US Midterms 2026
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Jill Tokuda, a Democrat who has represented Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2023, is seeking re-election in 2026 against Republican Brenton Awa, the minority leader of the Hawaii Senate.
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The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Caucus (CAPAC) issued a statement blaming the Trump administration for anti-South Asian hate, with signatories from CAPAC leadership, including Jill Tokuda (Second Vice…
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa, in partnership with Clemson University, will lead a federal program (the CCIL) to boost U.S. and global coffee and cacao production. The initiative leverages the U.S.
The Clemson News release highlights Clemson University and Hawaii collaboration led by researchers to boost global coffee and cacao productivity, with a focus on benefiting South Carolina.
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Jill Tokuda was born Jill Naomi Tokuda on March 3, 1976, and was raised in Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi, where she attended local public schools and graduated from James B. Castle High School. She is a fourth-generation Japanese American with Okinawan heritage. As a first-generation college student, she earned a BA in international relations, with a minor in Japanese studies, from George Washington University, where she was active in the College Democrats.
Tokuda was elected to the Hawaii Senate in 2006 and represented the 24th district until 2018. In the State Senate she served as majority whip and chaired the Ways and Means Committee, which oversees the state budget. She ran for lieutenant governor in 2018 and lost the Democratic primary to Josh Green. From 2019 until her election to Congress she was executive director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center on Maui.
Tokuda won Hawaii's 2nd congressional district on November 8, 2022, with 62.2% of the vote, and took office in 2023. She was re-elected on November 6, 2024, after running unopposed in the August Democratic primary.
In the 119th Congress she serves on the Committee on Agriculture, where she is ranking member of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology, and on the Committee on Armed Services. She is a co-chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
Jill Tokuda is seeking re-election in Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, which takes in rural and suburban Oahu and all of the state's other islands; she was re-elected with 66.5% of the vote in 2024.
In the 2026 Democratic primary she won 91.5% of the vote against three opponents, including retired teacher Steven King. Her Republican opponent is Brenton Awa, minority leader of the Hawaii Senate, who has represented the 23rd district since 2022.
The general election takes place on November 3, 2026.
