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Council Campaign Finance

Campaign finance disclosures for all 9 Maui County Council members — contributions received, expenditures made, and donor relationships from the 2024 election cycle through the most recent Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission filings.

All 9 council members were elected in November 2024 and serve 2-year terms — all seats return to the ballot in 2026, except Kauanoe Batangan who was appointed by Mayor Bissen in January 2026to fill the seat vacated by the late Tasha Kama. Yuki Lei Sugimura's mayoral campaign finance is covered separately in the Elections section.

Alice L. Lee

Wailuku-Waiheʻe-Waikapū

Chair

2024 election; all council seats up again in 2026 · Finance data being added

Yuki Lei Sugimura

Upcountry (Kula/Makawao)

Vice-Chair

See Elections section for mayoral finance →

Kauanoe Batangan

Kahului

Appointed Jan 2026 — campaign filings may not apply

Tom Cook

South Maui (Kīhei/Wailea)

2024 election; all council seats up again in 2026 · Finance data being added

Gabe Johnson

Lānaʻi

2024 election; all council seats up again in 2026 · Finance data being added

Tamara Paltin

West Maui (Lahaina/Kāʻanapali)

2024 election; all council seats up again in 2026 · Finance data being added

Keani Rawlins-Fernandez

Molokai

2024 election; all council seats up again in 2026 · Finance data being added

Shane Sinenci

East Maui (Hāna-Keʻanae-Kailua)

2024 election; all council seats up again in 2026 · Finance data being added

Nohelani Uʻu-Hodgins

Makawao-Haʻikū-Pāʻia

2024 election; all council seats up again in 2026 · Finance data being added

About this data

Campaign finance data is sourced from the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission ↗ and covers the full 2024 election cycle for each member. Data is being added as CSC reports are downloaded and processed.

Donor networks visible in council finance data can be cross-referenced with county grant recipients and contractor relationships in the Transparency section.