# Dru Kanuha

Dru Kanuha is a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate for district 3.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii Senate, district 3
- Serving since: 2018-11-06
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e75469cc-851a-4e63-9908-9e63b5215448

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e75469cc-851a-4e63-9908-9e63b5215448 (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

82% of Kanuha’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Hawaii, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.06), from 77 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (HI 2025–26 session)

3 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Hawaii Senate 99.5%).

Key votes:

- 2025-04-30 · voted yea · Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). · SB 30 RELATING TO MOPEDS. · pass · https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2025/SB30/

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 583 bills: 583 reached committee, 231 passed one chamber, 125 passed both, 32 became law. Cosponsored 155. 45.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii Senate 49.9%; rank 18 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 195: INFORMING THE HOUSE AND GOVERNOR THAT THE SENATE IS READY TO ADJOURN SINE DIE. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR195/
- SR 193: REGARDING COMPLETION OF THE WORK OF THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION OF 2026, SUBSEQUENT TO ADJOURNMENT THEREOF. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR193/
- SR 194: RETURNING ALL BILLS, CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS, AND RESOLUTIONS TO THE CLERK'S DESK. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR194/
- SR 120: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN FINANCIAL LITERACY, CREDIT READINESS, AND HOMEOWNERSHIP PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS. (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR120/
- SR 185: REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR185/
- SCR 195: REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO REVISE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR195/
- SCR 197: REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR197/
- SR 192: REQUESTING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO REVISE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS TO INCLUDE… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SR192/
- SCR 128: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN FINANCIAL LITERACY, CREDIT READINESS, AND HOMEOWNERSHIP PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS. (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR128/
- SCR 163: REAFFIRMING THE LEGISLATURE'S COMMITMENT TO PARTICIPATE AS A MEMBER LEGISLATURE IN THE PACIFIC INTER-PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY. (passed both chambers, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/SCR163/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 82% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/legislature/memberpage.aspx?member=184&year=2024
- Campaign site: https://drukanuha.com/
- X: https://x.com/senatorkanuha
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorkanuha
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorkanuha/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTn97I9JhbxJ11IjO29eukg

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e75469cc-851a-4e63-9908-9e63b5215448