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David A. Tarnas

David A. Tarnas

Democratic · Hawaii · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Hawaii House District 8, Hawaii

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Protect the environment
  • Strengthen public education
  • Build a sustainable economy
Biography

Tarnas has worked as an environmental planner for decades through a planning firm started with a spouse, managing development projects in environmentally sensitive areas, per the campaign site. The site says Tarnas served as State Representative for North Kona and South Kohala from 1994 to 1998, was elected in 2018 and re-elected in later cycles to House District 8, and chairs the House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, per the campaign site.

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