Addison Bulosan files to run for Kauai Council seat

Addison Bulosan’s filing on May 27 formally moved him onto the 2026 Primary Election ballot for Kauai County Council, adding an incumbent to a race that will help shape decisions on housing, infrastructure, water, land use, parks and the county budget. With the filing window closing June 2, the paperwork did more than mark another candidacy: it clarified who voters will be choosing from as the county’s election calendar snaps into place.

Bulosan is already listed by the county and state election websites as the incumbent Kauai County Councilmember with a 2026 next-election date. The Kauai County Council is a seven-member legislative body elected to two-year terms, and Bulosan’s current committee assignments show where he would continue to exert influence if re-elected. He serves as chair of the Planning Committee and vice chair of the Housing & Intergovernmental Relations Committee, and he is also a member of the Parks & Recreation / Transportation, Public Safety & Human Services, Finance & Economic Development, Committee of the Whole, and Public Works & Veterans Services committees.

That matters for voters trying to judge whether his return would change the direction of county government. Those committees sit near the center of the debates residents see most often: affordable housing shortages, road maintenance, wastewater and other public works needs, public safety spending, land-use questions, park investments and the county’s budget priorities. A Bulosan victory would not just fill a seat; it would keep an incumbent in the room for those votes and the negotiations that shape them before they reach the full council.

The filing also lands within the broader 2026 election timetable. Hawaii’s candidate filing period runs from February 2 through June 2, and the primary election is set for August 8, with the general election on November 3. Kauai County candidates file through the Elections Division in Līhue at 4386 Rice Street, Room 101, where the county’s ballot begins to take shape in the final days before the deadline.

State election reports are updated Monday through Friday after 4:30 p.m., excluding state holidays, so the candidate list can still shift before filing closes. Kauaivotes.org says its 2026 election coverage includes 284 candidates across 91 races, underscoring how Bulosan’s filing fits into a much larger election cycle even as Kauai voters focus on local control at the county level.