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Patrick Branco, Jill Tokuda and Joe Webster are among the candidates running for the U.S. House seat left vacant as U.S. Rep. Kai Kahale drops out to run for governor. The district covers the Big Island, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānai, Kauaʻi and non-urban Oʻahu.
Jill Tokuda represented Windward Oʻahu communities from Kāne‘ohe to Kailua in the state Senate for 12 years until 2018. The former chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee previously made an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor. Tokuda was considering a second run for lieutenant governor but switched to Hawaiʻi's 2nd Congressional District after Kahele decided not to return to Washington. The Conversation spoke with Tokuda after learning she picked up the Honolulu Star-Advertiser's endorsement.
This interview aired on The Conversation on July 26, 2022. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1.
