Candidate · November 3, 2026

Jill N. Tokuda

On the ballot for U.S. House · Hawaii's 2nd District

DemocraticIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$986K
cash on hand
$487K
issues with public statements
19

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Hawaii's 2nd District1,2
Party on the ballotDemocratic1,2
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Hawaii's 2nd District in the U.S. House.3
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Jill Tokuda has represented Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since she was first elected in 2022.4 Her official biography says she serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and as ranking member of the Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.5 From 2006 to 2018 she represented Kaneohe and Kailua in the Hawaii State Senate, where she chaired the Ways and Means Committee.4,5 She was co-director of CyberHawaii and external affairs director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center on Maui.4,5 She earned a bachelor's degree in international relations, with a minor in Japanese studies, at The George Washington University.4,5

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says her motivation to serve in Congress is ensuring that Hawaii remains a place of promise and opportunity for all children, not only her own sons.4 It says her work focuses on the affordability crisis and on expanding access to health care and mental health services.6

Service in Congress since 2023

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Health Care

Her campaign website says she joined colleagues in sponsoring the Medicare for All Act of 2023, calls healthcare a human right and says she will keep fighting for that legislation.9

  1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
  2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
  3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
  4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Guns

Her campaign website says she has advocated nationwide measures including comprehensive background checks for all gun purchases and transfers.9

  1. Require checks for all gun sales, including private sales (with exceptions such as gifts between family members)
  2. Require checks for private sales at gun shows and online, but not other private sales
  3. Keep current law, with checks required only for sales by licensed dealers
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she has advocated nationwide measures including banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.9

  1. Ban the sale of these rifles
  2. Keep sales legal, with added limits such as a minimum buying age of 21
  3. No bans or added limits on these rifles
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she has advocated addressing the proliferation of ghost guns, and that as a state senator she supported legislation banning bump fire stocks and multi-burst trigger activators, which it says she supports at the federal level.9

  1. Tighten rules, such as registering pistols with stabilizing braces and requiring serial numbers and background checks for all gun kits and parts
  2. Keep current rules
  3. Loosen rules, such as ending federal registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she has advocated nationwide measures including implementing red flag laws to enable the removal of guns from individuals in crisis.9

  1. Adopt more red flag laws, including a national one
  2. Leave the choice to each state
  3. Repeal existing red flag laws and adopt no new ones
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Her campaign website says she cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act, which it says would codify the right to abortion care.9

  1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
  2. Leave abortion law to each state
  3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says reproductive decisions should remain in the hands of women, not politicians, and that she cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act, which it says would codify the right to abortion care.9

Her campaign website says that in her first term she opposed efforts in the House to further restrict women's health care, including by limiting access to mifepristone.9

Her campaign website says she cosponsored the Right to Contraception Act, which it says prevents federal, state and local government entities from restricting access to or the sale of contraceptives.9

Elections and Government Reform

Her campaign website says she is determined to overturn Citizens United, does not accept corporate PAC money, and supports the For the People Act and the DISCLOSE Act.9

  1. Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
  2. Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
  3. Keep current rules
  4. Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Infrastructure and Transportation

Her campaign website says she is fighting to suspend the federal gas tax.9

  1. Raise the federal gas tax
  2. Add new fees, such as a yearly fee on electric vehicles or a charge for each mile driven
  3. Keep the gas tax as is and cover the gap with other federal money
  4. Cut or suspend the federal gas tax
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she is committed to securing federal funding for disaster preparedness, including firefighting equipment, emergency communication systems and training for emergency personnel.9

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Her campaign website says she is taking on President Trump's tariffs, which it calls costly.9

Her campaign website says she will fight for higher wages and for workers' rights to organize and collectively bargain.9

Family and Social Policy

Her campaign website says she is fighting to expand the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit so working families can keep more of what they earn.9

Her campaign website says she is fighting to make childcare more affordable.9

Education

Her campaign website says she supports making higher education more affordable, including relief from student loan debt.9

Her campaign website says families deserve universal access to free public education for children of all ages, including community college and four-year universities, and says providing universal access to free community college and workforce training is vital.9

  1. No free tuition program
  2. Free tuition at community colleges
  3. Free tuition at public colleges and universities
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Housing

Her campaign website says she is leading the fight to stop outside investors from buying up homes and farmland, and that she co-led the Stop Wall Street Landlords Act in Congress.9

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Jill N. Tokuda served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Jill N. Tokuda sponsored or cosponsored 36 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

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§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.62

Raised$985,930
Spent$982,396
Cash on hand$486,975

Where the money came from

Individual donors$734K · 74%
PACs and other political committees$244K · 25%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$684 · 0%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$6,934 · 1%

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.