Calvin Griffin

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Calvin Griffin

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Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 10, 2024

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Calvin Griffin ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Hawaii's 1st Congressional District. Griffin lost in the Nonpartisan primary on August 10, 2024.

Biography

Calvin Griffin's career experience involves being a small business owner.

Elections

2024

See also: Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 10 Democratic primary)

Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 10 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Incumbent Ed Case defeated Patrick Largey in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case (D)	71.8	164,237
		Patrick Largey (R)	28.2	64,373

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 228,610
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Incumbent Ed Case defeated Cecil Hale in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case	92.0	84,114
	Submit photo	Cecil Hale	8.0	7,308

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,422
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brent Schulz (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Patrick Largey advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick Largey	100.0	17,368

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,368
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zachary Burd (R)
• Ku Lono Cuadra (R)
• Derek Kirkpatrick (R)
• Arturo Reyes (R)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

No candidate advanced from the primary.

		Candidate	%	Votes
	Submit photo	Calvin Griffin	100.0	409

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 409
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Boyce Brown (G)

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• BlessingStar De La Cruz (We the People)
• Clifford Kauaula (We the People)

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Incumbent Ed Case defeated Conrad Kress in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case (D)	73.7	143,546
		Conrad Kress (R)	26.3	51,217

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 194,763
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joseph Gilmore (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Incumbent Ed Case defeated Sergio Alcubilla in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case	83.2	100,667
		Sergio Alcubilla	16.8	20,364

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 121,031
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Conrad Kress defeated Arturo Reyes and Patrick Largey in the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Conrad Kress	50.4	13,449
		Arturo Reyes	28.0	7,465
		Patrick Largey	21.7	5,785

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,699
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

No candidate advanced from the primary.

		Candidate	%	Votes
	Submit photo	Calvin Griffin	53.6	270
	Submit photo	Steven Abkin	46.4	234

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 504
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2020

See also: Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 8 Republican primary)

Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 8 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Incumbent Ed Case defeated Ron Curtis in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case (D)	72.0	183,245
		Ron Curtis (R)	28.0	71,188

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 254,433
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Incumbent Ed Case advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case	100.0	131,802

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Ron Curtis defeated James Dickens, Nancy Olson, Arturo Reyes, and Taylor Smith in the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ron Curtis	41.1	13,909
		James Dickens	21.0	7,120
		Nancy Olson	19.7	6,665
		Arturo Reyes	12.7	4,301
		Taylor Smith	5.4	1,839

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,834
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Nonpartisan primary election

Calvin Griffin ran in the nonpartisan primary and received 2,324 votes. To advance to the general election, Hawaii election law requires nonpartisan candidates in partisan races to receive at least 10% of the votes cast for the office or to receive a vote total equal to or greater than the lowest vote total of a winning partisan candidate. Griffin did not meet that threshold.

2018

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Ed Case defeated Cam Cavasso, Michelle Rose Tippens, Zachary Burd, and Calvin Griffin in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case (D)	73.1	134,650
	Submit photo	Cam Cavasso (R)	23.1	42,498
		Michelle Rose Tippens (L)	1.9	3,498
		Zachary Burd (G)	1.2	2,214
	Submit photo	Calvin Griffin (Nonpartisan)	0.7	1,351

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 184,211 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed Case	40.0	47,482
		Doug Chin	25.5	30,283
		Donna Kim	18.2	21,554
		Kaniela Ing	6.3	7,531
		Beth Fukumoto	6.3	7,473
		Ernest Y. Martin	3.2	3,827
		Sam Puletasi	0.4	519

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 118,669
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Cam Cavasso defeated Raymond Vinole in the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Cam Cavasso	81.8	10,552
	Submit photo	Raymond Vinole	18.2	2,340

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,892
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Calvin Griffin defeated John Cipolla in the primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Calvin Griffin	58.7	266
	Submit photo	John Cipolla	41.3	187

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 453
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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Zachary Burd advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Zachary Burd	100.0	173

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 173
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1

Michelle Rose Tippens advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 1 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Rose Tippens	100.0	150

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 150
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2016

Special election

See also: Hawaii's 1st Congressional District special election, 2016

Hawaii's 1st Congressional District held a special election to replace Mark Takai, who died on July 20, 2016, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. The election was held at the same time as the regular election on November 8, 2016. Colleen Hanabusa (D) won the election and served out the final two months of Takai's term. She defeated Peter Cross (D), Angela Aulani Kaaihue (D), Howard Kim (D), Javier Ocasio (D), Shirlene Ostrov (R), Alan Yim (L), Calvin Griffin (I), Yvonne Perry (I), and Peter Plotzeneder (I) in the election.

