Della Au Belatti
Democrat
Hawaii State Representative, House District 26 (Makiki/Tantalus/Punchbowl/McCully/Manoa) since 2007; former House Majority Leader (2017–2022); current Chair of Public Safety Committee
Non-Incumbent · Public Record PIP Political Integrity Pledge · Political Integrity PAC
- No Corporate PAC Money
- Stock Trading Ban
- Lobbying Ban for Former Members
- Overturn Citizens United
T Transparency
72.5%
+0.5 from Political Integrity Pledge
Top positive drivers
- T1 20-year state legislator with deep urban-Honolulu constituent base; co-launched Oahu Rapid Response Coalition immigration hotline (808-824-4707) for community engagement on ICE activity. 3.75/4
- T4 FEC C00920884: $0 corporate PAC, $0 party, 68% small-dollar of $162K. Public anti-dark-money campaign with explicit "no PAC money" pledge. Former Campaign Spending Commissioner credentials. 3.75/4
- T6 Multiple long-form interviews (HPR, KITV, Civil Beat, HNN Spotlight Now); Civil Beat author archive includes published op-ed on dark money. Substantive policy reasoning across health, repro, immigration, ethics. 3.75/4
Top negative drivers
- T13 No specific consumer cost transparency mechanism documented. 0/4
- T15 No AI transparency platform documented. 0/4
- T23 No whistleblower protection platform documented. 0/4
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- T1 20-year state legislator with deep urban-Honolulu constituent base; co-launched Oahu Rapid Response Coalition immigration hotline (808-824-4707) for community engagement on ICE activity. 3.75/4
- T2 Standard state-legislator financial disclosures filed; no proactive extra disclosure or tax returns released. 1/4
- T3 Anti-corporate-PAC stance implies anti-corruption framing; no specific congressional stock-trading ban position documented. 1.25/4
- T4 FEC C00920884: $0 corporate PAC, $0 party, 68% small-dollar of $162K. Public anti-dark-money campaign with explicit "no PAC money" pledge. Former Campaign Spending Commissioner credentials. 3.75/4
- T5 FEC filings public; campaign actively publicizes 68% small-dollar share and contrasts it with opponents; $50K candidate self-loan also disclosed. 3.13/4
- T6 Multiple long-form interviews (HPR, KITV, Civil Beat, HNN Spotlight Now); Civil Beat author archive includes published op-ed on dark money. Substantive policy reasoning across health, repro, immigration, ethics. 3.75/4
- T7 5+ non-aligned media: HPR, Civil Beat (multiple), Spectrum, KITV, HNN, State of Reform, Star-Advertiser. Indivisible Hawaii webinar with rival Keohokalole. 3.75/4
- T8 UHPA endorsement (state level, may carry forward); no major federal labor or progressive-org endorsement slate yet rolled out. 2.88/4
- T9 Active @DellaForHawaii on Facebook/Twitter; campaign site agenda + meet-Della pages; regular legislative communication during state session. 3.13/4
- T10 Plain-language framing: "Lower costs, stop Trump, protect what makes Hawaii special." Personal frames (daughters' affordability) translate policy to household. English-only. 3.13/4
- T11 Health committee chair tenure includes Our Care Our Choice Act and reproductive shield legislation. Healthcare cost transparency through MAID and palliative care frameworks. 3.13/4
- T12 Housing affordability centered on kupuna; no specific transparency mechanism (zoning disclosure, beneficial ownership) documented. 1/4
- T13 No specific consumer cost transparency mechanism documented. 0/4
- T14 Auditor investigation ostensibly oversaw spending but is contested; no proactive spending-transparency mechanism on platform. 1/4
- T15 No AI transparency platform documented. 0/4
- T16 Public Safety Committee Chair; police accountability and corrections-reform focus during Majority Leader tenure. Backed by 5+ orgs framework on criminal justice reform. 2.50/4
- T17 Co-launched Oahu Rapid Response Coalition ICE hotline; called for special Hawaii Legislature session after ICE detained Filipino schoolteachers on Maui. Direct documented action on immigration system accountability. 3.75/4
