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Jill Tokuda

U.S. Representative, Hawaii's 2nd District (since 2023)DINCUMBENT

Race
U.S. House · Hawaii's 2nd District
Result
Jill Tokuda, projected winner
Opponent
Brenton Awa (R)
Research
Basic

Party line17 votes tracked

17With Democrats
0Against
0Didn't vote

With party = voted the same way as most Democrats who voted.

Said vs. did8 statements · 17 votes

I will keep fighting for commonsense gun safety laws that protect our people, respect everyone’s rights, and prioritizes our communities' ability to determine what safety looks like for ourselves.

Stricter gun laws

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On the ballotU.S. House · 2

2026-11-03

Jill Tokuda Dincumbent
Brenton Awa Rchallenger

Said vs. did

Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.

Stricter gun lawsSupports
I will keep fighting for commonsense gun safety laws that protect our people, respect everyone’s rights, and prioritizes our communities' ability to determine what safety looks like for ourselves.

After the Supreme Court struck down a Hawai'i law requiring concealed-carry permit holders to get permission before bringing firearms onto private property open to the public, said she would keep fighting for commonsense gun safety laws.[4]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Continue U.S. military aid to IsraelOpposes
For this reason, we do not support providing an additional $3.3 billion of American taxpayer dollars to be used for Israeli military operations in Gaza and Lebanon—operations which have killed tens of thousands of civilians, led to the indiscriminate destruction of civilian infrastructure, and caused severe and ongoing humanitarian catastrophes.

Joined 26 House colleagues in a joint statement opposing a proposed $3.3 billion in additional Foreign Military Financing to Israel, citing civilian deaths in Gaza and Lebanon and unenforced human-rights conditions on U.S. security assistance.[5]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Broad tariffs on imported goodsOpposes
No president should be able to unilaterally gamble with our economy, effectively taxing American families, farmers, and small businesses.

Applauded the Supreme Court's decision striking down the Trump administration's IEEPA tariffs, saying tariffs have raised costs for farmers, families and small businesses and that Congress sets trade policy.[6]

  • YESResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11), which disapproved the tariffs on Canadian imports.[7]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroadSupports
I think it’s clear that they should be voting in favor of this war powers resolution

In a KHON2 interview, said members of Congress should vote in favor of the March 2026 war powers resolution on Iran.[8]

  • YESWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela (H. Con. Res. 64, 2025-12-17), which would have directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Venezuela absent congressional authorization.[9]
  • YESWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities (H. Con. Res. 86, 2026-06-03), which directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization.[10]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Expand public health coverageSupports
This bill would rip lifesaving Medicaid coverage from 17 million Americans, including 150,000 in Hawai‘i

Said the July 2025 reconciliation bill would remove Medicaid coverage from 17 million Americans, including 150,000 in Hawai‘i, and voted against it.[11]

  • NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements.[12][13]
  • YESBreaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08), which extended enhanced ACA premium subsidies.[14]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Raise the minimum wageSupports

Cosponsored H.R. 2743, the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (119th Congress), which would raise the federal minimum wage.

Documented position[15]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Protect legal access to abortionSupports

Cosponsored H.R. 12, the Women's Health Protection Act of 2025 (119th Congress), which would establish a federal statutory right to provide and receive abortion services. Cosponsored H.R. 4099, the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act (119th Congress), which would protect the ability to travel across state lines to obtain abortion services.

Documented position[16][17]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Raise taxes on high earners or corporationsSupports

Cosponsored H.R. 8085, the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2026 (119th Congress), which would impose an annual tax on very large household net worth.

