STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DIST 5
State House District 5; Hawaii
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 24,929 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,445,235 ÷ 24,929) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.76, measured against a statewide vote in HI (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Dalene McCormick has worked in management for mainland and Hawaiʻi retailers and volunteers with disaster services. She has held leadership roles in the West Hawaiʻi Republican Party.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Jeanne Kapela is the Democratic state representative for House District 5. Raised in South Kona, she worked with survivors of sex trafficking before joining the Legislature.
Records: Corporate Accountability 2 against, Civil Rights 1 for, Election Integrity 1 for,
Sources: elections.hawaii.gov2 · olvr.hawaii.gov