- T18 Former Maryknoll teacher; UHPA endorsement signals education funding focus; no specific transparency mechanism for K-12 funding/outcomes. 1.25/4
- T19 Anti-dark-money, refuses corporate PAC, former Campaign Spending Commissioner. Backed by 5+ orgs (Common Cause, Public Citizen, ECU, American Promise framework). 3.13/4
- T20 Auditor investigation framed as oversight, criticized as opposite. Office of Public Accountability proposal would have consolidated independent agencies — net direction concern. 2.50/4
- T21 Multiple state-press appearances over 19 years; engaged with critical Civil Beat coverage on auditor investigation and OPA proposal. 3.13/4
- T22 Default 2/4 baseline; substantial press archive without documented false-claim record. Aggressive but factually-anchored attacks on Keohokalole over PAC money. 2.88/4
- T23 No whistleblower protection platform documented. 0/4
- T24 No FOIA reform or open-records platform documented. 0/4
- T25 $0 PAC FEC matches anti-PAC platform; 19-year health/repro voting record matches health-champion framing; ICE hotline matches immigration platform. Counterweights: Auditor investigation and OPA proposal cap impact at moderate. 2.88/4
E Efficiency
75.2%
Top positive drivers
- E9 MAID law (Act 2 of 2018) enacted; reproductive shield enacted; multiple mental-health bills enacted; 5-year Majority Leader tenure; 10 consecutive election wins; Maryknoll Distinguished Alumni framework. Multiple corroborated achievements. 4/4
- E4 20-year urban-Honolulu state legislator constituent service; Hawaii Access to Justice Commission member; ICE rapid-response hotline; Campaign Spending Commissioner. Multiple categories of public service. 3.75/4
- E6 Filed FEC committee September 2025; $162K cumulative through Q1 2026; $132K cash on hand; $50K candidate self-loan. 19-year electoral record (10 consecutive election wins, mostly unopposed primaries). 3.75/4
Top negative drivers
- E5 No specific federal tech modernization position documented. 0/4
- E19 No specific federal infrastructure delivery mechanism documented. 0/4
- E20 No specific national security or foreign policy position documented. 0/4
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- E1 MAID law has built-in safeguards and reporting; reproductive shield includes provider protections; psilocybin program has therapeutic-use evaluation framework. Built-in evaluation in multiple bills. 2.88/4
- E2 Health-policy bills cite Hawaii-specific data; MAID legislation built on multi-year evidence-based committee work after years of stalling. 3.13/4
- E3 Office of Public Accountability proposal (despite criticism) was intended as effectiveness reform; auditor investigation framed as effectiveness review of state agencies. 2.25/4
- E4 20-year urban-Honolulu state legislator constituent service; Hawaii Access to Justice Commission member; ICE rapid-response hotline; Campaign Spending Commissioner. Multiple categories of public service. 3.75/4
- E5 No specific federal tech modernization position documented. 0/4
- E6 Filed FEC committee September 2025; $162K cumulative through Q1 2026; $132K cash on hand; $50K candidate self-loan. 19-year electoral record (10 consecutive election wins, mostly unopposed primaries). 3.75/4
- E7 Cross-stakeholder leadership: Death With Dignity coalition (national + state), reproductive rights coalition, ICE rapid response (Oahu Rapid Response Coalition), Women's Legislative Caucus, marriage equality coalition (with religious leaders). 3.75/4
- E8 20-year implementation experience as state legislator across Health (chair), Public Safety (chair), Human Services committees; rewrote MAID bill to clear committee after years of stalling — explicit demonstration of legislative-feasibility skill. 3.13/4
- E9 MAID law (Act 2 of 2018) enacted; reproductive shield enacted; multiple mental-health bills enacted; 5-year Majority Leader tenure; 10 consecutive election wins; Maryknoll Distinguished Alumni framework. Multiple corroborated achievements. 4/4
