Mufi Hannemann

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On July 20, 2010, Hannemann resigned his position as mayor to compete in the 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election. City Managing Director Kirk Caldwell assumed the position of interim mayor until a special election was held to determine a permanent replacement. [8] [9] On September 18, 2010, Hannemann lost the Democratic primary to Neil Abercrombie by approximately twenty-one percentage points. [10] [11]

2012 congressional election

Hannemann announced his intention to run for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional district seat on August 30, 2011. The incumbent, Mazie Hirono, vacated the seat to run for the U.S. Senate seat then held by Daniel Akaka, who did not seek reelection in 2012. [12] [13] He lost the primary election to Tulsi Gabbard on August 11, 2012, by approximately twenty percentage points. [14]

2014 gubernatorial election

After considering a run for Republican nomination, [15] Hannemann was an independent candidate for Governor, [16] finishing third out of four candidates in the general election with 11.6% of the vote. [17]

2020s

2020 Honolulu mayoral election

On May 31, 2020, Mufi Hannemann announced that he would be filing nomination papers to run for Honolulu Mayor again. On August 8, Hannemann conceded after finishing fifth in a field of 15 with only 9.92% of the primary vote. [18]

Personal life

Hannemann stands 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) in height. [19] His brother Nephi Hannemann was a Polynesian actor and singer. [20] [21] His cousin, Jacob Hannemann, is a former Major League Baseball player. [22] [23]

References

  1. ↑ "Personal Mufi Hannemann for Governor | For All of Us". Mufihannemann.com. July 16, 1954. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ Kaser, Tom (July 5, 1981). "Schutter Foundation opens". The Honolulu Star-Bulletin. archived.
  3. ↑ "Twelfth Pacific Century Fellows Class Selected". Pacific Century Fellows. March 17, 2010. Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  4. ↑ Carlson, Ragnar (September 3, 2008). "Hail to the chief". Honolulu Weekly. Retrieved October 16, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Coalition Members". Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2007.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Conference of Mayors, 75th Annual Meeting Draft Agenda" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  7. ↑ vom Hove, Tann. "Mayors from 50 cities competed for the 2008 World Mayor Prize". City Mayors. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  8. ↑ DePledge, Derrick (July 21, 2010). "Off and running". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  9. ↑ Reyes, B.J. (July 21, 2010). "Special election needed for mayor". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  10. ↑ State of Hawaii Office of Elections (September 19, 2010). "Primary Election 2010 Statewide Summary Report" (PDF). Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  11. ↑ DePledge, Derrick (September 20, 2010). "Abercrombie takes all but 4 of 51 districts". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  12. ↑ Kerr, Keoki (August 30, 2011). "Hannemann Runs For Congress". KITV.com. Hearst Television Inc. Retrieved August 31, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ LaFrance, Adrienne (August 30, 2011). "Mufi Hannemann Running for Congress". Honolulu Civil Beat. Peer News LLC. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Primary Election 2012 – State of Hawaii – Final Summary Report" (PDF). State of Hawaii, Office of Elections. August 12, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  15. ↑ Derrick DePledge (January 17, 2014). "'In discussions ...'". Governing. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Mufi Hannemann announces candidacy for Hawaii governor's race". Hawaii News Now. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Hawaii General Election 2014" (PDF). Hawaii Office of Elections. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Mufi Hannemann concedes Honolulu mayoral race".
  19. ↑ Ryan, Tim (September 18, 2000). "Charming, ambitious and driven to succeed". Hawaii News. Honolulu Star-Bulletin . Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Hawaiian singer cast in Disney movie". Deseret News . September 15, 1973 – via Google News.
  21. ↑ "Nephi Hannemann Obituary". Honolulu Star-Advertiser . April 22, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  22. ↑ "Hannemanns Suddenly Cubs Fans". MidWeek . June 19, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Jacob Hannemann Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News". MiLB.com . Retrieved September 9, 2024.
Mufi Hannemann
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12th Mayor of Honolulu
In office
January 2, 2005 –July 20, 2010
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Honolulu
2005–2010		Succeeded by
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