Kai Kahele (replaced Tulsi Gabbard in 2020) is not running for re-election, will run for HI Governor

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31st House Dem not seeking reelection in 2022

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Democratic Rep. Kai Kahele will retire from Congress, source says

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/28/politics/kai-kahele-retire-democrat-congress/index.html

(CNN) Democratic Rep. Kai Kahele of Hawaii is retiring from Congress at the end of his term, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The congressman has been telling colleagues that he intends to run for governor, according to a person close to him. That source said Kahele will make an announcement about his political future in early May.

Punchbowl News first reported that Kahele will leave Congress to run for governor. The freshman congressman, who has yet to release an official statement on stepping down, was elected in 2020 to replace Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. He was a pilot before he ran for office.

Kahele recently came under fire for his part-time work as a commercial pilot for Hawaiian Airlines, which raised questions of whether he was breaking any ethics rules for continuing his work with the airline.

Questions about Kahele's work with Hawaiian Airlines arose after the Honolulu Civil Beat published an in-depth story looking into his attendance at the Capitol this year and his personal income since he entered office. The report found that Kahele has voted by proxy at least 120 times since the start of the year, meaning another lawmaker has cast his votes for him.

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