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State Senate and House Candidates Meet Tuesday Night

September 16, 2012
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The public is invited to a candidate forum for candidates for State Senate and State House on Tuesday, September 18 at Kealakehe High School.  The forum starts at 6 p.m. sharp, with Kealakehe High School selling food as a fundraiser starting at 5:15 p.m.    The public is invited to help Kealakehe High School by taking part in their fundraiser. Candidates for office include for State Senate District 3, Kona,  Senator Josh Green and Jeff La France; for State Senate District 4, North Kona through Waikoloa and Hamakua, Senator Malama Solomon and Kelly Greenwell; for State…

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Kona Chamber Candidate Forums Start Tuesday with State House, State Senate

September 13, 2012
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The public is invited to a candidate forum for candidates for State Senate and State House on Tuesday, September 18 at Kealakehe High School.  The forum starts at 6 p.m. sharp, with Kealakehe High School selling food as a fundraiser starting at 5:15 p.m.    The public is invited to help Kealakehe High School by taking part in their fundraiser. Candidates for office include for State Senate District 3, Kona,  Senator Josh Green and Jeff La France; for State Senate District 4, North Kona through Waikoloa and Hamakua, Senator Malama Solomon and Kelly Greenwell; for State…

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Supreme Court Says “No” to Akaka’s Election Challenge

September 2, 2012
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Supreme Court Says “No” to Akaka’s Election Challenge

The Hawaii State Supreme Court has ruled against Kalei Akaka in her challenge in connection with the August 11, 2012 Primary Election in which she sought to overturn the results of the Democratic Primary for State House District 6.  Akaka lost her bid to become the Democratic nominee by only 45 votes to Nicole Lowen.  Lowen had 1067 votes and Akaka 1022.   Akaka’s suit named her opponents (Lowen, Fred Housel, and Bucky Leslie), the Hawaii County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi, Governor Neil Abercrombie, and State Elections Chief Scott Nago.   She contended the Governor lacked the…

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Candidates to Meet in Puna Saturday

July 25, 2012
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Big Island Chronicle will host a candidates’ forum at Akebono Theater in Pahoa on Saturday, July 28.   Sherry Bracken, from the Mahalo Broadcasting stations of  LAVA 105.3 fm and KKOA 107.7 fm and Hawaii Public Radio, and Kathy Frankovic, former CBS pollster, will serve as moderators of the various forums spanning from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.   Big Island Chronicle has invited candidates to set up informational tables, as well as take part in the forums.   The schedule:   9 a.m. Doors open for candidates’ setup 9:45 a.m. Introductions/ground rules 10 a.m.…

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State House, Senate Candidate Forums Coming in Kona

June 12, 2012
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The Hawaii County League of Women Voters will sponsor two candidate forums: one on Tuesday, June 19 and the other on Tuesday, June 26 at the Hualalai Academy Bridge Building.   The Tuesday, June 19 forum will feature candidates for State Representative Districts 5 and 6, which are in Kona.  For State House District 5, which goes from Ka’u through South Kona, the candidates include Dave Bateman, running as a Republican in the Primary, and the incumbent, Denny Coffman, a Democrat, and his Democratic Challenger, Leiolani Oyama.   Assuming Bateman wins his race, he will face…

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State Rep Nakashima Sets Leg Update Meetings

April 28, 2012
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State Rep Nakashima Sets Leg Update Meetings

State House Representative Mark Nakashima, a Democrat representing State House District 1 (North Kohala, South Kohala, Hamakua, North Hilo, South Hilo) will hold community briefings after the closing of the State Legislature.  He’ll give a summary of key issues and answer questions, including about the operating budget and the Capital Improvements Budget. The meeting schedule: Hamakua Community Tuesday, May 15, 2012 5:00 PM North Hawaii Education & Research Center (NHERC), Honokaa, Conference Room (Following the Opening of the Plantation Life on the Big Island Exhibit- NHERC 3:00PM)   Rural South Hilo Community Monday, May 21,…

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Smart Announces Run for State House for Ka’u

March 31, 2012
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Smart Announces Run for State House for Ka’u

Brittany Smart, current Hawaii County Council Representative for District 6, Ka’u, has announced she will seek election to the Hawaii State House of Representatives District 3 as a Democrat.   Current State Representative Bob Herkes lives in that district and could run, but has instead opted to run for Hawaii State Senate in a newly created fourth Senate District for Hawaii Island. Smart had previously announced her plan to step back from political office for a while, when she said she would not run for County Council.  She cited family plans in making that announcement.  But…

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State Reappportionment Commission Hearing Today, Tuesday

February 21, 2012
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The Hawaii State Reapportionment Commission will hold a public hearing on Hawaii Island to get comment on the newly-created maps which define State Senate and State House district boundaries.  The hearing is today,  Tuesday, February 21, at 6 p.m. at the Hawaii County Council office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni Center and via video teleconferencing at the Kona Council Office at the West Hawaii Civic Center up Kealakehe Parkway at the intersection of Ane Keohokalole Highway. Although the Hawaii State Reapportionment Commission had created new maps by the end of 2011, the Supreme Court ruled in…

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Housel Sets Run for As Yet Unknown State House Seat

January 10, 2012
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In a surprise announcement at Tuesday night’s Kona Town Meeting at Old Kona Airport’s Makae’o Event Pavilion,  Fred Housel announced he will  run for the State House of Representatives.  But Housel, who lives in Kona, has no idea in what district he’d run nor whether he’d be running against incumbents Denny Coffman (Kona) or Cindy Evans (North Kona, Waikoloa) because with the uncertainty around reapportionment, there are no District lines set as yet.   Last week the State Supreme Court ruled the Reapportionment Commission’s maps were invalid, and that the Commission had violated the State…

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