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About Honolulu City Council District VI — McCully / Mōʻiliʻili / Mānoa

Honolulu City Council District VI covers some of the densest and most transit-accessible residential neighborhoods in the urban core — McCully, Mōʻiliʻili, and Mānoa — a district that sits near the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus and sits at the leading edge of conversations about transit-oriented development, student and workforce housing, and the preservation of walkable neighborhood character. The 2026 race features two confirmed candidates who advance directly to the November general election: Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, who is running with an active campaign website at votetyler.com, and Corey Morihara. Dos Santos-Tam has a visible public presence in the district — his campaign site reflects an active organizational effort — while Morihara filed without a published website as of the June 2026 review. The issues expected to define the District VI contest reflect its uniquely urban, university-adjacent character: housing density and affordability along and near the Ala Wai corridor, where aging apartment stock and redevelopment pressure coexist; the future of transit-oriented zoning in neighborhoods that could absorb significant infill housing near planned or existing transit stops; and quality-of-life concerns in the McCully-Mōʻiliʻili commercial corridor, including pedestrian safety, flooding mitigation along the Mānoa Stream, and the balance between nightlife and residential livability. With UH Mānoa as a prominent institutional neighbor, candidates' positions on student and workforce housing production and the pace of neighborhood densification are likely to be the sharpest points of differentiation in this two-way race.

Open seat — no incumbent running.

Primary date: 2026-08-08