Lisa Marten
Lisa Marten (Democratic Party) is a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, representing District 51. She assumed office on November 3, 2020. Her current term ends on November 3, 2026.
Marten (Democratic Party) won re-election to the Hawaii House of Representatives to represent District 51 outright in the Democratic primary on August 10, 2024, after the general election was canceled.
Biography
Lisa Marten graduated from Kalaheo High School. Marten earned a B.A. from Pitzer College and Waseda University, a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University, and a doctorate in public health from Columbia University. Her career experience includes working with the Center on HIV at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine. Marten served with the Kailua Neighborhood Board and the Lanikai Association.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Marten was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Committee, Vice Chair
- Higher Education Committee
- House Housing Committee
- House Transportation Committee
2021-2022
Marten was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture & Food Systems Committee
- Energy & Environmental Protection Committee, Vice-Chair
- Finance Committee
Sponsored legislation
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
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Incumbent Lisa Marten won election outright against Hopena Pokipala in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Marten | 72.9 | 3,290 |
| Hopena Pokipala | 27.1 | 1,223 | ||
| Total votes: 4,513 | |||
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Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Timothy Connelly (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Marten in this election.
2022
See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Incumbent Lisa Marten defeated Kukana Kama-Toth in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Marten (D) | 63.2 | 6,009 |
| Kukana Kama-Toth (R) | 36.8 | 3,503 | ||
| Total votes: 9,512 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Incumbent Lisa Marten defeated Kaleo Kwan in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Marten | 81.1 | 4,507 |
| Kaleo Kwan | 18.9 | 1,053 | ||
| Total votes: 5,560 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Kukana Kama-Toth advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kukana Kama-Toth | 100.0 | 1,540 | |
| Total votes: 1,540 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Edward Enos (R)
2020
See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Lisa Marten defeated Kukana Kama-Toth and Erik Ho in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Marten (D) | 55.0 | 6,857 |
| Kukana Kama-Toth (R) | 40.8 | 5,082 | ||
| Erik Ho (Aloha Aina Party) | 4.2 | 522 | ||
| Total votes: 12,461 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Lisa Marten defeated Coby Chock, Scott Grimmer, and Alan Akao in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Marten | 43.0 | 2,858 |
 | Coby Chock | 26.6 | 1,768 | |
 | Scott Grimmer | 19.8 | 1,315 | |
| Alan Akao | 10.6 | 706 | ||
| Total votes: 6,647 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Kukana Kama-Toth defeated Doni Leina'ala Chong in the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kukana Kama-Toth | 62.4 | 1,260 | |
| Doni Leina'ala Chong | 37.6 | 758 | ||
| Total votes: 2,018 | |||
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Aloha Aina Party primary election
Aloha Aina Party primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Erik Ho advanced from the Aloha Aina Party primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Erik Ho | 100.0 | 80 | |
| Total votes: 80 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Lisa Marten completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marten's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am effective at getting legislation passed that stems from problems or needs in my community.
- I support efforts by community groups and try to help them with State or other resources.
- I respond promptly to help constituents navigate State services and benefits.
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2020
Lisa Marten completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marten's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a local girl who went off-island for my education and to start my career. Soon after having children, I moved back home to raise my family. I'm a proud grad of Kailua Intermediate and Kalaheo High School. After college in California and Japan, I was blessed to earn a Master in Public Policy at Harvard University and then a Doctorate in Public Health at Columbia University. Public Health is the science of gathering and evaluating evidence to make good decisions, whether for COVID-19 or for the health of our community in regular times. A thriving community depends on healthy and productive land and water, access to medical care, and mix of other key ingredients like affordable housing, good education and a fair working wage. After 15 years in health care and research, including at UH Mānoa, I started a non-profit to address environmental threats to our health in collaboration with schools and the Department of Land and Natural Resources. I have also fought, for over a decade, for local housing and traffic safety.
- Environmental health - I have been actively engaged in pushing for clean energy and protecting our natural resources as both a citizen and through my full-time effort at non-profit Healthy Climate Communities, and another non-profit of which I am a founding officer, Trees for Honoluluʻs future.
- Public Education - I work with public, charter and private schools both in the classroom and when they visit my project site for field trips to help plant a native forest. As a legislator, I would use what I have seen first-hand in the schools to bring all of them up to the same level as the ones that are already excellent.
- COVID-19 - I have a doctorate in Public Health from Columbia University and was an assistant professor at the medical school at UH Mānoa working on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. I would like to use my training and experience to help get our State through this pandemic safely with minimal collateral damage by making quick, evidence-based decisions and using all tools available to us.
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Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the Hawaii State Legislature was in session from January 17 to May 3. |
2023
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In 2023, the Hawaii State Legislature was in session from January 18 to May 4. |
2022
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In 2022, the Hawaii State Legislature was in session from January 19 to May 5. |
2021
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In 2021, the Hawaii State Legislature was in session from January 20 to April 29.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 |
Officeholder Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Chris Lee (D) |
Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 2020-Present |
Succeeded by - |
