{{Short description|Filipino-born American politician from Hawaii}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rose Martinez | image = Rose Martinez - Hawaii State Legislature recognizes Adm. Aquilino for his time at USINDOPACOM (Image 3 of 5) (cropped).jpg | caption = Martinez in 2024 | state_house = Hawaii | district = 40th | term_start = November 8, 2022 | term_end = November 5, 2024 | predecessor = Bob McDermott | successor = Julie Reyes Oda | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|6|22}} | birth_place = Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democrat | spouse = Flor | children = 1 | alma_mater = | profession = | website = }} '''Rosebella Locquiao Ellazar Martinez''' (born 22 June 1958) is a Filipino-born American politician and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2022 to 2024, representing District 40.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rose Martinez |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Rose_Martinez |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref> In 2018 and 2020, she was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the same district. She lost re-election in 2024 to Republican Julie Reyes Oda.
== Early life and career == Martinez was born in Bayaoas, Urdaneta City and moved to Hawaii in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislative Members |url=https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/legislature/memberpage.aspx?member=273&year=2023 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=www.capitol.hawaii.gov}}</ref> Professionally she is an educator and drug prevention counselor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-31 |title=Rose Martinez's Hawaii House District 40 Survey |url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2012/07/16680-rose-martinezs-hawaii-house-district-40-survey/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Honolulu Civil Beat |language=en}}</ref>
== Political career == Martinez is a candidate for District 20 in the 2026 Hawaii Senate election.<ref name="CandidateReport">{{cite web |title=2026 Candidate Report |url=https://olvr.hawaii.gov/Controls/CandidateFiling.aspx?elid=94 |access-date=15 March 2026 |website=Hawaii Office of Elections}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* [https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/legislature/memberpage.aspx?member=273&year=2024 Official page] at the Hawaii State Legislature
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