Sam Kong

Democrat, State House of Representatives

District 33, Oʻahu

Time in office:

House: 2014-present

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Bio

Sam Satoru Kong represents ‘Aiea and Waimalu. He is vice chair of the House Culture and Arts Committee and has been a legislator for more than 10 years.

The former longtime owner of Aiea Florist, Kong was in the U.S. Air Force as an electronics technician for 10 years and later worked as a computer technician. He lists education, business issues and community advocacy, including housing and homelessness as priorities on his campaign website

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Bill Activity

Of 19 bills:

0 Passed

19 Failed

0 Pending

For this session year, this legislator initiated 19 bills: 0 passed, 19 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).

Agriculture

Candidate Contributions

Communications & Electronics

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

Ideology/Single Issue

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

$21.2K

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

$147.0

Grand Total for Elections

$21.3K

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.

Agriculture

Candidate Contributions

Communications & Electronics

Construction

Energy & Natural Resources

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate

General Business

Health

Ideology/Single Issue

Labor

Lawyers & Lobbyists

Party

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

$88.2K

Independent Expenditures

Total

$1.0K

Grand Total for Elections

$89.2K

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