A grass-roots campaign in Hawai’i, built from the ashes of the deadly fire in Lahaina, sent a first-time Native Hawaiian candidate to the state legislature. The Green Party’s Pāʻele Kiakona unseated the incumbent Republican in what his supporters say is a commitment to protect āina from predatory developers. It’s one of dozens of state elections that collectively add to Native representation around the country.

At the same time voters in several states approved ballot measures to require photo IDs in order to vote, even for mail-in voters. Such measures have proven to be a hurdle for some Native voters.

We’ll look at the influence of some of the election decisions beyond the national races.