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U.S. House, District 2: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Brenton Awa

Brenton Awa

Running for U.S. House · Hawaii District 2

NationalRepublican

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Jill N. Tokuda

Jill N. Tokuda

U.S. House · Hawaii District 2

NationalDemocrat

Brenton AwaCandidateJill N. TokudaCurrent rep

Job fit

Brenton Awa

Other work

  • Awa also worked for the Department of Education as a substitute teacher within the Windward District 1
  • Awa had spent nearly a decade working as a TV News Anchor and Reporter for local ABC affiliate KITV4 Island News. 1

Education

  • Clarion University of Pennsylvania – B.S. Speech Communication, Leadership 1

Jill N. Tokuda

Offices held

  • From 2006-2018, she represented Kaneohe and Kailua in the Hawai`i State Senate. 2

Other work

  • as the External Affairs Director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center where Jill raised funds to expand the facility on the island of Maui. 2
  • Her private and nonprofit experience includes serving as Co-Director of CyberHawaii, which supports workforce development 2

Top issues

We haven't found stated positions for either candidate yet.

How they voted on top issues

Brenton Awa

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Jill N. Tokuda

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 3
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 3
  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 3

Who pays them

Brenton Awa

Where the campaign money came from4

small donorslarge donors
small donors$13Klarge donors$90K$112K raised
$12,8124Small individual donors
$90,4784Large individual donors

Jill N. Tokuda

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorslabor unionsindustry associationsother politiciansOther kinds of donors
small donors$82Klarge donors$553Klabor unions$84Kindustryassociations$36Kotherpoliticians$25KOther kinds ofdonors$39K$868K raised
$81,5765Small individual donors
$553,1465Large individual donors

Checks

Brenton Awa

No voting record to check yet

Jill N. Tokuda

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Senator Brenton Awa — legislative biography; web text extraction retrieved 2026-10-19 · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  2. Jill Tokuda — Biography; web text extraction retrieved 2026-10-19 · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  3. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  4. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money