Documented position[18]

  • NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[12][13]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Expand immigration enforcement and deportations

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOLaken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22).[19]
  • NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations.[12][13]
  • NOSecure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11).[20]
Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOSAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).[21]
Faster transition away from fossil fuels

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[12][13]

Biography

Jill Tokuda is the Democratic U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd District and won re-election on November 3, 2026, according to unofficial results. First elected in 2022, she is a Honolulu native who served in the Hawaii Senate from 2006 to 2018, including as Ways and Means chair, and worked in nonprofit and private-sector roles before Congress.[1][2][3]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Tokuda was born in Honolulu in 1976. According to her official biography, her family has lived in the district for four generations since emigrating from Okinawa, and she attended Hawaii public schools.[2][3] She earned a B.A. in international relations from George Washington University in 1997; her official biography adds a minor in Japanese studies and says she was the first in her family to attend college.[2][3] She worked as president of Kalliope LLC and co-director of CyberHawaii, a workforce development organization, and as external affairs director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center, where she raised funds to expand the facility on Maui.[2][3]

Tokuda served in the Hawaii State Senate from 2006 to 2018, representing Kaneohe and Kailua. She chaired the Ways and Means, Education and Higher Education, Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs, and Labor committees.[2][3] As Ways and Means chair, her office says, she approved all fiscal and tax measures and championed legislation creating the state's Executive Office on Early Learning and the Hawai'i Keiki Program, and enabling legislation for Important Agricultural Lands. During the pandemic she served on the Hawaii House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness, and she was a founding member of the Patsy T. Mink PAC.[3]

Tokuda won the 2022 Democratic primary with 57.6 percent in an open-seat race and the November 2022 general election with 62.2 percent, taking office January 3, 2023. She was re-elected in 2024 with 66.5 percent.[2] In Congress she serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and is ranking member of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology. She is co-chair of the Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus and second vice chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.[3] She won the August 8, 2026 Democratic primary with 91.6 percent of the vote. Her official biography says she is married to Kyle Michibata and they have two sons.[22][3] She campaigned on her record in Congress.[2][3] She won the November 3, 2026 general election with 66.5% of the vote to Brenton Awa's 33.5%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]

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Recent votes

DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted yesWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207
2026-02-11With partyvoted yesResolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210
2026-02-03With partyvoted noConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21
2026-01-08With partyvoted yesBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196
2025-12-17With partyvoted yesWar Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212
2025-12-10With partyvoted yesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1
2025-11-12With partyvoted noContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2

Showing the 8 most recent of 17 votes.

All 17 recorded votes
DateParty lineMeasure
2026-06-03With partyvoted yesWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilitiesH. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–1 · Republicans 4–207The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
2026-02-11With partyvoted yesResolution disapproving tariffs on CanadaH.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–1 · Republicans 6–210The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
2026-02-03With partyvoted noConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government fundingH.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 21–193 · Republicans 196–21The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
2026-01-08With partyvoted yesBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extensionH.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · roll call ↗Democrats 213–0 · Republicans 17–196The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
2025-12-17With partyvoted yesWar Powers Resolution on VenezuelaH. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 208–1 · Republicans 3–212The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
2025-12-10With partyvoted yesNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · roll call ↗Democrats 115–94 · Republicans 197–18The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
2025-11-18With partyvoted yesEpstein Files Transparency ActH.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · roll call ↗Democrats 211–0 · Republicans 216–1The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
2025-11-12With partyvoted noContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · roll call ↗Democrats 6–207 · Republicans 216–2The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
2025-07-17With partyvoted noCLARITY Act — digital asset market structureH.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · roll call ↗Democrats 78–134 · Republicans 216–0The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
2025-07-17With partyvoted noGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulationS. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · roll call ↗Democrats 102–110 · Republicans 206–12The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
2025-07-03With partyvoted noOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passageH.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 218–2H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
2025-06-12With partyvoted noRescissions Act of 2025H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–208 · Republicans 214–4The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
2025-05-22With partyvoted noOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passageH.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–212 · Republicans 215–2H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
2025-04-10With partyvoted noSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registrationH.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · roll call ↗Democrats 4–208 · Republicans 216–0The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
2025-03-11With partyvoted noFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 1–212 · Republicans 216–1The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
2025-01-22With partyvoted noLaken Riley Act — final passageS. 5 · Passed 263–156 · roll call ↗Democrats 46–156 · Republicans 217–0The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.
2023-05-11With partyvoted noSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passageH.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–211 · Republicans 219–2Would have resumed border-wall construction, restricted asylum eligibility, expanded detention, and mandated E-Verify for employers.

On the record

Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.

