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Karl Rhoads

Democrat, State Senate

District 13, Oʻahu

Time in office:

Senate: 2016-present
House: 2006-2016

Official Website

News coverage of Karl Rhoads

Bio

Karl Rhoads has been in the Legislature nearly 20 years and currently serves as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was first elected to the House in 2006 where he was also the House Judiciary chair. His Senate district includes Nu‘uanu, Pacific Heights, Pauoa, Punchbowl, Pālama, Liliha, Iwilei, Chinatown and Downtown.

Rhoads holds a law degree from George Washington University and worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel of New York, as a legislative aide to U.S. Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (New York) and as an intern to former U.S. Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts.

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Bill Activity

Of 173 bills:

9 Passed

0 Failed

164 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 173 bills: 9 passed, 0 failed, and 164 are currently pending.

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Financials

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Election

This display shows money given directly to the incumbent’s campaign committee (NOTE: The industry categories for donors come from Open Secrets, a nonpartisan research organization for campaign finance. Some contributions are “uncoded,” meaning they have not been assigned to an industry sector. As a result, the total for each sector is also an estimate).

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Candidate Donations

Individuals, corporations, organizations and committees are limited to a maximum donation to candidates of $4000 for the Senate and $2000 for the house.

Total

$31.9K

42.0% lower than the average legislators

Grand Total for Elections

$31.9K

42.0% lower than the average legislators

This is a total of the money targeting this legislator's campaign(s) including direct donations to the candidate, money spent by Independent Expenditure Committees and money from political parties.

Influence

There are two categories of donations to legislators after they are elected that encourage a working relationship between the donor and the legislator. The categories are: 1-Gifts, 2-Travel.

Giver	Value	Date	Description
Peter Fritz	$210	May 4, 2018	Twenty-one loaves of homemade bread.

Gifts

For gifts that are allowed, legislators must file an annual gifts disclosure statement with the Hawai'i State Ethics Commission if they or their spouse or dependent child receive from a single source one or multiple gifts and the whole aggregate value exceeds $200.