Benjamin Jerome Cayetano is an American politician and author who served as the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002. He is the first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United States.
Linda Lingle is an American politician who served as the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. She was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959,and was the state's first female and first Jewish governor. Prior to serving as governor,Lingle served as mayor of Maui County from 1991 to 1999 and as chair of the Hawaii Republican Party from 1999 to 2002.
Frank Francis Fasi was an American politician who was the longest-serving Mayor of Honolulu,Hawaii,serving for 22 years. He also served as a territorial senator and member of the Honolulu City Council. To date,he remains the last Republican Mayor of Honolulu.
Eileen Anderson was an American politician who served as Mayor of Honolulu,Hawaii from 1981 to 1985. She was the first,and as of 2024,the only woman to hold the office. A Democrat,Anderson served in various positions in the city and county and the state. She was the first Hawaii State Director of Budget and Finance.
Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party,Hirono previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013. Hirono also served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1981 to 1994 and as Hawaii's tenth lieutenant governor from 1994 to 2002 under Ben Cayetano. She was the Democratic nominee for governor of Hawaii in 2002,but lost to Republican Linda Lingle.
Peter Benson Carlisle is an American politician and attorney who served as the 13th Mayor of Honolulu,Hawaii from 2010 to 2013. Prior to serving as interim Mayor following the resignation of former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann,Carlisle had served as the Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu from 1996 to 2010.
James Kimo Kealoha was an American politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of Hawaii in the administration of Governor of Hawaiʻi William F. Quinn. Prior to his election as Lieutenant Governor,Kealoha served a number of years as a legislator on Hawaii island,distinguishing himself as a respected leader.
Stephen Kei Yamashiro was an American politician and lawyer who served as the former Mayor of Hawaii County from 1992 to 2000. Yamashiro served on the Hawaii County council from 1976 to 1990,including eleven years as the council's chairman. He then served as the Mayor of Hawaii for two consecutive,four-year terms from 1992 until 2000.
Keiko Cecilia Bonk is an American artist,musician and former politician from Hawaii. Bonk co-founded the Green Party of Hawaii and was the first person in North America elected to a partisan level office as a member of the Green Party of the United States. In the US most local elected offices are nonpartisan,meaning the candidate is not running as a member of a political party. State and federal offices are partisan,meaning that the candidates represent political parties. In Hawaii local government,such as county government,it was formerly necessary to declare your political party. Other people who called themselves "Greens" had been elected to local government offices in the United States prior to Keiko Bonk,but they were not representing a legally established political party. In the United States,it is very difficult to win an election in a partisan race if the candidate does not run as a Democrat or Republican. Keiko Bonk was the first person in the United States to run as a representative of the Green Party and beat a Republican and Democrat.
The Hawaii Republican Party 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 Democratic Party came to dominate Hawaii. The party currently has little power and is the weakest state affiliate of the national Republican Party;it controls none of Hawaii's statewide or federal elected offices and has the least presence in the state legislature of any state Republican party.
Charles Kong Djou is an American politician and attorney who is currently Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission. A former member of the Republican Party,Djou briefly served as U.S. representative from Hawaii's 1st congressional district from May 2010 to January 2011. As of 2024,he is the last Republican to represent Hawaii in Congress.
Peter Aquino Aduja was the first Filipino American elected to public office in the United States. He was elected as a representative in the Hawaii Legislature in 1954.
The 2002 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002,to select the governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Democratic Governor of Hawaii Ben Cayetano was term-limited and therefore could not run for re-election. Former Maui Mayor Linda Lingle,who had narrowly lost the 1998 election,was nominated once again by the Republicans while Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono earned the Democratic nomination in a tight race. Lingle and Hirono duked it out in a hard-fought campaign,with Hirono's campaign crippled by allegations of corruption within the Hawaii Democratic Party and many voters desiring a change. The influence of migrants from the mainland as well as the decease in party loyalty of ethnic groups led more voters towards Lingle. Ultimately Lingle defeated Hirono in a close election,making her the first Republican governor of Hawaii elected since 1959 and the state's first-ever female governor. She was the first white person to be elected governor of the state since 1970. Lingle and Hirono faced off again in Hawaii's 2012 U.S. Senate election;Hirono won that race and thus became the first female U.S. senator in Hawaii history.
House Bill 444 was a 2009 bill of the Hawaii State Legislature,passed in April 2010 and vetoed by Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle,that would have legalized civil unions for couples in the state of Hawaii. Its legislative process was accompanied by controversy over the bill's content and effects and rallies were held by supporters and opponents.
Kirk William Caldwell is an American politician who served as the mayor of Honolulu,Hawaii,from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Caldwell also held the position of acting mayor in 2010 following the resignation of Mayor Mufi Hannemann. Caldwell announced that he would be running for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election in September 2021,but withdrew the following May.
John Stanley Carroll was an American lawyer and politician who served as a state representative and state senator from Hawaii as a Republican. He was also a perennial candidate for multiple statewide offices in Hawaii.
The 2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Hawaii and lieutenant governor of Hawaii.
Hele-On Bus is the public transport bus service provided by the County of Hawaiʻi on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi,within the state of Hawaiʻi,United States. It serves a limited number of routes on limited frequency.
The 2020 Honolulu mayoral election determined the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu for the term commencing in January 2021. Incumbent mayor Kirk Caldwell was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.
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.
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