Residents of the urban Honolulu seat cite public safety as the greatest concern.

The incumbent Democratic representative for state House District 23, Ikaika Olds, is facing Republican challenger Victor Muh in the Nov. 3 general election.

The seat includes the busy urban Honolulu neighborhoods of McCully and Mōʻiliʻili located across the Ala Wai Canal from Waikīkī.

Both candidates answered questions in a survey by Civil Beat on a range of issues including housing affordability, how they would support efforts to make the area more climate resilient and how they would address concerns about public safety.

Their responses are linked below, and you can also compare them all in one spot on Civil Beat’s 2026 Hawaiʻi Primary Ballot.

Victor Muh

Ikaika Olds

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