# Nadine Nakamura

Nadine Nakamura is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 15.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 15
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aa2e4b09-2c1e-4fa2-b135-7d2427dca5b4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa2e4b09-2c1e-4fa2-b135-7d2427dca5b4 (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

Nakamura has served since 2022.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.05), from 169 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 686 bills: 686 reached committee, 273 passed one chamber, 189 passed both, 107 became law. Cosponsored 0. 58.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 35 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 216: INFORMING THE SENATE AND GOVERNOR THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS READY TO ADJOURN SINE DIE. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR216/
- HR 13: RELATING TO THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR13/
- HR 8: URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PRIORITIZE AND EXPEDITE THE STATE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED ACCEPTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $35,000 BY A… (passed one chamber, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR8/
- HB 2325: RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPT POSITIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2325/
- HB 2321: RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2321/
- HB 2278: RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION FROM CIVIL SERVICE OF EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL OF THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2278/
- HB 2335: RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2335/
- HB 2296: RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. (became law, 2026-07-14) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2296/
- HB 2275: RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS. (became law, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2275/
- HB 2279: RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT ORDERS. (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HB2279/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $108.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/house/allowancereports/NAKAMURA_Nadine_K_2023.pdf
- Campaign site: https://www.repnakamura.com/
- X: https://x.com/NadineNakamura1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/representativenadinenakamura
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/topics/1283092128707651/nadine-k-nakamura/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa2e4b09-2c1e-4fa2-b135-7d2427dca5b4