- E10 OPA consolidation proposal was a (failed) process reform attempt; auditor investigation a process action. No specific federal process reform mechanism. 1.25/4
- E11 Health Committee Chair tenure includes admin simplification through MAID law (reduces end-of-life cost burden), mental-health streamlining (HB 2505), and broad health-system reform. Healthcare-system efficiency framing. 3.13/4
- E12 Kupuna housing legislation focus; affordable housing voting record; daughters'-affordability personal frame. State-level mechanism with quantifiable units. 2.88/4
- E13 Hawaii's 100% renewable electricity by 2045 mandate supported; climate framed through emergency preparedness post-Lahaina. 2.88/4
- E14 Direct ICE-rapid-response work; called for special legislative session on immigration enforcement after Maui Filipino-teacher detentions. Documented prior-role action on immigration enforcement reform. 3.13/4
- E15 Former public school teacher (Maryknoll 1996–2000); UHPA endorsement; pro-public-education voting record across 20 years. 2.88/4
- E16 Public Safety Committee Chair; corrections reform, reentry services, emergency preparedness; HB 2505 mental-health intervention for homeless population. 3.13/4
- E17 No specific federal workforce position documented; 2021 minimum-wage shelving as Majority Leader is a counterweight. 1.25/4
- E18 Auditor investigation framed as spending efficiency oversight (contested in execution). 2.25/4
- E19 No specific federal infrastructure delivery mechanism documented. 0/4
- E20 No specific national security or foreign policy position documented. 0/4
- E21 No specific government processing time targets documented. 0/4
- E22 No specific federal fiscal framework documented. 0/4
- E23 No specific GAO/IG audit citation documented. 0/4
- E24 MAID, reproductive shield, mental-health streamlining all replace failing existing frameworks. Backed by 5+ orgs. 3.13/4
- E25 Auditor investigation as agency oversight (contested); no specific federal agency oversight platform. 1/4
A Affordability
71.4%
Top positive drivers
- A11 MAID law reduces end-of-life cost burden; reproductive shield protects access; mental health streamlining (HB 2505); psilocybin program (HB 2630). Multiple mechanisms backed by 5+ orgs. 3.75/4
- A1 "Lower costs" pillar of campaign with daughters'-affordability personal frame; 20-year urban-Honolulu engagement on housing, child care, groceries. 3.13/4
- A3 20-year state legislator constituent service; ICE rapid response hotline; Hawaii Access to Justice Commission. 3+ documented categories. 3.13/4
Top negative drivers
- A4 No antitrust position documented. 0/4
- A18 No specific utility/energy affordability mechanism documented. 0/4
- A19 No specific transportation affordability position documented. 0/4
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- A1 "Lower costs" pillar of campaign with daughters'-affordability personal frame; 20-year urban-Honolulu engagement on housing, child care, groceries. 3.13/4
- A2 Health policy work cites Hawaii-specific cost data; campaign communications cite cost-of-living statistics. 2.88/4
- A3 20-year state legislator constituent service; ICE rapid response hotline; Hawaii Access to Justice Commission. 3+ documented categories. 3.13/4
- A4 No antitrust position documented. 0/4
- A5 "Lower costs" framing references housing/child care/groceries; no specific quantified household-impact analysis. 2.25/4
- A6 2023 Maui fires response: co-author push for statewide women's disaster plan after report documented survival sex among Filipino fire survivors. Documented cost-spike response. 2.88/4
- A7 Anti-corporate-PAC framing implies redirection of corporate influence; no specific source-and-destination redirect mechanism. 1.25/4
- A8 Anti-corporate-PAC and anti-dark-money framing on corporate political accountability; no specific corporate cost accountability mechanism. 2.25/4
- A9 Daughters'-affordability personal frame; "stop Trump" pillar uses household-cost framing on immigration enforcement, voting restrictions, reproductive care. 3.13/4
