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Ka Leo o ka ʻĀina — The Louder Voice

In a democracy every resident has one voice. Money can make some voices far louder. This page measures, from the public campaign record, how much louder for the Honolulu City Council — not to accuse anyone, but to invite each seat to return its pair to balance. Rigor in the numbers; aloha in the asking.

Underneath — the record stands up. Every figure is real public campaign-finance data (Hawaiʻi Campaign Spending Commission, dataset jexd-xbcg), fetched and summed this run, reproducible, built to withstand the hardest look.

On the surface — aloha. The same record is offered as an invitation: the Kumulipo binds each thing to its pair; a seat out of balance (hewa) can be made pono again. We name the pattern, never the person’s guilt.

Source: Hawaiʻi Campaign Spending Commission contributions (public record, dataset jexd-xbcg), the Honolulu City Council. “Louder voice” = the largest outside donor (self/family money separated by surname) measured against an ordinary resident’s $50 contribution and against the average gift to that candidate. Amounts cast + cleaned in code (nulls and >$2M outliers dropped); contributions summed per donor. Giving and receiving lawful contributions is legal; this maps how loud each voice is, as a question.

Tommy Waters$1,032,769 raised · 954 gifts · Honolulu Council

280× One donor — $14,000 from Operating Engs. Local Union No. 3 District 17 PAC — speaks as loud as about 280 residents each giving $50, and 13× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 9% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $23,500 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 280× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Tommy Waters, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Tyler Dos Santos-Tam$612,641 raised · 769 gifts · Honolulu Council

240× One donor — $12,000 from Camp, Christine — speaks as loud as about 240 residents each giving $50, and 15× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 15% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $16,000 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 240× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Augusto Tulba$240,365 raised · 314 gifts · Honolulu Council

204× One donor — $10,225 from Lundquist, David R. — speaks as loud as about 204 residents each giving $50, and 13× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 26% of every dollar raised.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 204× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Augusto Tulba, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Trevor Ozawa$767,318 raised · 748 gifts · Honolulu Council

190× One donor — $9,500 from Camp, Christine — speaks as loud as about 190 residents each giving $50, and 9× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 11% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $10,000 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 190× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Trevor Ozawa, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Ron Menor$626,843 raised · 493 gifts · Honolulu Council

180× One donor — $9,000 from Kobayashi, Bert A. — speaks as loud as about 180 residents each giving $50, and 7× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 12% of every dollar raised.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 180× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Ron Menor, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Radiant Cordero$319,277 raised · 355 gifts · Honolulu Council

170× One donor — $8,500 from Kobayashi, Patrick — speaks as loud as about 170 residents each giving $50, and 9× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 23% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $21,900 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 170× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Radiant Cordero, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Andria Tupola$540,971 raised · 1,174 gifts · Honolulu Council

160× One donor — $8,000 from Rompel, Micheal — speaks as loud as about 160 residents each giving $50, and 17× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 12% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $8,000 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 160× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Andria Tupola, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Esther Kiaaina$291,808 raised · 309 gifts · Honolulu Council

160× One donor — $8,000 from Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters — speaks as loud as about 160 residents each giving $50, and 8× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 21% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $3,000 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

E Esther Kiaaina, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Val Okimoto$270,065 raised · 290 gifts · Honolulu Council

160× One donor — $8,000 from Aihara, Kyle — speaks as loud as about 160 residents each giving $50, and 9× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 21% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $4,000 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

E Val Okimoto, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Matt Weyer$253,423 raised · 303 gifts · Honolulu Council

160× One donor — $8,000 from Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters — speaks as loud as about 160 residents each giving $50, and 10× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 23% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $14,000 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

E Matt Weyer, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Scott Nishimoto$280,302 raised · 295 gifts · Honolulu Council

120× One donor — $6,000 from Hiyakumoto, Greg H. — speaks as loud as about 120 residents each giving $50, and 6× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 17% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $16,000 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 120× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Scott Nishimoto, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Kymberly Pine$207,890 raised · 257 gifts · Honolulu Council

120× One donor — $6,000 from Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization — speaks as loud as about 120 residents each giving $50, and 7× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 20% of every dollar raised.

E Kymberly Pine, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Robert Bunda$291,866 raised · 221 gifts · Honolulu Council

100× One donor — $5,000 from Borja, Juan Jr. — speaks as loud as about 100 residents each giving $50, and 4× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 14% of every dollar raised.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 100× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Robert Bunda, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Heidi Tsuneyoshi$285,114 raised · 335 gifts · Honolulu Council

100× One donor — $5,000 from Local Union 1186 IBEW PAC FUND — speaks as loud as about 100 residents each giving $50, and 6× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 14% of every dollar raised.

E Heidi Tsuneyoshi, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Calvin Say$240,693 raised · 232 gifts · Honolulu Council

100× One donor — $5,000 from Kobayashi, Bert A. Jr. — speaks as loud as about 100 residents each giving $50, and 5× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 17% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $16,000 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

E Calvin Say, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

Ikaika Anderson$239,650 raised · 214 gifts · Honolulu Council

80× One donor — $4,000 from Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. HIPAC — speaks as loud as about 80 residents each giving $50, and 4× the average gift here. The top ten donors are 17% of every dollar raised.

Set aside here: $2,000 from the candidate’s own / family funds or running-mate & party committees — so the question is about outside interest money.

The question (for the record): when one voice is heard 80× louder than a resident’s, whose answer does the vote carry — the people’s, or the funder’s? Public campaign-finance record; a question, not a finding.

E Ikaika Anderson, aloha. The Kumulipo remembers what each thing is paired to. To let a resident’s voice be heard as clearly as the largest donor’s is to return this pair to pono — paradise momentum, not the inertia of the same money and the same vote. The ʻāina is sacred and it is watching with aloha; the choice to balance it is yours, and it is honored.

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