U.S. House, Hawaii District 1 Special Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa	65.1%	129,083
	Republican	Shirlene Ostrov	22.2%	44,090
	Democratic	Angela Aulani Kaaihue	3%	5,885
	Libertarian	Alan Yim	2.8%	5,559
	Democratic	Howard Kim	2.1%	4,259
	Democratic	Peter Cross	1.7%	3,420
	Independent	Calvin Griffin	1.4%	2,824
	Democratic	Javier Ocasio	1%	1,893
	Independent	Yvonne Perry	0.5%	1,050
	Independent	Peter Plotzeneder	0.2%	328
Total Votes				198,391
Source: Hawaii Secretary of State

Regular election

See also: Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Mark Takai (D) did not seek re-election in 2016. The seat was vacant following Takai's death from pancreatic cancer on July 20, 2016. Colleen Hanabusa (D) defeated Shirlene Ostrov (R), Alan Yim (L), and Calvin Griffin (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hanabusa defeated six other Democratic candidates in the primary on August 13, 2016.

U.S. House, Hawaii District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa	71.9%	145,417
	Republican	Shirlene Ostrov	22.7%	45,958
	Libertarian	Alan Yim	3.3%	6,601
	Independent	Calvin Griffin	2.2%	4,381
Total Votes				202,357
Source: Hawaii Secretary of State

U.S. House, Hawaii District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Colleen Hanabusa	80.4%	74,022
Lei Ahu Isa	12.5%	11,518
Howard Kim	3%	2,750
Javier Ocasio	1.2%	1,117
Sam Puletas	1.1%	1,036
Lei Sharsh-Davis	1%	915
Steve Tataii	0.8%	737
Total Votes		92,095
Source: Hawaii Secretary of State

2014

See also: Hawaii's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

Griffin ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Hawaii's 1st District. Griffin did not appear on the general election ballot.

U.S. House, Hawaii District 1 No Party Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Robert Meyer	51.3%	99
Calvin Griffin	48.7%	94
Total Votes		193
Source: Hawaii Office of Elections

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Interview with Honolulu Civil Beat

Griffin highlighted the following themes in an interview with Honolulu Civil Beat on July 10, 2024. The questions from Honolulu Civil Beat are bolded and Griffin's responses follow below.

