Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Colleen Hanabusa

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · HawaiiHouse 2011–2019 (HI-1)

Colleen Hanabusa was a Democratic U.S. representative from Hawaii, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Democrats on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–115th Congress).

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24Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

2Passed a chamberof 16 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 113th–115th Congress

29Broke with partyof 654 yes/no votes, 112th (4.4%)

3Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (0.5%)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

5 most recent votes

YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.R. 5706 World War II Pacific Sites Establishment Act
Dec 12, 2018 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-535.
H.Res. 1124 Expressing support for the designation of the month of October 2018 as Filipino American History Month and celebrating the history and culture of Filipino…
Oct 12, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.Res. 1044 Congratulating the Honolulu Little League Baseball team of Hawaii on winning the 2018 Little League Baseball World Series Championship.
Aug 28, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.R. 2203 Coral Reef Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2017
May 22, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
H.Con.Res. 112 Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I.
May 17, 2018 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Hanabusa has won

Rep. Hanabusa has won 3 U.S. House elections (2010–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.5 to 46.6 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won3 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 6.5 points2010, HI-1

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 3 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Hawaii’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Mark Takai (D) 2014 → Colleen Hanabusa (D) 2016 → Ed Case (D) 2018–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

Full election history for this seat →

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Hawaii’s 1st district done while Rep. Hanabusa served?

2011 to 2018 in HI-1: typical household income was up 17% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.0 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.5 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

HI-1: $90.9K in 2011 → $106.4K in 2018

HI-1 up 17%Hawaii up 16%U.S. up 10%

Share of people below the poverty line

HI-1: 9.4% in 2011 → 7.4% in 2018

HI-1 down 2.0 pointsHawaii down 3.2 pointsU.S. down 2.8 points

Share of workers looking for a job

HI-1: 5.9% in 2011 → 3.4% in 2018

HI-1 down 2.5 pointsHawaii down 3.8 pointsU.S. down 5.3 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Hawaii’s 1st district during Hanabusa’s time representing it (2011 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. HI-1’s lines did not change in these years, so every year can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	13	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	9	See the 9 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	2	See the 2 →
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.