Trish La Chica

Democratic Party

Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor:Ryan Yamane (D)

Compensation

Base salary

$74,160/year

Per diem

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

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Ateneo de Manila University, 2007

Graduate

University of San Francisco, 2014

Personal

Profession

Government administrator

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Trish La Chica (Democratic Party) is a member of theHawaii House of Representatives, representingDistrict 37. She assumed office on February 21, 2023. Her current term ends on November 3, 2026.

La Chica (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theHawaii House of Representatives to representDistrict 37. She won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Gov.Joshua Green (D) appointed La Chica to replace former Rep.Ryan Yamane (D).^[1]

Biography

Trish La Chica was born in Manila, Philippines. La Chica earned a B.A. in communications from Ateneo de Manila University in 2007 and an M.P.A. from the University of San Francisco in 2014. Her career experience includes working as the executive director of the City and County of Honolulu Office of Housing, a community and government relations manager with AlohaCare, and the policy and advocacy director of the Hawai'i Public Health Institute.^[2][3]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

La Chica was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee,Vice Chair
• Higher Education Committee
• House Housing Committee
• House Transportation Committee

2023-2024

La Chica was assigned to the following committees:

• Economic Development & Technology Committee
• House Education Committee
• Higher Education Committee
• Labor Committee

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2024

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

IncumbentTrish La Chica defeatedTaylor Kaaumoana in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trish La Chica (D)	68.3	8,770
		Taylor Kaaumoana (R)	31.7	4,066

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,836
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

IncumbentTrish La Chica defeatedKen Inouye in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37 on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trish La Chica	54.6	3,409
		Ken Inouye	45.4	2,837

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,246
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37

Taylor Kaaumoana advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 37 on August 10, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Taylor Kaaumoana	100.0	1,221

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,221
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No Labels Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• James Pirtle (No Labels Party)

Endorsements

2020

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36

IncumbentVal Aquino Okimoto defeatedTrish La Chica in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Aquino Okimoto (R)	52.3	6,949
		Trish La Chica (D)	47.7	6,337

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,286
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36

Trish La Chica defeatedMarilyn Lee in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trish La Chica	58.9	4,218
		Marilyn Lee	41.1	2,940

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,158
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36

IncumbentVal Aquino Okimoto advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on August 8, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Aquino Okimoto	100.0	2,071

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,071
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2018

See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36

Val Aquino Okimoto defeatedMarilyn Lee in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Aquino Okimoto (R)	54.7	4,933
		Marilyn Lee (D)	45.3	4,081

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,014 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36

Marilyn Lee defeatedDean Hazama,Trish La Chica, andZ. Ka'apana Aki in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marilyn Lee	35.5	2,026
	Submit photo	Dean Hazama	31.8	1,813
		Trish La Chica	24.2	1,381
	Submit photo	Z. Ka'apana Aki	8.5	487

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,707
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36

Val Aquino Okimoto advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on August 11, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Aquino Okimoto	100.0	889

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 889
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Trish La Chica did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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