Karl Rhoads

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78 roll-call votes on record - 77 yes, 1 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 13 (Hawaii) since Nov 2016. github.com ↗

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78

Roll-call votes on record.

78 votes · 77 yes · 1 not voting. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Apr 17, 2026

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Appropriation ($)4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

Law Enforcement4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

Agriculture3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

Agricultural Enforcement Special Fund3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

Agricultural Enforcement Program3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESURGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO TRANSFER PARCELS THAT MAKE UP THE EAST KAPOLEI TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND URGING THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AND HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT.HCR 85 · Apr 17, 2026

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Shor-McCarty · votesLiberal

More liberal than 83% of Hawaii Senate members

Details

Score−0.98 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.19 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.79)

Compared with89 members of Hawaii Senate members (1993–2022)

Covers2007–2022

● This person Democrats (78) Republicans (11)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 81% of 2022 Hawaii Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.65 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.02 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.63)

Compared with54 members of 2022 Hawaii Senate candidates

Covers2006–2022

● This person Democrats (34) Republicans (20)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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