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Parks, Beaches, Affordability: Honolulu City Council District 4 Candidate Q&As
The most competitive Honolulu City Council race features a former member running against the incumbent.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Income Tax, Healthcare, Power Outages: State Senate District 9 Candidate Q&As
Established Democratic incumbent faces Republican opponent.
Candidate Q&A: State Senate District 9 – David Croswell
“The Ethics Commission must remain independent, be adequately funded, and have authority to investigate serious concerns proactively.”
Candidate Q&A: State Senate District 9 – Stanley Chang
“The state should establish a sovereign wealth fund to invest revenues such as the Green Fee or the rainy day fund into stocks.”
Candidate Q&A: Honolulu City Council Member District 4 – Trevor Ozawa
“We need housing local families can actually afford to stay in, and too much so-called affordable housing doesn’t stay affordable.”
Candidate Q&A: Honolulu City Council Member District 4 – Tommy Waters
“The goal is not to move homeless individuals from one beach to another, but to connect them to stable housing while keeping beaches and parks accessible to all.”
Candidate Q&A: Honolulu City Council Member District 4 – Jason Liang
“I will immediately fully fund TheBus to make it fast, reliable, and fare-free.”
Candidate Q&A: Honolulu City Council Member District 4: Tara Malia Gregory
“Getting ahead of environmental challenges starts with restoring practical stewardship principles that Hawai’i understood long before the term ‘climate resilience’ became popular.”
Waters’ War Chest Dwarfs Opponents In Competitive Honolulu Council Primary
Candidates running for the Honolulu City Council District 4 seat have vastly different resources to draw on.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
Firebreaks And Landfills: State Senate District 20 Candidate Q&As
Three GOP candidates are running in the primary for a Senate seat in West Oʻahu.