Candidate · November 3, 2026
Josh Green
On the ballot for Governor · Hawaii
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | Governor · Hawaii1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Democratic1, |
| Status | Incumbent |
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§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.
Green grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and earned degrees in biology and anthropology from Swarthmore College and a medical degree from Penn State.4 He worked as a family physician and emergency room doctor, including in the Kaʻū community on Hawaiʻi Island.4,
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says that in his first term he delivered the largest middle-class tax cut in state history, built affordable housing on a scale not seen in decades and made the state's largest investment in reducing homelessness.6
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitejoshgreenforhawaii.com6
- Official websitegovernor.hawaii.gov4
- Facebookfacebook.com/DrJoshGreen6
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/drjoshgreen6
- Instagraminstagram.com/drjoshgreen6
- YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCmRf43hZOWNGyMopHBZD8Dw6
§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.
Housing
His campaign website says he is lowering housing costs by building more housing, including 46,000 affordable units, and by removing unnecessary regulations on new housing while protecting the environment.7
His campaign website says he has made the largest investment in reducing homelessness in Hawaii's history, including building 30 kauhale villages, tiny-home communities meant to move people off the street permanently, and his official biography credits housing-first approaches with cutting health care costs for unsheltered people by up to 76%.4,
- Provide permanent housing first, without requiring treatment or sobriety beforehand
- Provide housing that comes with requirements, such as treatment, sobriety or work
- Enforce bans on public camping and move people into shelters or treatment, including court-ordered treatment for some
State Government
His campaign website says the state is covering Affordable Care Act subsidies for families who rely on them.9
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says Hawaii should speed up its move to clean energy, cut its dependence on fossil fuels and invest more in renewable energy.10
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website lists the biggest tax cut for the middle class in Hawaii's history, and doubling the earned income tax credit and the food tax credit, among his first-term accomplishments, and his official biography describes the cut as the largest income tax cut in the state's history.4,
His official biography lists exempting medical services reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE from the state's general excise tax among his administration's achievements.4
- Lower sales tax rates or stop taxing necessities such as groceries
- Keep current sales taxes
- Raise sales taxes or apply them to more goods and services, to replace other taxes or fund state programs
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website lists increasing the child and dependent care credit among his first-term accomplishments.11
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: Candidate committee campaign spending data search — Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission.12