Jeanne Kapela

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Jeanne Kapela
Image of Jeanne Kapela
Hawaii House of Representatives District 5
Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

4

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$74,160/year

Per diem

$225/day; only for legislators who do not reside on Oahu.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

Jeanne Kapela (Democratic Party) is a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, representing District 5. She assumed office on November 3, 2020. Her current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Kapela (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Hawaii House of Representatives to represent District 5. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Jeanne Kapela was born in Kona, Hawaii. Kapela graduated from Konawaena High School in 2012. She oversaw Unite Hawaii.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Kapela was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Kapela was assigned to the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Incumbent Jeanne Kapela defeated Ashley Oyama and Fred Fogel in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeanne Kapela
Jeanne Kapela (D)
 
60.4
 
5,737
Ashley Oyama (R)
 
36.5
 
3,466
Fred Fogel (L)
 
3.2
 
300

Total votes: 9,503
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Incumbent Jeanne Kapela defeated Chantel Makuaole-Perrin in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeanne Kapela
Jeanne Kapela
 
82.7
 
2,939
Chantel Makuaole-Perrin
 
17.3
 
616

Total votes: 3,555
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Ashley Oyama advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ashley Oyama
 
100.0
 
984

Total votes: 984
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Fred Fogel advanced from the Libertarian primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Fred Fogel
 
100.0
 
39

Total votes: 39
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Incumbent Jeanne Kapela defeated Lohi Goodwin and Mike Last in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeanne Kapela
Jeanne Kapela (D)
 
69.4
 
4,962
Image of Lohi Goodwin
Lohi Goodwin (R) Candidate Connection
 
27.1
 
1,936
Mike Last (L)
 
3.5
 
250

Total votes: 7,148
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Incumbent Jeanne Kapela advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeanne Kapela
Jeanne Kapela
 
100.0
 
3,479

Total votes: 3,479
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Lohi Goodwin advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lohi Goodwin
Lohi Goodwin Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
908

Total votes: 908
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Mike Last advanced from the Libertarian primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mike Last
 
100.0
 
21

Total votes: 21
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2020

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Jeanne Kapela defeated Mike Last and Citlalli Johanna Decker in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeanne Kapela
Jeanne Kapela (D)
 
77.1
 
8,344
Mike Last (L)
 
15.1
 
1,636
Image of Citlalli Johanna Decker
Citlalli Johanna Decker (Aloha Aina Party) Candidate Connection
 
7.8
 
843

Total votes: 10,823
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Jeanne Kapela defeated Colehour Bondera in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeanne Kapela
Jeanne Kapela
 
69.5
 
3,325
Colehour Bondera
 
30.5
 
1,457

Total votes: 4,782
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Aloha Aina Party primary election

Aloha Aina Party primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Citlalli Johanna Decker advanced from the Aloha Aina Party primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Citlalli Johanna Decker
Citlalli Johanna Decker Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
94

Total votes: 94
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Mike Last advanced from the Libertarian primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mike Last
 
100.0
 
50

Total votes: 50
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2018

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Richard Creagan won election in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5

Incumbent Richard Creagan defeated Jeanne Kapela and Gene Leslie in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 5 on August 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Creagan
Richard Creagan
 
50.4
 
2,359
Image of Jeanne Kapela
Jeanne Kapela
 
40.0
 
1,872
Image of Gene Leslie
Gene Leslie
 
9.6
 
447

Total votes: 4,678
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Jeanne Kapela did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Jeanne Kapela did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Jeanne Kapela campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Hawaii House of Representatives District 5Won general$15,355 $11,855
2022Hawaii House of Representatives District 5Won general$16,786 $19,647
2020Hawaii House of Representatives District 5Won general$44,885 N/A**
2018Hawaii House of Representatives District 5Lost primary$25,883 N/A**
Grand total$102,909 $31,502
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Preceded by
Richard Creagan (D)
Hawaii House of Representatives District 5
2020-Present
Succeeded by
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