Race at a glance
Matthias Kusch is the Democratic incumbent candidate for Hawaii State House District 1 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. The race listing does not mark the contest as contested.
The incumbent designation identifies Kusch as the current officeholder seeking the District 1 seat. The Democratic designation identifies his political party. Neither label, by itself, establishes where he stands on legislation or public policy.
District 1 is a State House race, meaning voters are choosing a representative for that district in the Hawaii House of Representatives. Kusch is the only candidate listed in this race. That is the central choice reflected in the official candidate entry at this stage of the 2026 election cycle.
Background
No candidate biography is on file for Kusch. The official entry therefore does not list personal history, education, occupation, community involvement or earlier public service beyond his status as the incumbent.
For voters, the confirmed biographical facts in the race entry are limited: Kusch is running as a Democrat, is identified as the incumbent and is seeking the State House District 1 seat. Those details establish his place on the ballot but do not describe his experience before taking office or the path that brought him to the Legislature.
The lack of a filed biography also means the candidate entry does not offer additional context about qualifications or priorities. Voters assessing Kusch’s background can distinguish between the basic ballot information—name, party, office and incumbent status—and any biographical claims that may appear elsewhere during the campaign.
Campaign finance and policy positions
No totals are on file for money raised, money spent or cash on hand. As a result, there are no campaign finance figures in the candidate record to compare across those three categories.
Each figure would answer a different question. Money raised would show campaign receipts, money spent would show expenditures, and cash on hand would show funds remaining at a reporting point. None of those amounts is listed for Kusch.
There also are no documented policy positions on file. Kusch therefore cannot be assigned a stated position from this record on taxes, housing, education, health care, public safety, transportation, the environment or any other issue.
Party affiliation and incumbent status should not be treated as substitutes for a candidate’s own policy statements. A documented position would require a specific stance attributable to Kusch. No such positions are listed in the official candidate entry.
Election date and what comes next
The Hawaii general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. District 1 voters will decide the State House seat as part of that election.
The key procedural questions are whether the candidate listing continues to show the race as uncontested and whether official records add campaign finance information, a biography or documented positions before Election Day. Those updates could give voters more information about Kusch’s background, campaign activity and views without changing the basic facts already listed: he is the Democratic incumbent candidate for Hawaii State House District 1.