- A10 Affordability is central campaign pillar #1; multiple cost-area policies across housing, childcare, repro health, mental health, food. 3.13/4
- A11 MAID law reduces end-of-life cost burden; reproductive shield protects access; mental health streamlining (HB 2505); psilocybin program (HB 2630). Multiple mechanisms backed by 5+ orgs. 3.75/4
- A12 Kupuna housing leadership; affordable housing voting record; daughters'-affordability frame. State-level mechanism. 2.88/4
- A13 Former teacher; UHPA endorsement; criticized Case for opposing BBB child-care credits. 2.88/4
- A14 Criticized Case for opposing BBB child-care tax credits; supports federal Social Security investments. 2.88/4
- A15 Anti-dark-money framing on corporate political accountability; no specific consumer protection mechanism (CFPB, junk fees) documented. 2.25/4
- A16 2021 minimum-wage shelving as Majority Leader is a counterweight; later wage increase passed in Hawaii but Belatti was not the lead. 1.25/4
- A17 Maui fires women's disaster plan addresses food access; otherwise no specific food/grocery position documented. 2.25/4
- A18 No specific utility/energy affordability mechanism documented. 0/4
- A19 No specific transportation affordability position documented. 0/4
- A20 Lower-costs pillar plus stop-Trump pillar plus protect-Hawaii pillar form coherent affordability + protection framework. 3.13/4
- A21 $0 PAC matches anti-PAC framing; 20-year health/repro/marriage-equality voting record matches platform. 2021 min-wage shelving is a counterweight. 2.88/4
- A22 Defends Social Security explicitly; pro-public-education record; Medicaid defense via Medicare-for-All-style sympathy. 3.13/4
- A23 Reproductive shield (women), kupuna housing (elders), ICE rapid response (immigrant families), MAID (terminally ill), psilocybin (treatment-resistant patients). 3.13/4
- A24 Lower-costs framework reaches families, kupuna, women, immigrants, public-school students, working-class. 3.13/4
- A25 UHPA state-level endorsement. No major national labor or scorecard rating; future labor endorsement slate not yet rolled out. 2.25/4
Scored from publicly available information. Research in progress.
Published Platform
- Healthcare — Primary author of Our Care, Our Choice Act (Hawaii Medical Aid in Dying, 2018); reproductive shield law (SB1 SD2, 2023); ACT for homeless severe mental illness (HB 2505); psilocybin therapeutic program (HB 2630).
- Reproductive Rights — Lead author of Hawaii's post-Dobbs reproductive shield/privacy law; "lifelong champion for women's health, safety, and autonomy."
- LGBTQ — Voted for Hawaii Marriage Equality Act 2013; public religious-leaders advocacy; "I am not ever going to throw women or the LGBTQ community under the bus" (campaign quote).
- Immigration — Co-launched Oahu Rapid Response Coalition ICE hotline; called for special legislative session on immigration enforcement after ICE detained Filipino teachers on Maui.
- Housing — Kupuna (elder) housing legislation; affordable housing voting record; personal frame ("worried her two daughters won't be able to afford to live in Hawaii").
- Campaign Finance — FEC-verified $0 corporate PAC, $0 party; 68% small-dollar of $162K total receipts; former Hawaii Campaign Spending Commissioner; "Dark money is poisoning our democracy."
- Public Safety — Hawaii House Public Safety Committee Chair (2024–present); corrections reform, reentry services, post-Lahaina emergency preparedness, police accountability.
Non-Incumbent · Public Record
Scored on publicly available information only — platform statements, prior office, news coverage. Same criteria as the Questionnaire pathway, without direct candidate input.
Scoring Summary
| Axis | Base | Pledge Bonus | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transparency | 72.5% | +0.5 | 73% |
| Efficiency | 75.2% | — | 75.2% |
| Affordability | 71.4% | — | 71.4% |
| Overall TEA | Average of the three axes | 73% | |
Financial Breakdown
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