The Green Papers: Hawaii 2010 Midterm Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Special Primary House CD 1: Saturday 22 May 2010 (tentative date)
Primary: Saturday 18 September 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Electoral Votes:4(0.74% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:2(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:1,216,642 (0.43% of 281,998,273)
Capital:Honolulu
Saturday 22 May 2010 (tentative date) polling hours 7:00a HIST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC).
Saturday 18 September 2010 polling hours 7:00a HIST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC).
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 7:00a HIST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC).
 

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Hawaii State and Local Government

4 February 2010: The Hawaii House Judiciary Committee passed HB 2397 to move the primary from the 3rd Saturday in September to the 2nd Saturday in August.

11 February 2010: The Hawaii House unanimously passed HB 2397. The House version of the bill puts it into effect in 2011.

12 March 2010: Senate Judiciary and Government Operations Committee hearing on Hawaii HB 2397.

Office of Elections - 2010 Candidates

 
           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Democratic Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka
• Appointed by Governor John Waihee (Democrat) 16 May 1990, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Spark M. Matsunaga (Democrat): 15 April 1990; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1990; elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000, 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Class 3
Seat up for election		 Democratic Senator  Daniel K. Inouye
• First elected: 1962; re-elected: 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1959 (Hawaii having just been admitted as a State to the Union), 1960]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Daniel K. Inouye
• FEC S4HI00011: $2,860,239
  Candidate Democratic     Andrew Douglas Woerner
• FEC S0HI00159: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     John P. Roco
  Candidate Nonpartisan     Jeff S. Jarrett
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
Chair up for election
Open		 Republican Governor Linda Lingle
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair - At term limit
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Neil Abercrombie
• CD 1
  Candidate Democratic     Honolulu Mayor  Mufi Hannemann
  Candidate Democratic     Miles F. Shiratori
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr.
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator John S. Carroll
  Candidate Republican     Lancelot H. Lincoln
  Candidate Republican     Christopher B. Steele
  Candidate Nonpartisan     Chris Britos
  Candidate Nonpartisan     Thomas W. Pollard
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor
Seat up for election
Open		 Republican Lieutenant Governor  James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr.
• First elected: 2002, re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Lyla B. Berg
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Robert Bunda
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Gary L. Hooser
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Jon Riki Karamatsu
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Norman L. Sakamoto
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative Brian Schatz
  Candidate Republican     Adrienne S. King
  Candidate Republican     Dana E. Wedemeyer-Steele
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined);
1 Vacancy
CD 1
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Seat up for election
Vacant		 Democratic Congressman  Neil Abercrombie
• Returned to House: 1990
[previously elected to U.S. House in Special Election, 20 September 1986 re: resignation of Congressman Cecil Heftel, 11 July 1986]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Vacant Office - 9 March 2009: Announced he would be a candidate for Governor in 2010.
11 December 2009: Congressman Abercrombie announced he would resign from the U.S. House before the end of his term. Due to budget constraints, the election to fill the remainder of the term may be held concurrently with the regular September 2010 primary. Other reports indicate there may be a May 2010 special election. The primary will cost over $1M and their is no money budged for it. Hawaii law does not set a timetable for calling a special election after a vacancy. In the special election, all candidates run on a single ballot, there is no party primary. The candidate receiving the most votes is elected.
5 January 2010: Congressman Abercrombie announced that he will resign from Congress on 28 February 2010.
25 February 2010: The state Office of Elections tentatively called a Special Election for Saturday 22 May 2010 to fill this vacant seat. There is no primary. The candidate receiving the most votes in the Special Election will fill the remainder of Congressman Abercrombie's term which ends in January 2011.
28 February 2010: Resigned.
    Democratic     Congressman  Neil Abercrombie - apparently not a candidate
• 5 January 2010: Announced that he will resign from Congress on 28 February 2010.
• FEC H6HI01121: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     former Congressman  Edward Espenett "Ed" Case
• FEC H2HI02128: $221,839
  Candidate Democratic     Rafael G. Del Castillo
    Democratic     state Senator  Will Espero - apparently not a candidate
• 5 February 2010: Decided not to run out of of concern that he would dilute the Democratic party's chances of retaining the seat.
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Colleen Wakako Hanabusa
• FEC H0HI01165: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Philmund W. M. Lee
  Candidate Republican     Charles J. K. J. Amsterdam
  Candidate Republican     Honolulu Councilman  Charles Kong Djou
• FEC H0HI01157: $246,695
  Candidate Republican     John M. Giuffre
CD 1
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Seat up for election
Special Election		 Democratic
• Seat up for election: Saturday 22 May 2010 (tentative date)
• Special Election - On 24 February 2010, the state Office of Elections tentatively called a Special Election on Saturday 22 May 2010 to fill this vacant seat. There is no primary. The candidate receiving the most votes in the Special Election will fill the remainder of Congressman Abercrombie's term which ends in January 2011.
  Candidate Democratic     former Congressman Edward Espenett "Ed" Case
• FEC H2HI02128: $221,839
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Colleen Wakako Hanabusa
• FEC H0HI01165: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Honolulu Councilman Charles Kong Djou
• FEC H0HI01157: $246,695
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Mazie K. Hirono
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Mazie K. Hirono
• FEC H6HI02251: $519,219
  Candidate Republican     Antonio Gimbernat
  Candidate Republican     Ramsay Puanani Wharton
• FEC H0HI02114: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     John William Willoughby
• FEC H0HI02106: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Patric R. Brock
  Candidate Nonpartisan     Andrew V. Von Sonn
 
Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 5 incumbents, 18 candidates
 • Republican: 2 incumbents, 14 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
 • Right to Life
 • Unity
Independents
 • Nonpartisan: 4 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.hawaii.gov/lrb/con/
Election Authority
 • Hawaii Office of Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Hawaii State Legislature
Democratic
 • Hawai'i Democratic Party
Republican
 • Hawai'i Republican Party
Third Party
 • Constitution Party of Hawaii
 • Hawai'i Independent & Sovereign
 • Hawaii Right to Life
 • The Green Party of Hawai'i
 • The Libertarian Party of Hawaii
 • The Unity Party of Hawaii
Media & others
 • Akaku - Maui Community Television
 • D.C's Political Report - Hawaii
 • Hawai'i Free Press - Hilo
 • Hawaii Globe
 • Hawaii Reporter - Honolulu
 • Hawaii Tribune-Herald - Hilo
 • HawaiiNews (formerly Islenews.com)
 • Honolulu Advertiser
 • Honolulu Star-Bulletin
 • Honolulu Weekly
 • Ka Leo O Hawai'i - University of Hawai'i at Manoa
 • KGMB TV - CBS - Honolulu
 • KHNL TV - NBC - Honolulu
 • KHON TV - Fox - Honolulu
 • KITV TV - ABC - Honolulu
 • Maui News
 • MauiTime Weekly
 • Molokai Advertiser-News
 • Pacific Business News - Honolulu
 • PacificNews.NET
 • Politics1.com - Hawaii
 • The Garden Island - Kauai
 • West Hawaii Today - Kailua-Kona
 

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