# Matthias Kusch

Matthias Kusch is a Democratic member of the Hawaii House for district 1.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Hawaii House, district 1
- Serving since: 2024-09-12
- Current term: HI 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fb23dd18-ee42-45da-9fc5-8379ced56c88

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb23dd18-ee42-45da-9fc5-8379ced56c88 (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 Kusch’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Hawaii, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.08), from 46 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (HI 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 759 bills: 759 reached committee, 412 passed one chamber, 214 passed both, 69 became law. Cosponsored 5. 70.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Hawaii House 60.2%; rank 10 of 50).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 142: REQUESTING THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS EMERGENCY SHELTERS CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING HURRICANE CONDITIONS AND TO DEVELOP A PLAN… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR142/
- 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/
- HCR 192: REQUESTING THE HAWAIʻI CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING STATE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS TO ALGORITHMIC AND AUTOMATED DECISION… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR192/
- HCR 203: REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATUS UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HAWAII ELECTRIC RELIABILITY ADMINISTRATOR. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR203/
- HCR 195: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF AUDITOR'S REPORT NO. 26-08 REGARDING THE… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HCR195/
- 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 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/
- HR 133: URGING THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE FIRE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI RELATING TO FIRE HAZARDS, BRUSH CLEARANCE, FUEL BREAKS, ROADSIDE… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/hi/bills/2026/HR133/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb23dd18-ee42-45da-9fc5-8379ced56c88