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U.S. Representative for Hawaii’s 1st District

Ed Case

Democrat 6th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

96LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
21BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2003–now
11 years in CongressMore senior than 66% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations 17th minority
Age
74

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date10433146067421
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2414261,23545

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 29% 3%
Armed Forces and National Security 21% 3%
Transportation and Public Works 6% 12%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Economics and Public Finance; bills go to International Affairs and Transportation and Public Works.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Ecosystem Restoration (Public Lands and Natural Resources), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 33 bills sponsored, most on International Affairs.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberAppropriations Committee17th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 66% of the House, in the minority.

  • 11 years in Congress: more senior than 66% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

33% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Case.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

33% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in his party: Norton and Plaskett.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 27 · expected 27
Action in committee 4 · expected 4
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 208 of 433 in the House

0.68expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

1 of 27 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.68 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • On the move: H.R. 4219 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.21

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 96% of party-line votes, breaks 21 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.21, outside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Education 4 of 12, Crime and Law Enforcement 4 of 24, Immigration 2 of 15.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Case$1.3M raised51%48%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

52% of what he raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.3M raised, 48% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 39.7 points.

50 PACs of the 112 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. Chugach Alaska31% D
  2. General Dynamics42% D
  3. General Atomics33% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

141 bills

Case voted Yea on 19, Nay on 67, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 54 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.