Neil Abercrombie is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Patricia Hatsue Saiki is an American politician and former educator from Hilo,Hawaii. She served as a Republican in Congress from 1987 to 1991 and then as Administrator of the Small Business Administration under President of the United States George H. W. Bush.
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.
Muliufi Francis Hannemann is an American politician,businessman,and non-profit executive. He was elected twice as Mayor of Honolulu in 2004 and 2008. Hannemann has served as a special assistant in Washington,D.C.,with the Department of the Interior,where he was selected for a White House fellowship in the Reagan administration under Vice President George H. W. Bush. He also served as chairman of the Honolulu City Council. He is the first person of Samoan descent and the second member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve as Mayor of Honolulu.
Charles Kong Djou is an American politician who served as U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district from 2010 to 2011. Djou won his House seat in a May 2010 special election. He was defeated in the November general election after the Democratic primary provided a single opponent. He ran for but did not win his old House seat again in 2012 and 2014. Djou,who previously served in the Hawaii House of Representatives and on the Honolulu City Council,was the first Thai American of any party and the first Chinese American Republican to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. In June 2016,he entered the race for mayor of Honolulu,which he lost,48% to 52%,to incumbent Kirk Caldwell. As of 2023,Djou was the last Republican to have represented Hawaii in Congress. He left the Republican Party in 2018 and in 2020 endorsed Joe Biden for president. After Biden won the presidency,he appointed Djou to be Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Colleen Wakako Hanabusa is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she ran for her party's nomination for governor of Hawaii in 2018,challenging and losing to incumbent and fellow Democrat David Ige.
The 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010,to elect the next Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Republican Governor Linda Lingle was term-limited and not eligible to run for re-election. The Democratic Party nominated Neil Abercrombie,and the Republican Party nominated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Duke Aiona. In the election,Abercrombie won and was sworn in as the state's 7th Governor on December 6,2010. Aiona later unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Hawaii in 2014 and 2022.
The 2010 special election for the 1st congressional district of Hawaii was a special election to the United States House of Representatives that took place to fill the vacancy caused by Representative Neil Abercrombie's resignation on February 28,2010 to focus on his campaign for Governor of Hawaii in the 2010 gubernatorial election. Abercrombie planned not to run for re-election in 2010,and many of the candidates that were running for his open seat transferred to the special election. The election was held on May 22,2010 and Republican Charles Djou won,defeating five Democrats,four fellow Republicans,and four Independent candidates. The main reason for his win was because there were two Democratic candidates instead of one,which split the votes,allowing Djou to win,as Hawaii is an overwhelmingly Democratic state. Djou became the first Republican elected to Congress from Hawaii since Pat Saiki in 1988;Djou volunteered on Saiki's 1988 campaign,and Saiki served as Djou's campaign chair in 2010. As of 2022,this was the last time in which a Republican was elected to Congress from Hawaii.
Panos D. Prevedouros,is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa,subcommittee chair of the Transportation Research Board,co-author of the textbook Transportation Engineering and Planning,published by Prentice Hall in 1993 and 2001. He was a two-time unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu,running on a program of absolute opposition to mass transit.
The 2010 Honolulu special mayoral election was held on September 18,2010. The election coincided with Hawaii's primary election. The winner of the election,Peter Carlisle,filled the unexpired term of former Democratic Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann,who resigned on July 20,2010 to run in the 2010 election for Governor of Hawaii.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic senator Daniel Akaka decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth full term. Democrat Mazie Hirono defeated Republican Linda Lingle in a rematch of Hawaii’s 2002 gubernatorial election. This was the first open Senate seat in the state of Hawaii since 1976.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012 to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election for the United States Senate. Primary elections were held on August 11,2012.
The 2012 Honolulu mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu. Kirk Caldwell was elected mayor,beating opponent and former Hawaii governor Ben Cayetano.
Hawaii's 2012 general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on August 11,2012.
The 2014 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Hawaii,concurrently with a special election to Hawaii's Class III Senate Seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Hawaii,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including an election for Governor of Hawaii and a special election to the United States Senate.
The 2016 Honolulu mayoral election determined the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu for the full term commencing in January 2017. As in the previous several elections,Skyline and its cost overruns was a major topic of the campaign.
The 2018 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of Hawaii and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii.
The 2022 Hawaii gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next governor of Hawaii. Incumbent Democratic Governor David Ige was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third term. Incumbent lieutenant governor Josh Green was the Democratic nominee,and faced former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona,the Republican nominee. This marked the third time Aiona had been the Republican gubernatorial nominee,having previously run unsuccessfully in 2010 and 2014. Green won the election with 63.2% of the vote with Aiona receiving 36.8% of the vote.
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 is ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.
