Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii,which is in the Pacific Ocean. An unincorporated city,it is the county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu,situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu,and is the westernmost and southernmost major U.S. city. Honolulu is Hawaii's main gateway to the world. It is also a major hub for business,finance,hospitality,and military defense in both the state and Oceania. The city is characterized by a mix of various Asian,Western,and Pacific cultures,reflected in its diverse demography,cuisine,and traditions.
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.
Salt Lake is a neighborhood of Honolulu,Hawaii on the island of O‘ahu. The area is also known as Āliamanu after a nearby crater,although Salt Lake itself is in a crater called Ālia pa‘akai —meaning "salt pond" in the Hawaiian language. The Salt Lake community was developed in the 1960s during a construction boom,providing residents with an expansive view of downtown Honolulu and the sugarcane plantations of the central plain of O‘ahu. It is a community of high-rise condominiums,mid-rise town-dwellings,and houses snaking around the remnants of a now freshwater lake.
Eileen Anderson was an American politician who served as Mayor of Honolulu,Hawaii from 1981 to 1985. She was the first 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.
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.
John K. Evans III is an American lawyer and politician who served on the Council of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 2020 before resigning due to numerous ethics violations. Evans served as the chairman of the board of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) until its ethics committee found he violated conflict of interest rules. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented Ward 2 of Washington,D.C. from May 1991 to January 2020,making him the D.C. Council's longest-serving lawmaker. He ran for Mayor in 1998 and 2014,but lost in the Democratic primary both times.
Honolulu County,officially known as the City and County of Honolulu,is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The city-county includes both Urban Honolulu and the rest of the neighborhoods on the island of Oʻahu,as well as several minor outlying islands,including all of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands except Midway Atoll.
Skyline,often referred to as simply rail or the rail per its pre-development name,is a light metro system in the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu,Hawaiʻi. Phase 1 of the project opened June 30,2023 and lies entirely outside of Urban Honolulu,linking East Kapolei and Aloha Stadium. Phase 2,connecting to Pearl Harbor and Daniel K. Inouye International Airport before reaching Middle Street,is anticipated to open in mid-2025. The final phase,continuing the line across Urban Honolulu to Downtown,is due to open in 2031. Its construction constitutes the largest public works project in Hawaiʻi's history.
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.
Kymberly Marcos Pine is an American politician and Democrat who served two terms on the Honolulu City Council representing District 1 from 2013 to 2021. She was the Chair of the Council Committee on Business,Economic Development and Tourism. Prior to being elected to the City Council,she served as a Representative to the State House of Representatives for four terms. On October 28,2019,Pine announced her candidacy for Mayor of Honolulu.
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.
Mark Kaniela Saito Ing is an American politician and community organizer who was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 11th District,representing south Maui from November 7,2012 until November 6,2018. He unsuccessfully ran to represent Hawaii's 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 federal election.
Aaron Ling Johanson is an American politician who has served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since 2010,representing Aiea,Moanalua,Foster Village and Fort Shafter in Honolulu County on the island of Oahu.
Jose Maria Brias "Joey" Manahan is a Filipino American politician from the state of Hawaii. Joey Manahan is a former member of the Honolulu City Council and served as the Chair of the Budget Committee and Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee.
Justin-Michael "Ikaika" Anderson is an American politician from the state of Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. Anderson formerly served as chair and presiding officer of the Honolulu City Council and councilmember for the Honolulu County's District 3. He is a past vice chair and former chair of its Zoning and Planning Committee.
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 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.
Hālawa station is a Skyline metro station in Hālawa,Hawaiʻi,serving Aloha Stadium,ʻAiea,Salt Lake,and Moanalua. The station is located alongside Kamehameha Highway above its intersection with Salt Lake Boulevard. It serves as the eastern terminus of the current rail system and opened on June 30,2023. The station has a 590-space park and ride lot.
Ernesto Montemayor "Sonny" Ganaden is an American attorney and politician who has served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives' 30th district in 2020.
