Mail in your ballot by August 8!
HGEA recommends these community-minded candidates for the 2020 Primary Election. Click on the links below to view endorsement cards.Remember: Vote on both sides of the ballot. No polling places will be open on Election Day.
- Oahu
- Council District 1: Waipahu to Makaha
- Council District 2: Central Oahu, North Shore, Ahuimanu
- Council District 3: Kaneohe to Waimanalo
- Council District 4: Hawaii Kai to Ala Moana
- Council District 5: Kapahulu to Makiki
- Council District 6: Makiki to Liliha
- Council District 7: Kalihi to Pearl City
- Council District 8: Fort Shafter to Waipio
- Council District 9: Waikele to Mililani
2020 Primary Election Endorsements
HGEA has endorsed the following candidates for the 2020 Primary Election. For the past several weeks, HGEA Island Division and State Political Action Committees, made up of members from all eight bargaining units, the Retirees Unit, and the managerial/excluded MCEC Unit, met, interviewed candidates and deliberated on political endorsement recommendations over video teleconferencing.
Thank you to all members who took time to submit comments and interview questions to the PAC feedback page. All member feedback and confidential comments about candidates were strongly considered and many of your suggested interview questions were utilized. Your feedback was one component of the many factors the PACs took into consideration when deliberating on recommendations.
Please consider these candidates as you cast your ballot in the primary election on August 8. Additional endorsements will be coming after further PAC deliberations.
**An “open” endorsement means the union does not endorse a candidate.
For more information on how HGEA selects candidates to endorse, click here. Or to make a contribution to the PEOPLE program, click here.
HGEA-ENDORSED CANDIDATES
HGEA endorsements: Candidates and issues
U.S. CONGRESS
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Ed Case |
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Kaiali'i Kahele |
STATE SENATE
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Joy San Buenaventura |
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Gilbert Keith-Agaran |
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Ronald Kouchi |
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Stanley Chang |
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Les Ihara Senate District 10 Oahu |
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Brian Taniguchi Senate District 11 Oahu |
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Karl Rhoads Senate District 13 Oahu |
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Donna Mercado Kim Senate District 14 Oahu |
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Glenn Wakai Senate District 15 Oahu |
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No Action Taken* Senate District 19 Oahu |
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Mike Gabbard Senate District 20 Oahu |
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Donovan Dela Cruz Senate District 22 Oahu |
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Chris Lee Senate District 25 Oahu |
STATE HOUSE
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Mark Nakashima |
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Chris Todd House District 2 Hawaii |
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Richard Onishi |
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Greggor Ilagan House District 4 Hawaii |
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Jeanné Kapela |
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Nicole Lowen House District 6 Hawaii |
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David Tarnas House District 7 Hawaii |
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Troy Hashimoto House District 8 Maui |
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Justin Woodson House District 9 Maui |
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No Action Taken* House District 10 Maui |
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Don Couch House District 11 Maui |
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Kyle Yamashita House District 12 Mau |
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Lynn DeCoite House District 13 Maui |
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Nadine Nakamura House District 14 Kauai |
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No Action Taken* House District 15 Kauai |
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Daynette “Dee” Morikawa House District 16 Kauai |
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Open* House District 17 Oahu |
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Mark Hashem House District 18 Oahu |
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Bert Kobayashi House District 19 Oahu |
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Jay Ishibashi House District 20 Oahu |
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Scott Nishimoto House District 21 Oahu |
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Tom Brower House District 22 Oahu |
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Dale Kobayashi House District 23 Oahu |
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Della Au Belatti House District 24 Oahu |
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Sylvia Luke House District 25 Oahu |
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Scott Saiki House District 26 Oahu |
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Takashi Ohno House District 27 Oahu |
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John Mizuno House District 28 Oahu |
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Daniel Holt House District 29 Oahu |
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Sonny Ganaden House District 30 Oahu |
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Aaron Ling Johanson House District 31 Oahu |
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Linda Ichiyama House District 32 Oahu |
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No Action Taken** House District 33 Oahu |
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Gregg Takayama House District 34 Oahu |
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Roy Takumi House District 35 Oahu |
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Trish LaChica House District 36 Oahu |
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Ryan Yamane House District 37 Oahu |
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Henry Aquino House District 38 Oahu |
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Ty Cullen House District 39 Oahu |
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No Action Taken* House District 40 Oahu |
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Open** House District 41 Oahu |
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No Action Taken* House District 42 Oahu |
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Stacelynn Eli House District 43 Oahu |
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Cedric Gates House District 44 Oahu |
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Open* House District 45 Oahu |
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Open* House District 46 Oahu |
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Sean Quinlan House District 47 Oahu |
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Lisa Kitagawa House District 48 Oahu |
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Scot Matayoshi House District 49 Oahu |
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Patrick Branco House District 50 Oahu |
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Coby Chock House District 51 Oahu |
CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU
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Keith Amemiya |
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Open** Honolulu Proscecutor Oahu |
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Makana Paris |
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Alan Texeira Council District III Oahu |
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No Action Taken* |
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Open** Council District VII Oahu |
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Will Espero |
HAWAII COUNTY
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Harry Kim |
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Open** Prosecutor Hawaii |
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Bethany Morrison |
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Aaron Chung District 2 Hawaii |
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Sue Lee Loy |
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Ashley Kierkiewicz District 4 Hawaii |
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Ikaika Rodenhurst |
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Maile David District 6 Hawaii |
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Rebecca Villegas |
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Holeka Inaba District 8 Hawaii |
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Tim Richards |
KAUAI COUNTY
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Justin Kollar |
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Addison Bulosan Kauai County Council Kauai |
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Bernard Carvalho, Jr. |
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Mason Chock Kauai County Council Kauai |
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Felicia Cowden |
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Luke Evslin Kauai County Council Kauai |
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Arryl Kaneshiro |
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KipuKai Kuali'i Kauai County Council Kauai |
MAUI COUNTY
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No Action Taken* |
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Tamara Paltin Maui County Council West Maui |
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No Action Taken* |
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Open* Maui County Council Kahului |
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Tom Cook |
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Mike Molina Maui County Council Makawao-Haiku-Paia |
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Yuki Lei Sugimura Maui County Council Upcountry |
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Open* Maui County Council Lanai |
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Stacy Crivello Maui County Council Molokai |
OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
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Colette Machado |
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Keoni Souza |