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Submitted by HPI on Sun, 09/19/2010 - 23:30


Carlisle, Kaneshiro triumph in Honolulu special elections

Peter Carlisle is the new Honolulu mayor, while Keith Kaneshiro won his old job back as Honolulu prosecuting attorney. Both offices are nonpartisan.

Carlisle won 38.7 percent of the vote, with Kirk Caldwell not very far behind at 34.6 percent. Panos Prevedouros was a distant third at 18.9 percent. The actual vote was fairly accurately predicted by a poll released by Honolulu Civil Beat a few days before the election.

Keith Kaneshiro

Blake Oshiro (D), with 53.7 percent of the Democratic vote, easily bested Gary Okino (D) (41.8 percent) in the closely watched Hawaii House District 33 Democratic race. Oshiro is the Hawaii house speaker and has been spotlighted in the news because of his lead in ramming the same-sex civil unions bill through the house on the last day of its session this year, while at the same time publicly confirming that he was gay. The bill was later vetoed by Governor Linda Lingle (R). Oshiro now faces Republican Sam Kong in the general election.

In the governor's race, Neil Abercrombie (D) defeated former Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann (D) by a large margin, 59.4 percent to 37.8 percent. Neil will face Republican Duke Aiona in the general election.

Duke Aiona in turn bested John S. Carroll for the Republican governor's ticket.

Lynn Finnegan, Hawaii house minority leader, won the Republican race for lieutenant governor, 59.4 percent to Adrienne S. King's 27.0 percent. Finnegan's Democratic opponent in the fall election will be Brian Schatz.

Charles Djou (R), the incumbent, as expected easily won the Republican race for U.S. House, District 1 (urban Honolulu). He will face Democrat Colleen Hanabusa in the Tuesday, November 2 general election.

John W. Willoughby won the Republican ticket for the U.S. House, District 2 (neighbor islands and rural Oahu) at 35.7 percent of the Republican votes versus Ramsay Puanani Wharton's 34.7 percent. Wharton beat Willoughby handily on Oahu, but the neighbor island vote put Willoughby ahead by just 1 percent. Willoughby's Democratic opponent is Mazie Hirono, the incumbent.

For the complete statewide final results of yesterday's primary election, click here.

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