Ige, who was badly outspent and entered the race with little name recognition, will face Republican Duke Aiona, a former lieutenant governor under Gov. Linda Lingle, who ran the state from 2002 to 2010. Former Democratic Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann is running as an independent. Early polls...
(AllPolitics, November 4) -- Incumbent Democratic Gov. Ben Cayetano defeated Republican challenger Linda Lingle, the mayor of Maui, to win the governor's contest in Hawaii, a race dominated by economic issues. Ben Cayetano Hawaii was largely a victim of both reduced military spending and the ...
Voters Saturday also chose state Rep. Mark Takai in a seven-way Democratic contest to represent urban Honolulu in the U.S. Congress. He faces Republican Charles Djou in November.
Proposed Cuts To Food Stamps Program Could Be ‘Horrific’ In Hawai‘i.Under Republican proposals, Hawaiʻi could face more than $100 million in new costs to maintain the food stamp program. Civil Beat. Some 157,600 residents — roughly 1 in 9 — will receive SNAP benefits this year.Civ...
In 1980 when she was four years old, Jill followed the presidential race closely. Her favorite was Republican candidate Ronald Reagan because he had the same first name as Ronald McDonald! Later when she was in middle school, Jill took the bus all the way from Kailua to Kapiolani Park to...
Djou, for his part, said he’s growing excited about the emerging dynamic and compared the looming primary to the GOP infighting that recently allowed Democrats to pick up a historically Republican seat in upstate New York. “This is going to be a fight between a liberal Democrat and a ...
MIRIAM HELLREICH: "As you probably know, the Republican Party of Hawaii is my personal cash machine and country club . . . and it has been for some time. That's why I cannot afford to relinquish any control, even if I have to buddy up to these fanatical followers of Jonah. Malia Gr...
Lava Covers Four Corners, Hundreds of Homes Cut off Auditor: OHA Openly Violates HRS10-17 Nepotism Sam King: Its Time to Fix OHA! Public Hearing...
Senate in 2016, defeating Republican incumbent Mark Kirk.Duckworth was the first Thai-American woman elected to Congress, the first born in Thailand elected to Congress, the first woman with a disability to be elected to Congress, the first female double amputee in the Senate, and the first ...
col A-House, not much to say, but which President put my dad into an internment camp. Was he a republican?? No. Which President signed HB 442 giving restitution to those interned? Was he a democrat? No. It was a democrat who imprisioned my dad and a republican who gave restitution....