Hawaii State and County Candidate Expenditures from 2015 to 2025

From January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025, this dataset details expenditures made by Hawaii state and county candidates. It includes searchable data from amended reports filed in the last ten years with transactions dated prior to January 1, 2015. The data is provided by hicscdata.hawaii.gov and was last updated on April 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spending trends over time using Date, Election Period, and Amount columns.
• Categorizing vendor relationships and spending purposes using Vendor Name, Vendor Type, Expenditure Category, and Purpose of Expenditure columns.
• Mapping candidate spending by geographic region using County, District, and Mapping Location columns.
• Comparing expenditure patterns between political parties using Party, Candidate Name, and Amount columns.

Strengths

• Covers a defined 11-year period from 2015 to 2025.
• Includes 25 distinct columns detailing transaction amounts, vendors, candidates, and geographic data.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

hicscdata.hawaii.gov

Collection Method

Likely compiled from mandatory campaign finance disclosure reports filed by candidates.

Time Range

January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2025, with some historical data from amended reports.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 22:19:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State and county levels within Hawaii, USA.