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Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Aug. 9 primary, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions. The following came from Calvin Griffin, one of two nonpartisan candidates for U.S. representative for Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District. The district is essentially urban Honolulu, but it stretches from Hawaii Kai in East Honolulu to Waipahu in west Oahu and Mililani in central Oahu. The district includes Pearl City, Waimalu, Aiea and the downtown area. Go to Civil Beat’s Elections Guide for general information, and check out other candidates on the Primary Election Ballot. Name: Calvin C. Griffin Office: Congress 1st Party: Non-Partisan Profession: Small business owner, inventor Education: 14 years Age: 64 Community organizations: No affiliations 1. Why are you running for the U.S. House of Representatives? As a veteran with 24 years of service, for quite some time I have been deeply concerned with the direction that our country is heading. The tree of liberty which has been so often watered with the blood of patriots has not been well tended by many of the gardeners we have elected over the years and is decaying from within. In our “representative democracy” one of the key components in the decision making process for every elected official before either proposing or supporting any legislation, is to listen and respect the will of the people. It is not possible to please all of the people, but more often than not, the citizens are convinced that they are increasingly being kept out of the “loop” which lessens their confidence in the system. “You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time,” is an old saying, but the new political saying is “You can’t fool all of the people all of the time, but we just need to fool enough of them to get our candidate elected.” To quote one political observer, “Potential voters would rather be ‘gamed’ than “toyed with,” because the latter implies a higher level of contempt for the target.” Result: Low voter turnout Special interest groups supply the monetary grease and in some instances intimidation tactics that keep political machines in motion, making or breaking a potential candidate. Many also have the ability to influence and promote legislative issues that can be beneficial to specific political and business entities. Laws and regulations that severely impact individuals, small businesses and community economic development, far too often infringing upon personal freedoms and in the process stifling dissenting voices. I am not accepting any campaign contributions, not because I’m independently wealthy, but because I believe that there are many who share the challenging goal of reminding the voters that elected officials work for them and the power is in the hands of the citizens. By utilizing the “grapevine” the campaign should not require the “mother’s milk” of politics, money, which far too often has strings attached to it which often tie the hands of an elected official when trying to do the will of the people. There won’t be a campaign headquarters, any glossy handouts, movie quality TV ads showing me with my family and loyal dog “Fluffy.” Volunteers are individuals receiving no monetary compensation. Currently, there are a few elected officials who I believe have tried in their own way to live up to the hopes and aspirations of the citizens, but when an elected official has to give his/her loyalty to their party to get elected or stay in office rather than being a true servant of the people, there ultimately is a conflict of interest. I am not “running” against any other candidate, I’m just asking for the opportunity to be a public servant that will be the unfiltered voice of the voters of Hawaii. Additionally, hoping to encourage those who are not satisfied with the limited choices of candidates to get involved by supporting someone in their community that they feel is not one of the “usual suspects” or register themselves as a candidate. 2. Do you believe climate change is real? If so, what can the United States do to control carbon emissions? Yes, I do believe there is a change in the climate, as to whether it is due to the actions or inaction on the part of the inhabitants of this planet or natural earth cycles is still in question, even experts can’t agree. My concern that may be shared by many others, is the steps proposed by our government and the international community as far as possible political, social and economic repercussions associated with addressing this issue. I’m concerned about the polar bears as much as the next person but at what cost? As a country, we have the capabilities to develop technologies that can address carbon emissions, there are energy generating systems that are currently being developed or in limited use, that can replace current carbon emitting units or “scrub” the emissions to a level that is acceptable. Again it comes down to having the political and economic will to make it happen, although politicians feel that carbon taxing is the best solution. 3. Where do you draw the line between the government’s national security needs and the privacy of its citizens? Today it seems that everything is by some form or fashion of national security interest. When you talk on the phone and you feel that you have to censor yourself because you’re afraid the NSA or some other government agency might mistakenly take something you say as “chatter” with some domestic or international terror related organization that could be used against you now or at sometimes in the future. Or, your child comes home and tells you that the school had a questionnaire that wants your social contacts as well as other personal information. Are you suffering from paranoia, unpatriotic or a conspiracy nut if you express concern? As a former member of the United States Army, I am acutely aware of the fact that there are a lot of ”bad guys” that are more than willing to terminate our way of life, also, that there are domestic as well as foreign enemies. Where I drew the line in the sand was defined by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. 4. Under what circumstances should America go to war? When it is clearly defined by our intelligence sources that the threat is credible, jeopardizing the safety, security of our country and its citizens and not based on a profit margin sheet for an American corporate interest. 5. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — how should the government continue to support these entitlements? Are reforms necessary? After carefully researching these government programs and trying to come up with a politically ingenious solution as how to reform these programs and in the process win the Nobel Prize, I came up with: nothing. I don’t feel bad because apparently no one else has either or likely to in the near future, not the President, Senate, the House members or any other economic guru. There have been many proposals and countless debates about how to bring about reform but before there can be reform three items have to be addressed: fraud, waste and incompetence. On second thought, in today’s political climate large portions of our society have been convinced by certain politically recognized “community/national leaders” that they have been “victimized,” and that they are “owed” something and that they should “collect” whenever possible, to “milk” the system, thankfully there are still many individuals who do not subscribe to this philosophy. The “milkee,” the federal/state governments, are drying up at an accelerated pace and in the not too far future will in some cases be completely dry. There is absolutely no doubt that there are individuals in our society who should be assisted, the system has not always been fair. Even with established government and private agencies there are still many who fall through the cracks. Instead of allowing those who have and want to share their economic blessing with their fellow citizens who are in need, laws and regulations are put in place to stop these good works. Instead of promoting and rewarding self- reliance and individual empowerment, politicians and government agencies encourage individuals to seek out and participate in government programs sometimes forcing them against their will into bloated and often mismanaged social programs encouraging dependency of the system in the process lowering their self- esteem. The vast majority of government employees are dedicated to performing their tasks and providing excellent service. Unfortunately, systemic shortfalls need to be addressed which allows many to be ill served. There seems to be an abundance of “bonus money” to go around for selected government workers who too often exhibit many levels of incompetence that sometimes borders on criminality, with comparatively little funding for programs that allow individuals to promote financial independence. Instead of enforcing the minimum criteria for being allowed to participate in these programs and conducting a complete audit of those currently participating, a political “blind eye” is turned. Politicians seem to believe that by instituting cost effective measures that the electorate will feel that something is being “taken away” and they will lose votes. Until there is a collective political will to bring about change there will be no change and we all will pay the price. 6. Congress has struggled in recent years to reach agreement on budget deficits, the national debt and spending in general. What would be your approach to fiscal matters? Total transparency. Before you can ascertain if there is a need for expenditures it should be established the purpose, scope, verifiable projected costs and benefits to the American taxpayers. 7. It has been difficult to bridge the partisan divide in Washington lately. How would you make a difference? By promoting the fact that as elected officials, they have a sacred duty to the people of this country to act in their best interest and that they have an obligation to future generations of Americans. The political reality is that sometimes there are allowances for compromise but not at the cost to the citizens you represent or any agenda that is detrimental to the nation as a whole. 8. What is your policy on immigration? As with any country, if you do not secure your borders, national security and sovereignty is compromised, there should be strict enforcement but with compassion. For millions, the United States is the beacon of hope and freedom, those who may have circumvented the system but have lived and worked in the spirit of being a good citizen for an extended period of time, should be shown compassion but not without a nominal penalty. Those who repeatedly attempt to breach our boarders should be subject to the penalties and/or protections as prescribed by federal law and treated accordingly. 9. What is your view of the role of the U.S. military in the islands? To perform security operations that protect our nation, state and fulfill any mutually beneficial obligations to our allies, without having a negative impact on the physical, cultural or political interests of the citizens of the state of Hawaii. 10. What other important issue would you like to discuss here? Think I said enough, thank you.

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2022

Calvin Griffin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Calvin Griffin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Calvin Griffin campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Hawaii District 1	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Hawaii District 1	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Hawaii District 1	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House Hawaii District 1	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Hawaii's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mazie Hirono (D)

Brian Schatz (D)

Representatives

District 1

Ed Case (D)

District 2

Jill Tokuda (D)

Democratic Party (4)