2016 in Hawaii

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Events from 2016 in Hawaii.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate H-3</span> Interstate Highway in Hawaii, US

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kalaupapa Airport</span> Airport

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Kamehameha Highway is one of the main highways serving suburban and rural O‘ahu in the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. Informally known as Kam Highway, it begins at Nimitz Highway near Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, serves the island's older western suburbs, and turns north across the O‘ahu Central Valley to the North Shore. At the North Shore, Kamehameha Highway heads northeast around the northern tip of O‘ahu, then southeast to and just beyond Kāne‘ohe Bay on the windward coast. The road was named after King Kamehameha I.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Takai</span> American politician (1967–2016)

Kyle Mark Takai was an American politician from the state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Hawaii's 1st congressional district, from 2015 to 2016. He served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1994 to 2014.

Clifton 'Clift' K. Tsuji was an American politician who served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2005 until his death in 2016. A Democrat, Tsuji represented District 2 from January 16, 2013, until his death on November 15, 2016. Tsuji consecutively served from January 2005 until 2013 in the District 3 seat. Tsuji died on November 15, 2016, at the age of 75 at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loretta Fuddy</span> American social worker and politician

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lorraine Inouye</span> American politician

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Hawaii's 1st congressional district special election</span>

U.S. Representative Mark Takai, who represented Hawaii's 1st congressional district, died July 20, 2016. A special election was held November 8, 2016. In special elections in Hawaii, all candidates run on one ballot with the highest vote recipient winning regardless of percentage. That is what allowed Republican Charles Djou to win the 2010 special election for this seat with 39.4% of the vote when two Democrats took 58.4% of the vote combined. However this special election was held on the same ballot as the regularly scheduled election for this seat to the 115th Congress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rick Blangiardi</span> American business executive and politician

Richard John Blangiardi is an American television executive and politician from the state of Hawaii. Blangiardi was elected mayor of Honolulu in the 2020 mayoral election, and took office on January 2, 2021. He previously worked in the television industry and helped consolidate KHNL and KGMB into Hawaii News Now.

Todd W. Eddins is an American lawyer who has served an associate justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court since 2020. He previously served as a judge of the O'ahu First Circuit Court of Hawaii from 2017 to 2020.

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