Two candidates are fighting over the Oahu seat on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs board, with the challenger making board dysfunction and stalled projects her central case against the incumbent.

• Incumbent Kalei Akaka is running on her record of raising the state's annual payment to OHA from Hawaii's former kingdom lands and winning a large back payment.
• Challenger Hina Leimoana Wong says trust in the nine-member board has broken down and calls the infighting unacceptable.
• Both point to housing as the biggest obstacle keeping Native Hawaiian families from staying in Hawaii or moving home.
• Wong faults the board for years of no progress at Kakaako Makai; Akaka blames resistance from local lawmakers and is pushing a cultural center there instead.
• On military leases over kingdom lands, Wong says no deal is appropriate until the military follows existing law; Akaka wants unused land, including Bellows, cleaned up and returned.

Outlook: Voters decide the seat in the OHA trustee election on November 3, with five of nine board seats on the ballot.