# Lisa Marten

Lisa Marten is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 51.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 51
- Serving since: 2020-11-03
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c4ea2b48-612d-42f4-b396-6f13c86bfe5b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c4ea2b48-612d-42f4-b396-6f13c86bfe5b (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 Marten’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Hawaii, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.07), from 36 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 58% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,417 bills: 1,417 reached committee, 664 passed one chamber, 354 passed both, 122 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 20 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 210: HONORING EARL KAWAʻA FOR DEDICATING HIS LIFE TO PRESERVING HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, MENTORING FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR210/
- HCR 201: RECOGNIZING THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES AND THE RISKS THAT TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION POSES TO… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR201/
- HR 197: REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET BEFORE APPROVING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, FUEL, OR… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR197/
- HCR 145: URGING THE INSURANCE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO IDENTIFY FEASIBLE OPTIONS AND MECHANISMS TO… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR145/
- HR 141: URGING THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT, IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION AT COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION INITIATIVE MEETINGS RELATED TO RED HILL REMEDIATION… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR141/
- 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/
- HR 115: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AND STATEWIDE OFFICE ON HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING SOLUTIONS TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED SUPPORT AND STABILIZATION… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR115/
- HR 145: URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PROVIDE TAXPAYER RELIEF FOR TARIFF-RELATED COST-OF-LIVING IMPACTS ON HAWAII HOUSEHOLDS. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR145/
- HCR 206: REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS ON HAWAII'S ELECTRIC UTILITIES,… (passed both chambers, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR206/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,450 (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=87&year=2022
- Campaign site: https://lisamarten.com/lisa-marten/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.marten.71
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisamartenhawaii/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-marten-92b753146/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c4ea2b48-612d-42f4-b396-6f13c86bfe5b