2020 Honolulu mayoral election

The 2020 Honolulu mayoral election will determine 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.

2020 Honolulu mayoral election
August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08)
Incumbent Mayor

Kirk Caldwell
Democratic
Elections in Hawaii

The position of Mayor of Honolulu is non-partisan. A non-partisan blanket primary will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2020. If no candidate receives an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top two finishers will advance to a November general election runoff on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Candidates

Declared
  • Keith Amemiya, insurance executive and former executive director of Hawaii High School Athletic Association[1][2][3]
  • Rick Blangiardi, former University of Hawaii football coach, businessman, and television executive for Hawaii News Now[4][5]
  • John Carroll, former state senator, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000 and 2016, and candidate for Governor of Hawaii in 2018[6][7]
  • Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2011–2015; 2016–2019)[8]
  • Mufi Hannemann, former mayor of Honolulu, 2005–2010[9]
  • Choon James, real estate broker, candidate for Honolulu City Council, district 2 in 2018[10]
  • Audrey Keesing, convenor/Hawaii State President of the National Organization for Women, 1994–99,[11] participant U.N. 4th World Conference on Women. 1995[12] candidate for State House of Representatives, 1996,[13][14] participant in The Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition: Joint Hearing[15]
  • Kymberly Pine, Honolulu City councilmember, district 1[16]
  • Ho Yin (Jason) Wong, former Chief Governance & Information Officer of an IaaS cloud computing technology company.

Declined
  • Charles Djou, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2010–2011)[17]

Withdrew
  • Ikaika Anderson, Honolulu City councilmember, district 3; council chair and presiding officer[7]
  • Marissa Kerns, 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii[18][19]
  • Ron Menor, Honolulu City councilmember, district 9[20]

Endorsements
Keith Amemiya
Individual
Rick Blangiardi
Hawaii politicians
Organizations
Individual
Colleen Hanabusa
Hawaii politicians

Primary

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Keith
Amemiya		 Rick
Blangiardi		 Colleen
Hanabusa		 Kym
Pine		 Choon
James
Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now – Star-Advertiser[26] May 18-20, 2020 1038 ± 3.0% 10% 21% 15% 9% 3%

Results

General election

Polling

Results

Districts

References
  1. Bernardo, Rosemarie (27 August 2019). "Keith Amemiya announces run for Honolulu mayor". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. Bernardo, Rosemarie (28 August 2019). "Amemiya announces run for Honolulu mayor". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. HNN Staff (27 August 2019). "Business executive throws his name in the race for Honolulu mayor". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. Pang, Gordon Y.K. (3 January 2020). "TV executive Blangiardi plans mayoral run". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. Pang, Gordon (13 February 2020). "Former Hawaii TV executive Rick Blangiardi announces run for Honolulu mayor". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  6. Miyashima, Mike (15 June 2019). "John Carroll jumps into 2020 race for Honolulu mayor". KITV. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  7. Lee, Diane S. W.; Pang, Gordon Y. K. (15 June 2019). "Former state Sen. John Carroll announces run for Honolulu mayor, while Council Chairman Ikaika Anderson drops out". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  8. "Yep, Hanabusa Is Running For Mayor Of Honolulu". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  9. "Former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann is filing to get his old job back". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  10. Ordonio, Cassie (15 January 2020). "Real estate broker Choon James joins race for Honolulu mayor". Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  11. https:www.honoluluadvertiser.com
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  13. https://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/1996/09/19
  14. https://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/1996/09/18
  15. https://books.google.com/books?id=WHtJAQAAIAAJ
  16. "Kymberly Pine announces run for Honolulu mayor". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  17. Djou, Charles (March 9, 2020). "Charles Djou: Why I'm Not Running For Honolulu Mayor". Honolulu Civil Beat. Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  18. Jedra, Christina (1 February 2020). "Amemiya Raises Most Campaign Cash In Honolulu Mayor's Race". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  19. "ELECTMARISSA.COM". electmarissa.com. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  20. Pang, Gordan Y.K. (February 2020). "Councilman Ron Menor opts out of mayoral race". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  21. "Amamiya For Mayor - Dave Shoji". Amemiya For Mayor. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  22. "Former HNN General Manager Rick Blangiardi announces run for mayor". Hawaii News Now. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  23. "Police Union Backs Blangiardi For Mayor Of Honolulu". Honolulu Civil Beat. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  24. "Former Hawaii TV executive Rick Blangiardi announces run for Honolulu mayor". Honolulu Star Advertiser. 13 Feb 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  25. "Ann Kobayashi endorses Colleen Hanabusa". KHON2 News. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  26. Blaire, Chad. "Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Honolulu Mayor's Race Is Up For Grabs". Honolulu Civil Beat. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
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