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About Honolulu City Council District II — Central Honolulu / Nuʻuanu

Honolulu City Council District II covers a swath of central and lower-Punchbowl Honolulu — including Nuʻuanu, Pālama, and neighboring urban core neighborhoods — that sits at the intersection of transit, redevelopment, and affordability pressures that define the city's near-in residential communities. The 2026 race features one filed candidate: Matt Weyer, who has an active campaign website at mattweyer.com. With no sitting incumbent publicly confirmed as seeking re-election in this field at the time of filing, the contest presents voters with a genuine choice over the direction of council representation for these central-city neighborhoods. The issues most likely to shape District II's 2026 campaign reflect its urban character: the pace and affordability of transit-oriented development along the Skyline rail corridor, which passes through or near the district and will increasingly shape land-use decisions for years to come; the balance between infill housing density and the preservation of neighborhood character in blocks adjacent to Honolulu's growing downtown core; and public-safety and infrastructure investment in communities that absorb a disproportionate share of Honolulu's unhoused population. Candidates' stances on rail-adjacent development, housing affordability tools available to the Council, and city budget priorities for urban-core services will be the clearest lines of differentiation in this race.

Open seat — no incumbent running.

Primary date: 2026-08-08