Voter Owned Hawai'i: The Reform That Makes All Other Reforms Possible

 


 
 

On August 30, 2006, Voter Owned Hawai'i sent The Voters First Pledge to every candidate running in the 2006 election, asking that they pledge to put ordinary voters before lobbyists and special interests. This table shows which of the the winning candidates have signed, as of November 15, 2006.

2006 Hawaii Candidates
Pledge? Name  
  STATE SENATOR  
  DISTRICT 1 Hilo, Honokaa, Laupahoehoe, Hamakua, Waiakea Uka, Keaukaha, Waimea
  (D) Inouye, Lorraine R.  
  DISTRICT 2 Waiakea Uka, Kalapana, Volcano, Kahuku
  (D) KOKUBUN, Russell S.  
  DISTRICT 3 Milolii, Kailua-Kona, Kawaihae
  (R)WHALEN, Paul  
  DISTRICT 4 Wailuku, Waihee, Kahului, Paia, Lower Paia
  (D) TSUTSUI, Shan S.  
  DISTRICT 5 Kapalua, Kaanapali, Lahaina, Maalaea, Kihei, Makena
  (D)BAKER, Rosalyn H.  
  DISTRICT 6 Kahoolawe, Molokini, Lanai, Molokai, Haiku, Upcountry, Hana
  (D) ENGLISH, J. Kalani  
  DISTRICT 7 Kauai, Niihau
  (D) HOOSER, Gary  
  DISTRICT 8 Hawaii Kai, Aina Haina, Kahala, Diamond Head
  (R) SLOM, Sam  
  DISTRICT 9 St. Louis Heights, Palolo Valley, Kaimuki, Kapahulu, Ala Wai
SIGNED! (D) IHARA, Les Jr.  
  DISTRICT 10 Manoa, Moiliili, McCully, Makiki
  (D) TANIGUCHI, Brian T.  
  DISTRICT 11 Makiki/Punchbowl, Ala Moana-McCully
  (D) FUKUNAGA, Carol P.O.  
  DISTRICT 12 Kapahulu, Waikiki, Ala Moana, Kakaako, Downtown
  (R)TRIMBLE, Gordon  
  DISTRICT 13 Sand Island, Kalihi, Liliha, Nuuanu, Pauoa, Puunui
SIGNED! (D) CHUN OAKLAND, Suzanne N.J.  
  DISTRICT 14 Moanalua, Aiea, Fort Shafter, Kalihi Valley, Halawa Valley
  (D) KIM, Donna Mercado  
  DISTRICT 15 Moanalua, Salt Lake, Foster Village, Pearl Harbor
  (D) SAKAMOTO, Norman  
  DISTRICT 16 Pearl City, Pacific Palisades, Waimalu, Aiea, Halawa Heights
  (D) IGE, David Y  
  DISTRICT 17 Mililani, Mililani Mauka, Waipio
  (D) MENOR, Ron  
  DISTRICT 18 Waipahu, Pearl City, Crestview
  (D) NISHIHARA, Clarence K.  
  DISTRICT 19 Village Park, Makakilo, Kapolei, Waipahu, Waikele
  (R) GABBARD, Mike  
  DISTRICT 20 Waipahu, Ewa, Ewa Beach, West Loch
  (D) ESPERO, Will  
  DISTRICT 21 Waianae, Nanakuli, Lualualei, Makaha
  (D) HANABUSA, Colleen  
  DISTRICT 22 Mililani Mauka, Wahiawa, Haleiwa, Mokuleia, North Shore
  (D) BUNDA, Robert  
  DISTRICT 23 Kahuku, Laie, Kaaawa, Kaneohe
  (D) HEE, Clayton  
  DISTRICT 24 Kaneohe, Kaneohe MCAB, Kailua, Enchanted Lake
  (D) TOKUDA, Jill  
  DISTRICT 25 Kailua, Lanikai, Waimanalo, Hawaii Kai
  (R) HEMMINGS, Fred  
     
