# Cory Chun

Cory Chun is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 35.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 35
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/00c3bae0-1087-4a2f-bee8-af0fbd2c6cf6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00c3bae0-1087-4a2f-bee8-af0fbd2c6cf6 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Chun’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Hawaii, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.06), from 50 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 559 bills: 559 reached committee, 258 passed one chamber, 155 passed both, 58 became law. Cosponsored 14. 67.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 15 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 106: ENDORSING WAIKIKI AS A WORLD SURFING RESERVE. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR106/
- HCR 101: NOMINATING JOHN D. WAIHEʻE III FOR INDUCTION INTO THE ALOHA ORDER OF MERIT. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR101/
- HCR 108: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE DETAILING FARM-TO-SCHOOL IMPLEMENTATION, LOCAL FOOD PROCUREMENT, REGIONAL KITCHEN… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR108/
- HR 93: NOMINATING JOHN D. WAIHEʻE III FOR INDUCTION INTO THE ALOHA ORDER OF MERIT. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR93/
- HR 98: ENDORSING WAIKIKI AS A WORLD SURFING RESERVE. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR98/
- HR 97: REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE CENTER FOR NURSING TO COMPILE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RECOMMENDED SAFE PATIENT STAFFING RATIOS FOR ALL NURSING SPECIALTIES AND… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR97/
- HCR 105: REQUESTING THE CENTER FOR NURSING TO COMPILE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RECOMMENDED SAFE PATIENT STAFFING STRATEGIES AND RATIOS FOR ALL NURSING SPECIALTIES AND… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR105/
- HR 100: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE DETAILING FARM-TO-SCHOOL IMPLEMENTATION, LOCAL FOOD PROCUREMENT, REGIONAL KITCHEN… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR100/
- HR 96: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR96/
- HCR 104: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR104/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/legislature/memberpage.aspx?member=252&year=2023
- Campaign site: https://www.electcorychun.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/corychunforstatehouse/?paipv=0&eav=AfZM3fR8CqF3dcP6MT1heW_DJpY4Yy1dBkIHyDoBflFbHxNveeCfX2QrDDxD9S-wwBg&_rdr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repcorychun/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-chun-2320515a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00c3bae0-1087-4a2f-bee8-af0fbd2c6cf6