U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-Hawai’i, First District) officially announced his campaign for re-election to a seventh full term in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 120th Congress.

Case has represented Hawai‘i’s First District (Honolulu from Makapu‘u to Mililani and Kapolei) since 2019. He was first elected to Congress in November 2002 representing Hawai‘i’s Second District (the rest of O‘ahu and all other islands) for part of a term, and served two more full terms representing the Second District before leaving Congress in 2007 and returning in 2019. He is currently ranked in the top 29 percent of U.S. House seniority.

If re-elected, Case will serve a fifth two-year term on the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.

He currently serves on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.

Among Case’s many Congressional caucuses, he serves as founder and co-chair of the Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus focusing on U.S. policy throughout the Pacific, Vice Chair of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus focusing on forging consensus solutions to our challenges, and Executive Board member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) focusing on Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

Prior to his service in Congress, Case served eight years in the Hawai‘i State House of Representatives including as Majority Leader representing Mānoa-University-Wilder.

Case, born and raised in Hilo, is married to the former Audrey Nakamura. They have four children, two daughters in law and three granddaughters.

Photo credit: Representative Ed Case’s Official Website