Candidate Q&A: State House District 49 — Scot Matayoshi
“We need to be focusing on agriculture that gives Hawaii a competitive advantage, not be chasing Silicon Valley.”
Candidate Q&A: State Senate District 14 — Cheryl Rzonca
“I believe there has been way too much government overreach currently and in the past two years, which has caused a lot of division among our islands, our communities and even in our families.”
Candidate Q&A: Maui County Council Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu District — Noelani Ahia
“We need to work toward finding creative solutions to limit how many people can come visit and move here.”
Candidate Q&A: Maui County Council West Maui District — Tamara Paltin
“By capping visitor accommodations at the current level, we can turn the right to have a visitor accommodation into a commodity.”
Candidate Q&A: State House District 37 — Jamie Detwiler
“The consequences of one-party control for the past 50 years have resulted in the expansion of government, lack of transparency and unethical behavior by people in office.”
Candidate Q&A: Maui County Council Lanai District — Gabe Johnson
“I supported the moratorium on new hotels and I believe Lanai should be included in the moratorium.”
Candidate Q&A: Office of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaii Island Trustee — Mililani Trask
“Create a new paradigm: Keep Hawaii Hawaiian. Educate people, locals and tourists, about our traditional values and lifeways.”
Candidate Q&A: State Senate District 9 – Michael Parrish
“With one-party rule there are few new ideas, only more of the same old ones and more taxing and spending to go along with that.”
Candidate Q&A: Maui County Council Molokai District — Keani Rawlins-Fernandez
“We must uplift and empower the voices of our community, specifically our residents, generational families and those with an intimate connection to this aina.”
Candidate Q&A: Maui County Council Molokai District — John Pele
“We need to sit with our development professionals in the community and solve how we can get homes built for our residents that they can afford.”