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Kauanoe Batangan

Nonpartisan · Hawaii · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Maui County Council (Kahului residency seat), Hawaii

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Expand affordable housing and cut red tape that delays housing projects, per his Civil Beat Q&A
  • Diversify the economy beyond tourism, per his Civil Beat Q&A
  • Upgrade aging water infrastructure and protect watersheds, per his Civil Beat Q&A
Biography

Kauanoe Batangan is the incumbent Kahului councilmember, appointed to fill the term of the late Councilmember Tasha Kama, and chair of the council's Government Relations, Ethics and Transparency Committee, per his Civil Beat Q&A; previously a state DOT deputy director and a county Office of Recovery manager after the 2023 wildfires, per his campaign site.

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