race
November 3 race with no primary: only two candidates filed, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup. Confirm the pairing against the county clerk's certified general-election list.
Maui County Council (West Maui residency seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
TP
Tamara Paltin
INCUMBENT
Biography
Tamara Paltin is the incumbent Maui County Council member for the West Maui residency seat, a post she has held for eight years, and is president of the Hawaii State Association of Counties, per the county's official directory and Honolulu Civil Beat. Tamara Paltin appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maui County Council (West Maui residency seat), per the county elections office's certified candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Expanding housing options and preventing speculation while assisting vulnerable residents
  • Recycled water infrastructure, conservation policy and public trust water law
  • Redirecting tourism marketing toward visitors who share Hawaii's values
Per the campaign site.
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MT
Mark Tillman
Biography
Challenger for the West Maui residency seat, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
November 3 race with no primary: only two candidates filed, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup. Confirm the pairing against the county clerk's certified general-election list.
Maui County Council (East Maui residency seat)
2 candidates
County ▾
SS
Shane Sinenci
INCUMBENT
Biography
Shane Sinenci is the incumbent Maui County Council member for the East Maui residency seat, in office since 2018, per the county's official directory. Before the council he was a high school special education teacher from 1999 to 2018, and he has introduced legislation creating the county's Department of Agriculture and the East Maui Water Authority and banning single-use plastics and synthetic pesticides on county properties, per the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Shane Sinenci appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Maui County Council (East Maui residency seat), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
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CK
Claire Kamalu Carroll
Biography
Challenger for the East Maui residency seat, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
November 3 race with no primary: only two candidates filed, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup. Confirm the pairing against the county clerk's certified general-election list.
Maui County Council (Molokai residency seat)
1 candidate
County ▾
KR
Keani Rawlins-Fernandez
INCUMBENT
Biography
Keani Rawlins-Fernandez is the incumbent Molokai councilmember, unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
November 3 race: incumbent Keani Rawlins-Fernandez is unopposed, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup; unopposed Maui council candidates still appear on the general ballot.
Maui County Council (Lanai residency seat)
1 candidate
County ▾
GJ
Gabe Johnson
INCUMBENT
Biography
Gabe Johnson is the incumbent Lanai councilmember, unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Affordable housing for Lanai residents
  • An agricultural park and county funding for small farms on Lanai
Per the Honolulu Civil Beat candidate Q&A.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
November 3 race: incumbent Gabe Johnson is unopposed, per Maui Now's post-filing roundup; unopposed Maui council candidates still appear on the general ballot.

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