Bills aimed at clamping down on campaign contributions from government contractors while separately providing more public money to run for political office remain alive following a key Senate committee hearing Tuesday,

Key Hawaii Republicans offered differing views of President Donald Trump three months into his second term, with some continuing their full support while others are hearing from constituents who regret voting for him.

Legislators who are not term-limited and still have surpluses in the six-figure range are Sens. Jarrett Keohokalole, Troy Hashimoto, Lynn DeCoite, Henry Aquino, Sharon Moriwaki and Michelle Kidani. Also on that list are Reps. Scot Matayoshi, Kyle Yamashita, Nadine Nakamura and Lisa Kitagawa.

President Trump’s executive order seeking to impose federal oversight on state-run elections is not needed and is not legal. And tasking Elon Musk’s incompetent DOGE team makes it even worse. Voter fraud and multiple votes by the same person in a single election is a largely nonexistent bogeyman of Trump’s.