Senator Kurt Fevella Contact information

Senator Kurt Fevella is a lifelong Ewa Beach resident, graduate of James Campbell High School and a dedicated community leader and advocate. Senator Fevella was working as a school custodian at the time of his election. He is determined to keep his political career focused on his community.

Kurt Fevella is an American politician serving as a member of the Hawaii Senate, representing the 19th District since 2018. His victory in 2018 made him the only state senator not affiliated with the Democratic Party, and the first Republican elected to the Hawaii State Senate since Sam Slom in 2014.

Fevella was born and raised in Ewa Beach, graduating from James Campbell High School. Before running for office, Fevella was a school custodian at Ewa Makai Middle School. He became interested in community service and politics after he began attending church during the 1990s. He served on the Ewa Neighborhood board and is the president of the Ewa Lions Club.

Fevella ran in 2012 for District 40 of the Hawaii House of Representatives and lost. In 2018, Fevella defeated Rep. Matt LoPresti to represent District 19 in the Hawaii Senate by 116 votes in an upset.

As a lifelong Ewa Beach resident, graduate of James Campbell High School, and a dedicated community leader and advocate, Senator Fevella was working as a school custodian at the time of his election. He is determined to keep his political career focused on his community.

In 2023, Senator Fevella served as a Committee Member of Hawaiian Affairs, Education, Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism, Higher Education, Labor and Technology, Water and Land, and Ways and Means. He introduced several measures related to general excise tax exemptions, speedy trials, safety, Hawaiian correctional industries, the environment, Hawaiian home lands, procurement, the Hawaii community development authority, and many more.