Justin Woodson

Democratic Party

Hawaii House of Representatives District 9

Tenure

2013 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

13

Compensation

Base salary

$74,160/year

Per diem

$225/day; only for legislators who do not reside on Oahu.

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 10, 2024

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Justin Woodson (Democratic Party) is a member of theHawaii House of Representatives, representingDistrict 9. He assumed office on January 15, 2013. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Woodson (Democratic Party) won re-election to theHawaii House of Representatives to representDistrict 9 outright in the Democratic primary onAugust 10, 2024, after the general election was canceled.

Biography

Justin Woodson was born in Topeka, Kansas. Woodson earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the California State University Fullerton. His professional experience includes working as a real estate agent and an analyst and clerk for Senator Carol Fukunga and Representative Male Carroll. Woodson has volunteered at King's Cathedral Maui Children's Ministry, served as vice president of the Gospel of the Alpha and Omega International, and was a member of the Maui Economic Opportunity Head Start Program's budget subcommittee. Woodson was elected to the Hawaii State House of Representatives in 2013.^[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Woodson was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee,Chair
• Higher Education Committee
• House Committee on Public Safety
• Water and Land Committee

2023-2024

Woodson was assigned to the following committees:

• Agriculture & Food Systems Committee
• House Education Committee,Chair
• Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
• Higher Education Committee

2021-2022

Woodson was assigned to the following committees:

• House Committee on Public Safety
• House Education Committee,Chair
• Government Reform Committee (decommissioned)
• Higher Education Committee

2019-2020

Woodson was assigned to the following committees:

• House Housing Committee
• House Transportation Committee
• Lower and Higher Education Committee,Chair

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Woodson served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Woodson served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2024

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9

IncumbentJustin Woodson won election outright in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9 on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin Woodson	100.0	2,522

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,522
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2022

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9

IncumbentJustin Woodson won election outright againstSam Peralta in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9 on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin Woodson	78.7	3,052
	Submit photo	Sam Peralta	21.3	824

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,876
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2020

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9

IncumbentJustin Woodson defeatedKahala Jen Chrupalyk in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin Woodson (D)	83.5	7,019
	Submit photo	Kahala Jen Chrupalyk (Aloha Aina Party)	16.5	1,383

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,402
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9

IncumbentJustin Woodson advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin Woodson	100.0	3,724

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,724
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Aloha Aina Party primary election

Aloha Aina Party primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9

Kahala Jen Chrupalyk advanced from the Aloha Aina Party primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kahala Jen Chrupalyk	100.0	92

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 92
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2018

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

The general election was canceled. IncumbentJustin Woodson won election in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9

IncumbentJustin Woodson defeatedKauanoe Batangan in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin Woodson	63.4	2,683
		Kauanoe Batangan	36.6	1,549

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,232
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 9

No candidate advanced from the primary.

		Candidate	%	Votes
	Submit photo	Andrew Kayes	100.0	28

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Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.
	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28
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2016

See also:Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theHawaii House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

IncumbentJustin Woodson ran unopposed in the Hawaii House of Representatives District 9 general election.^[2]

Hawaii House of Representatives, District 9 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Justin WoodsonIncumbent (unopposed)
Source:State of Hawaii - Office of Elections

IncumbentJustin Woodson ran unopposed in the Hawaii House of Representatives District 9 Democratic primary.^[3][4]

Hawaii House of Representatives, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Justin WoodsonIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theHawaii House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 9, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. IncumbentJustin Woodson defeatedJames "Kimo" Apana in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.^[5][6][7]

Hawaii House of Representatives, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Justin WoodsonIncumbent	54.1%	2,091
James "Kimo" Apana	45.9%	1,777
Total Votes		3,868

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Justin Woodson did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Justin Woodson did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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