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Candidates 2024

Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions about where they stand on various issues and what their priorities will be if elected. You can view those responses here after they are completed and returned.

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Candidate Q&A: Hawaii County Council District 1 — Brittany Anderson

Candidate Q&A: Hawaii County Council District 1 — Brittany Anderson

“Our roads and bridges need repair, our wastewater treatment facilities are falling apart and nearly 50% of the island is insecure for drinking water.”

Candidate Q&A: State Senate District 23 — Clayton Hee

Candidate Q&A: State Senate District 23 — Clayton Hee

“Innovative ways to lower the cost of housing may include modular or pre-fabricated homes.”

Candidate Q&A: State House District 50 — Natalia Hussey-Burdick

Candidate Q&A: State House District 50 — Natalia Hussey-Burdick

“I’ve long been, and remain, a champion of reforms to curb this go-along-to-get-along, backroom deal-making culture at the Legislature.”

Candidate Q&A: State House District 28 — Ernest Caravalho

Candidate Q&A: State House District 28 — Ernest Caravalho

“Enhancing access to health care, mental health services and job training programs are crucial steps toward long-term stability for our residents.”

Candidate Q&A: US Senate — Paul Dolan

Candidate Q&A: US Senate — Paul Dolan

“We need to help nurses and others get better pay and smaller workloads. “

Candidate Q&A: State House District 25 — Kim Coco Iwamoto

Candidate Q&A: State House District 25 — Kim Coco Iwamoto

“My opponent has sat in the state House for 30 years; under his leadership, voters never get to vote on term limits for state legislators.”

Candidate Q&A: State House District 25 — Scott Saiki

Candidate Q&A: State House District 25 — Scott Saiki

“This income tax cut will result in higher take-home pay and provide relief to hundreds of thousands of children and their parents.”

Candidate Q&A: Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaii Island Trustee — Z. Ka’apana Aki

Candidate Q&A: Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaii Island Trustee — Z. Ka’apana Aki

“I have seen the hard work of experienced and expert staff getting undermined by administrators and trustees playing a political game for their own personal benefit.”

Candidate Q&A: Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaii Island Trustee — Kaialiʻi Kahele

Candidate Q&A: Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaii Island Trustee — Kaialiʻi Kahele

“Hawaiian self-determination is a fundamental right for Native Hawaiians to shape their political, cultural and economic future.”

Candidate Q&A: Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaii Island Trustee — Hope Alohalani Cermelj

Candidate Q&A: Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaii Island Trustee — Hope Alohalani Cermelj

“Kanaka are still being held in jail illegally, unlawfully. Release them.”