Palolo Valley between 8th and 9th Avenues

Les Ihara

Democrat, State Senate

District 10, Oʻahu

Time in office:

Senate: 1994-present
House: 1986-1994

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Bio

Les Ihara Jr. is a veteran legislator who previously served in the House of Representatives (from 1987 to 1994) and has been in the Senate since 1995. He represents Pālolo, St. Louis Heights, Maunalani Heights, Ala Wai, Kaimukī, Kapahulu, Mō‘ili‘ili and McCully.

Ihara is Majority Policy Leader and has made accountability, transparency and reform a priority. He has been on the Kettering Foundation Board of Directors since 2010, is part of the Ala Wai Watershed Community Network and won the Shining Light Award, Hawai‘i Alliance for Retired Americans in 2008.

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Bill Activity

Of 13 bills:

0 Passed

13 Failed

0 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 13 bills: 0 passed, 13 failed, and 0 are currently pending.

Alignment Meter

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This feature tracks sources of money intended to help a candidate win election.

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).

Communications & Electronics

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

$750.0

Grand Total for Elections

$750.0

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.

Agriculture

Communications & Electronics

Construction

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

General Business

Health

Labor

Lawyers & Lobbyists

Transportation

Uncoded

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

$67.1K

Independent Expenditures

Money from Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) for advertising or grassroots activity targeting a candidates run for office is unlimited, but it cannot be spent in coordination with the candidate or the candidate's campaign.

Total

$152.0

Grand Total for Elections

$67.3K

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.

No personal gifts data found