Income Tax, Healthcare, Power Outages: State Senate District 9 Candidate Q&As
Established Democratic incumbent faces Republican opponent.
There are two partisan candidates running in the Aug. 8 primary election for State Senate District 9, who will face each other in November.
The district includes Hawaiʻi Kai, Kuliʻouʻou, Niu, ʻĀina Haina, Waiʻalae-Kahala, Diamond Head, Kaimukī and Kapahulu.
Democratic candidate and incumbent Stanley Chang has represented the area since 2016. His challenger is Republican candidate David Croswell.
Both candidates responded to a Civil Beat survey asking for their views on a range of topics including how they would address affordability and housing issues in the district, whether they support formal term limits for legislators and what they would tackle in the first six months of their term.
Responses are linked in alphabetical order under their official ballot name, which you can also compare all in one spot on Civil Beat’s 2026 Hawaiʻi Primary Ballot.
Hawaiʻi’s 2026 elections are right around the corner and Civil Beat’s elections guide is here to help with essential information, candidate positions, news stories and more.