  • actionServes on the House Agriculture Committee and the House Armed Services Committee (Military Personnel and Readiness Subcommittees) in the 118th Congress committee assignments listed on Ballotpedia.[23]
  • bill2026-09-03 · Introduced the bipartisan Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Improvement Act (REH 2.0) to expand which rural hospitals can qualify for the Rural Emergency Hospital designation and its Medicare payments.[24]
  • action2026-06-05 · As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, helped advance the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8800) and blocked a provision that would have authorized unilateral Army condemnation of military training lands in Hawai'i, voting for the bill's passage out of committee.[25]

In their own words

Priorities

  • Protecting Hawai'i's military training lands from federal condemnation, saying any future use of the lands must be built on good-faith negotiation with the local community.[25]
  • Strengthening rural hospitals' access to Medicare and Medicaid funding so they can keep their doors open and maintain critical services.[24]
  • Advocates for "commonsense gun safety laws" that she says protect communities while respecting individual rights.[4]
Campaign money$821K raised · 78% from individuals · FEC through 2026-07-19

Totals this cycle

Raised$821K
Spent$734K
Cash on hand$570K

Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.

Who gave

  • Individuals $635K
  • PACs & committees $183K

Largest committee contributions

  1. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee PAC$10K
  2. American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E PAC$10K
  3. Pineapple PAC PAC$10K
  4. Hawaii PAC PAC$10K
  5. American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (AAJ PAC) PAC$7,500
  6. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Political Committee PAC$7,500
  7. American Physical Therapy Association Physical Therapy Political Action Committee (Pt-Pac) PAC$6,000
  8. National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action Committee PAC$6,000
  9. Masters, Mates and Pilots Political Contribution Fund PAC$5,500
  10. Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. Political Action Committee PAC$5,000

Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗

Profile: /people/jill-n-tokuda

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 1 of 471 party-divided votes on file.

  • An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes

    A yes vote agreed to the Senate's amendments to H.R. 5334, which add Russia sanctions, higher duties and an Iran Sanctions Act extension to the early-childhood educator deduction, sending the bill to the president. (AI-written)

    What it does: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 This bill imposes a variety of sanctions, tariffs, and prohibitions related to Russia, extends an Iran-related sanctions law, and expands a tax deduction for t…

    Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 58–152, Republicans 203–7

    Sep 16, 2026Official record ↗

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Sources cited in this profile

  1. 1.Hawaii's 2nd District U.S. House election results 2026 · NBC News News report
  2. 2.Jill Tokuda · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  3. 3.Meet Jill · Office of Rep. Jill Tokuda · 2026-10-21 Official record
  4. 4.Rep. Tokuda Statement on Supreme Court Decision Overturning Hawaii Gun Safety Law · Office of Rep. Jill Tokuda · 2026-06-25 Official record
  5. 5.Rep. Tokuda Joins Colleagues in Calling to Halt $3.3 Billion in Military Funding to Israel · Office of Rep. Jill Tokuda · 2026-07-15 Official record
  6. 6.Rep. Tokuda Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Trump Tariffs · Office of Rep. Jill Tokuda · 2026-09-25 Official record
  7. 7.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record
  8. 8.‘Look at the Constitution’: Rep. Tokuda on War Powers vote · Rep. Tokuda official website (KHON2 interview) Official record
  9. 9.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-12-17 Official record
  10. 10.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
  11. 11.Rep. Tokuda Votes Against “Big Ugly Bill” · Rep. Tokuda official website Official record
  12. 12.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  13. 13.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  14. 14.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  15. 15.H.R. 2743, the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 (Raise the Wage Act of 2025) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  16. 16.H.R. 12, the Women's Health Protection Act of 2025 (Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  17. 17.H.R. 4099, the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act (Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  18. 18.H.R. 8085, the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2026 (Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2026) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  19. 19.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  20. 20.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  21. 21.Roll call: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
  22. 22.Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  23. 23.Jill Tokuda · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  24. 24.Rep. Tokuda Introduces Bipartisan REH 2.0 to Strengthen Rural Hospitals · Office of Rep. Jill Tokuda · 2026-09-03 Official record
  25. 25.Rep. Tokuda Fights to Protect Hawai'i Lands, Secures Key Priorities in Annual Defense Policy Bill · Office of Rep. Jill Tokuda · 2026-06-05 Official record