David Augustine Alcos III (born 1967 or 1968) is an American politician from the

Hawaii Republican Party The Hawaii Republican Party (HRP; ) is the affiliate of the Republican Party (GOP) in Hawaii, headquartered in Honolulu. The party was strong during Hawaii's territorial days, but following the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954 the Democrat ...

. He was first elected in 2022 to the Hawaii State House of Representatives from District 41.

Early life and education

Alcos was born and raised in

Ewa Beach Ewa or EWA may refer to: Places ; Ethiopia * Ewa (woreda) ; Nauru * Ewa District, Nauru ; United States * Eastern Washington, the portion of the state of Washington east of the Cascade Range * ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, a census-designated place * E ...

with two sisters by parents David Jr. and Trudy. He attended Ewa Elementary and Ilima Intermediate, and graduated from

James Campbell High School James Campbell High School (JCHS) is a public high school, public high school located at 91-980 North Road in the Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Ewa Beach neighborhood of City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States.2000 map: - Comp ...

in 1987.

Career and community involvement

Alcos became a construction worker after high school and later started his own company, D.A. Builders. He served as a football coach at his former high school, and has had membership in the

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service organization and his neighborhood board.

Political career

In 2020, Alcos ran an unsuccessful campaign to represent District 41 in the

Hawaii House of Representatives The Hawaii House of Representatives () is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature. Pursuant to Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of Hawaii, amended during the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention, 1978 constit ...

, losing by less than 2 percent of the votes cast. He ran again in 2022 and won against the incumbent, 59% to 41%. Soon after taking office in November 2022, Alcos was chosen by Hawaii's House Republican Caucus to serve as assistant minority leader. Alcos was reelected 56% to 39% in 2024, after being fined $12,500 for not disclosing financial information.

Personal life

Alcos married Ralena "Lena" Puanani Byrd Lee in 2002 and, according to his campaign site, has two children and two grandchildren. His paternal grandfather was born in the

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and worked as a boilerman at the Oahu Sugar Company's

Waipahu Waipahu () is a former sugarcane Sugar plantations in Hawaii, plantation town and now census-designated place (CDP) located in the Ewa District on the island of Oahu, Oahu in the Honolulu County, Hawaii, City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawai ...

mill. Per an obituary, Alcos' father also worked for the sugar company.

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Republican Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Hawaii State Legislature People from Honolulu County, Hawaii 1960s births Hawaii politicians of Filipino descent