Josh Green

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says his work to lower the cost of living, build affordable housing and reduce homelessness is not finished, and that is why he is running again.[1]
• Points to his career as an emergency room physician on the Big Island, legislator, lieutenant governor and governor.[1],[2]
• Says his administration delivered the largest middle-class tax cut in Hawaiʻi history and pledges to protect that relief.[1],[3]
• Says he will keep cutting red tape to build homes faster and expand kauhale villages for people leaving homelessness.[1]
• Says he will push to lower electricity bills while moving the state toward renewable energy.[1]

Background

• Governor, State of Hawaiʻi · 2022–present[2]
• Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawaiʻi · 2018–2022[2]
• State Senator (Majority Floor Leader; Chair, Health and Human Services Committee), Hawaiʻi State Senate · 2008–2018[2]
• State Representative, Hawaiʻi House of Representatives · 2004–2008[2]
• Family practice and emergency room physician (National Health Service Corps), Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi Island[2]

Education

• M.D., Penn State[2]
• Bachelor's degrees in biology and anthropology, Swarthmore College[2]

Where they stand

• Taxes
  Says he is committed to keeping the 2024 middle-class income tax cuts and the expanded earned income, food and child care tax credits.[1]
• Housing
  Declared a housing emergency and used emergency proclamations to remove regulations; says thousands of affordable units have been accelerated.[1]
• Housing
  On homelessness, supports expanding kauhale villages, rapid re-housing, and mental health and addiction services.[1]
• Energy & Environment
  Supports using liquefied natural gas as a temporary bridge from oil while expanding solar, storage and renewables toward a 100% renewable goal.[1]
• Energy & Environment
  Supports the state's visitor climate fee, projected at about $100 million a year for climate resilience and disaster mitigation.[1]
• Elections & Democracy
  Signed bills on lobbyist disclosure, gift bans and campaign spending; says he will protect the independence of the Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions.[1]
• Elections & Democracy
  Has not taken a position on adding a ballot initiative and referendum process; says any change should involve broad public engagement.[1]
• Abortion
  Signed SB1 (2023), which states the state will not interfere with the right to terminate a pregnancy and shields providers from out-of-state legal action.[4]

Voting record

Josh Green has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words