David Tarnas

American politician

David Tarnas
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
from the 8th district
7th (2018–2022)
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 6, 2018
Preceded byCindy Evans
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
from the 6th district
In office
1994–1998
Preceded byLarry Tanimoto
Succeeded byJim Rath
Personal details
Born1960 or 1961 (age 62–63)[1]
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceKamuela, Hawaii[2]
Alma materKalamazoo College and University of Washington

David Tarnas is an American politician who is currently the Hawaii state representative in Hawaii's 8th district. Tarnas first served as the State Representative for Kohala and Kona from 1994-1998.[3] After a 20 year break from politics, he won the 7th district seat by defeating incumbent Democrat Cindy Evans in a primary election, going on to win the general election.[4] He previously ran in a primary against Evans for the same seat in 2016, losing that primary 52.1% to 47.9%.[5] He has since won the Democratic primary and general elections in 2020 and 2022, chairing the Water, Land & Hawaiian Affairs Committee from 2021-2022.[6] and the Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee in 2023.

Tarnas holds a master's degree in marine affairs from the University of Washington (1985) and a bachelor's degree in political science from Kalamazoo College (1982).[7]

References

  1. ^ "Candidate Q&A: State House District 8 — David Tarnas". September 21, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Candidate Q&A: State House District 7 — David Tarnas". Hawaii Civil Beat. July 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Legislative Members". www.capitol.hawaii.gov. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  4. ^ Dible, Max (August 12, 2018). "Tarnas unseats Evans". West Hawaii Today.
  5. ^ "Candidate Announces Run for Kohala-Kona House Seat". Big Island Now.
  6. ^ "David Tarnas". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "David Tarnas". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
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32nd Legislature (2023)
Speaker of the House
Scott Saiki (D)
Vice Speaker of the House
Greggor Ilagan (D)
Majority Leader
Nadine Nakamura (D)
Minority Leader
Lauren Matsumoto (R)
  1. ▌Mark Nakashima (D)
  2. ▌Richard Onishi (D)
  3. ▌Chris Toshiro Todd (D)
  4. ▌Greggor Ilagan (D)
  5. ▌Jeanné Kapela (D)
  6. ▌Kirstin Kahaloa (D)
  7. ▌Nicole Lowen (D)
  8. ▌David Tarnas (D)
  9. ▌Justin Woodson (D)
  10. ▌Tyson Miyake (D)
  11. ▌Terez Amato (D)
  12. ▌Kyle Yamashita (D)
  13. ▌Mahina Poepoe (D)
  14. ▌Elle Cochran (D)
  15. ▌Nadine Nakamura (D)
  16. ▌Luke Evslin (D)
  17. ▌Dee Morikawa (D)
  18. ▌Gene Ward (R)
  19. ▌Mark Hashem (D)
  20. ▌Bertrand Kobayashi (D)
  21. ▌Jackson Sayama (D)
  22. ▌Andrew Takuya Garrett (D)
  23. ▌Scott Nishimoto (D)
  24. ▌Adrian Tam (D)
  25. ▌Scott Saiki (D)
  26. ▌Della Au Belatti (D)
  27. ▌Jenna Takenouchi (D)
  28. ▌Daniel Holt (D)
  29. ▌May Mizuno (D)
  30. ▌Sonny Ganaden (D)
  31. ▌Linda Ichiyama (D)
  32. ▌Micah Aiu (D)
  33. ▌Sam Satoru Kong (D)
  34. ▌Gregg Takayama (D)
  35. ▌Cory Chun (D)
  36. ▌Rachele Lamosao (D)
  37. ▌Trish La Chica (D)
  38. ▌Lauren Matsumoto (R)
  39. ▌Elijah Pierick (R)
  40. ▌Rose Martinez (D)
  41. ▌David Alcos (R)
  42. ▌Diamond Garcia (R)
  43. ▌Kanani Souza (R)
  44. ▌Darius Kila (D)
  45. ▌Cedric Gates (D)
  46. ▌Amy Perruso (D)
  47. ▌Sean Quinlan (D)
  48. ▌Lisa Kitagawa (D)
  49. ▌Scot Matayoshi (D)
  50. ▌Natalia Hussey-Burdick (D)
  51. ▌Lisa Marten (D)


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