DEMOCRAT • HAWAIʻI'S 2ND DISTRICT • 2026 PRIMARY
“You are my special interest.”
Every odd fellow has a place in society. This is my kuleana. What's yours?
“I hear the fear, anger, and urgency in your message, and I share it.” — Rep. Jill Tokuda, February 20, 2026
She was scared.
I'm not scared.
If you're scared, get out of the way.
I'm Greg Guithues. I live in Ocean View on the Big Island. I stand against tyranny and will call a fascist a fascist. I'm retired, I draw Social Security, and I'm not scared. Someone has to say something — I'm the one standing here.
Born in 1957. Dad worked for the Defense Department — we moved every two to four years. It was a good home — stable, loving, middle class. When I see poverty now, I realize how blessed I've been.
I graduated high school early, August 1974, finishing my last credit in summer school. That class happened to be high school civics. First time I really understood how Congress works. Fifty years later I read the Constitution for the first time.
At 17, I enlisted in the Air Force — strategically, for the GI Bill. Basic training was fine. I wasn't ready for military life. I received a general discharge under honorable conditions in December 1975. I did get the GI Bill.
I moved my family back to Ohio, got an Associate's degree in Data Processing, and built a career in computer networking. Started my own business around 2001. Retired end of 2025. I draw Social Security now — $3,386 a month. The house is paid for. I can do this.
I've lived in Ocean View on the Big Island since 2014. I'm not going anywhere. I've volunteered with the Ocean View Community Association and help with shower service at St. Jude's. Most Sundays you'll find me at the highway wagging anti-Trump signs. I show up.
For over a year we'd been out on the highway every Sunday, protesting. I contacted my representative. She wrote back: "I hear the fear, anger, and urgency in your message, and I share it." She was scared. I'm not scared. If you're scared, get out of the way. On March 5, 2026, I pulled my candidate papers.
“You have no mandate to take health care from poor people.”
— Rep. Al Green, removed from the House floor for saying it
Al Green represents Texas on the House floor. He stood up during a Trump address and said: "You have no mandate to take health care from poor people." They removed him from the chamber for it. A few others walked out in solidarity. My own representative did neither. Al Green is my hero.
The 2026 midterms produce a hard Democratic wave. The House flips. First order of business: elect a new Speaker. Then impeach and remove both Trump and Vance.
I will not submit quietly. I will be a disruption. When the Speaker calls for decorum, I'll be the reason he's calling for it.
“Decorum be damned.”
My platform is built on equality and dignity: the money exists. It has always existed. The question is whether government works for everyone.
Be in that number.
We've been wagging signs on the highway Sunday mornings in Ocean View. One of mine reads: "Impeach Him Again." I want to be in that number.
Plan A: The 2026 midterms produce a hard Democratic wave. The House flips. First order of business: elect a new Speaker. Then impeach and remove both Trump and Vance. Plan B: I will not submit quietly. I will be a disruption. When the Speaker calls for decorum, I'll be the reason he's calling for it.
The money exists. It always has.
The top marginal tax rate was above 90% through the early 1960s. Reagan cut it to 28%. Trump cut it to 37% and slashed corporate rates from 35% to 21%. The middle class has been shrinking ever since.
Congress sets the tax code. That is a constitutional responsibility. For four decades, that responsibility has been used to funnel wealth upward. My job in Washington is to make sure government remembers who actually needs it.
It's expensive being poor.
The quality of your child's public school is determined by the property tax base of the ZIP code you live in. Poor families are stuck. Their children pay the price.
Last year my daughter finished her bachelor's degree. In her forties. To my knowledge, the first person in her family tree to earn one. Education changes lives across generations. Every child deserves access regardless of ZIP code.
Medical and dental for all.
I've recently begun receiving VA health benefits from my ten months of Air Force service. Basic medical care. No bills. We should all have that.
The wealthiest nation in history has the resources to provide every citizen with medical and dental care. The money doesn't disappear — it gets concentrated at the top. Fix the tax structure, fix the funding.
We have one planet.
I live on the Big Island — one of the most ecologically precious places on Earth. Federal policy must reflect the reality that no amount of economic growth matters if we destroy the natural systems that sustain all life.
Taking everything we can today and leaving nothing for future generations isn't a policy. It's a betrayal.
Dignity for a people.
I'm not Native Hawaiian. But it's my place as a human being to demand the dignity of a people. Their rights, cultures, and sovereignty deserve full respect and active advocacy in Washington.
The history of Native Hawaiians — and native peoples across our nation — is a history of sovereign nations disrupted by outside forces. I will provide active advocacy.
“Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.” — Job 31:6
I don't ask voters to take my word for it. I ask to be weighed — by my record, my actions, and my willingness to show up.
“Walking away from a just confrontation is not peace. It is failure.” — Bhagavad Gita
When Al Green stood up on the House floor and was removed for it, he was not being reckless. He was being righteous. I will not walk away.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” — Hebrews 11:1
I'm running for a seat I'm not favored to win, against a comfortable well-funded incumbent. I do it anyway. Faith is not the absence of doubt. It is the decision to act in spite of it.
For every human being. For every living thing. For every generation not yet born. The measure of a society is how it treats those with the least power.
This is a million-dollar project. I will only accept donations from humans. No corporations. No PACs.
Can you spare $10?
Hawaiʻi's 2nd Congressional District. Democratic Primary. Ballots go out late July 2026, due August 8.
Choose my name from the list.
Tell your neighbors. Share the website. Talk to your community. This is a grassroots campaign. That means word of mouth.
Tell somebody.
Signature deadline: June 2, 2026. I'm bringing my clipboard to every community gathering until then.
I'd like you to be one of them.