  STATE REPRESENTATIVE  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 1 North Kohala, South Kohala, Hamakua, North Hilo, South Hilo
  (D) TAKAMINE, Dwight Y.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 2 South Hilo, Waiakea Kai, Kaumana, Keaukaha
  (D) CHANG, Jerry (Leslie)  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 3 South Hilo, Waiakea Kai, Kaumana, Keaukaha
  (D) TSUJI, Clift  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 4  
  (D) HANOHANO-KA'AWALOA, Faye P.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 5 Puna, Ka'u, South Kona, North Kona
  (D) HERKES, Robert (Bob)  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 6 North Kona, Keauhou, Kailua-Kona, Honokohau
SIGNED! (D) GREEN, Josh  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 7 North Kona, South Kohala
  (D) EVANS, Cindy  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 8 North Kona, South Kohala
  (D) SOUKI, Joe  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 9 Wailuku, Puunene, Makawao, Paia
  (D) NAKASONE, Bob  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 10 Lahaina, Kaanapali, Kapalua, Maalaea, Kihei
  (D) MCKELVEY, Angus  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 11 Makawao, Makena, Wailea, Wailuku
SIGNED! (D) BERTRAM, Joe, III  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 12 Pukalani, Makawao, Olinda, Kula, Ulupalakua, Haliimaile
  (D) YAMASHITA, Kyle T.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 13 Kahoolawe, Molokini, Lanai, Molokai, Keanae, Wailua, Nahiku
  (D) CARROLL, Mele  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 14 Hanalei, Anahola, Kealia, Kapaa, Waipouli
  (D) MORITA, Hermina M.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 15 Lihue, Koloa
  (D) TOKIOKA, James K.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 16 Niihau, Lehua, Koloa, Waimea
  (D) SAGUM, Roland D.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 17 Kalama Valley, Queen's Gate, Hawaii Kai
  (R) WARD, Gene  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 18 Hahaione, Kuliouou, Niu Valley, Hawaii Loa Ridge, Aina Haina, Wailupe, Kahala
  (D) BERG, Lyla  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 19 Kaimuki, Waialae, Kalani Valley, Diamond Head
  (R) MARUMOTO, Barbara C.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 20 St. Louis Heights, Palolo Valley, Maunalani Heights, Wilhelmina Rise, Kaimuki
  (D) SAY, Calvin K.Y.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 21 Kaimuki, Kapahulu, Waikiki, Ala Wai, Diamond Head
  (D) NISHIMOTO, Scott Y.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 22 Moiliili, McCully, Kaimuki
  (D) SAIKI, Scott K.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 23 Waikiki, Ala Moana
  (D) BROWER, Tom  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 24 Manoa, Manoa Valley, University
  (D) CALDWELL, Kirk  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 25 Tantalus, Makiki, McCully
SIGNED! (D) BELATTI, Della Au  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 26 Dowsett Highlands, Pacific Heights, Pauoa, Punchbowl
SIGNED! (D) LUKE, Sylvia J.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 27 Nuuanu, Puunui, Liliha, Alewa Heights
SIGNED! (R) CHING, Corrine Wei Lan  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 28 Kakaako, Iwilei, Honolulu
  (D) RHOADS, Karl P.O.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 29 Sand Island, Mokauea, Kalihi Kai, Kapalama
  (D) MANAHAN, Joey  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 30 Kalihi Valley, Kamehameha Heights, Moanalua, Fort Shafter
  (D) MIZUNO, John  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 31 Moanalua Valley, Moanalua, Salt Lake
  (D) WAKAI, Glenn  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 32 Lower Pearlridge, Aiea, Halawa, Hickam, Pearl Harbor, Moanalua Gardens
  (R) FINNEGAN, Lynn Berbano  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 33 Aiea, Halawa Valley, Halawa Heights, Aiea Heights
  (D) OSHIRO, Blake K.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 34 Newtown, Waiau, Pearl City, Waimalu
  (D) TAKAI, K. Mark  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 35 Pearl City, Waipahu
  (D) SONSON, Alex M.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 36 Pearl City, Momilani, Pacific Palisades, Manana
  (D) TAKUMI, Roy M.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 37 Waipahu, Mililani
  (D) YAMANE, Ryan I.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 38 Mililani, Mililani Mauka
  (D) LEE, Marilyn B.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 39 Wahiawa, Whitmore Village, Poamoho
  (D) OSHIRO, Marcus R.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 40 Royal Kunia, Makakilo, Kapolei, Kalaeloa
  (D) HAR, Sharon  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 41 Waipahu, Village Park, Waikele
  (D) KARAMATSU, Jon Riki  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 42 Waipahu, Honouliuli, West Loch, Ewa
  (D) CABANILLA-ARAKAWA, Rida  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 43 Ewa Beach, Iroquois Point, Puuloa
  (R) PINE, Kymberly (Marcos)  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 44 Honokai Hale, Nanakuli, Lualualei
SIGNED! (R) AWANA, Karen Leinani  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 45 Waianae, Makaha, Makua
  (D) SHIMABUKURO, Maile S.L.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 46 Kaena Point, Schofield, Mokuleia, Waialua, Haleiwa, Waimea, Pupukea, Sunset, Kahuku
  (D) MAGAOAY, Michael Y.  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 47 Laie, Hauula, Punaluu, Kahana, Kaaawa, Waikane, Kahaluu, Ahuimanu
  (R) MEYER, Colleen  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 48 Heeia, Haiku Valley, Kapunahala, Kaneohe
  (D) ITO, Ken  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 49 Maunawili, Olomana, Enchanted Lake, Kaneohe
  (D) CHONG, Pono  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 50 Kailua, Kaneohe Bay
SIGNED! (R) THIELEN, Cynthia  
  HOUSE DISTRICT 51 Lanikai, Waimanalo
SIGNED! (D) WATERS, Tommy  
  "For many positions, to have to go to the very same interests that you're going to be regulating ... for your money to run for office is a disaster. It's a fundamental mistake in the system as it exists. And to be able to be free of that, to be able to have public funding, which makes you independent from any specific interest, is, I think, a liberating factor. It's one that would allow me to do a much better job." --Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard

”Public financing is the difference between being able to go out and spend your time talking with voters, meeting with groups, . . . traveling to communities that have been under-represented in the past, as opposed to being on the phone selling tickets to a $250 a plate fundraiser.” -- Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, elected under Arizona's Voter Owned Elections program

“We Clean Elections [Voter Owned Elections] pioneers are a more independent bunch, especially because we’re not worrying about how we’re going to raise the big bucks to win our next race. Lobbyists for special interests tend to spend less time with us, which makes it easier to get through the Capitol halls in time for a vote.” -- Glenn Cummings, & Ed Youngblood, Maine State legislators, elected using Voter Owned Elections