Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Kaiali'I Kahele
Kaiali'i Kahele was a Democratic U.S. representative from Hawaii, first elected to Congress in 2021.
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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 9614 Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation ActDec 21, 2022 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9915-9916)
- H.R. 8706 Agricultural Management Assistance Modernization Act of 2022Sep 19, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
- H.R. 5776 Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans ActJul 19, 2022 · Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11.
- H.R. 8401 Transit Oriented Development Act of 2022Jul 15, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 8080 Military STUDY ActJun 15, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2226 (117th) Remove the Stain Act20 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 55 (117th) Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole Protecting Family Legacies Act17 cosponsors
- H.R. 5421 (117th) Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act14 cosponsors
- H.R. 5095 (117th) To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve how members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces performing active duty or full-time National Guard…5 cosponsors
- H.R. 1925 (117th) South Kona National Heritage Area3 cosponsors
- H.R. 5422 (117th) Macadamia Tree Health Initiative Amendments Act3 cosponsors
- H.R. 3406 (117th) To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs planned to be built in Oahu, Hawaii, as the "Daniel Kahikina Akaka…2 cosponsors
- H.R. 5312 (117th) Equitable Payments for Nursing Facilities Act of 20212 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kahele has won
Rep. Kahele has won 1 U.S. House election (2020–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 32.2 to 32.2 points.
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 2nd district done while Rep. Kahele served?
2021 to 2022 in HI-2: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 5.1 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 2nd district during Kahele’s time representing it (2021 to 2023). 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-2’s lines did not change in these years, so every year can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 16 | See the 16 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th 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.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.