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Hawaiʻi County will see a changing of the guard in its Mayor’s office, after three-term incumbent Mayor Harry Kim did not advance to the General Election. Hear from the victors in the original field of candidates in the Hawaiʻi County Mayoral Race who now face each other on the final ballot.
Schools across Hawaiʻi are entering unfamiliar territory as teachers, students, parents and administrators start the new school year in the midst of a pandemic. Don’t miss a special edition of INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI What’s it Going to Take?, when we’ll discuss going back to school during COVID-19.
A crowded field of contenders is seeking to fill the Congressional seat that U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) has chosen to leave – U.S. House District 2, covering rural Oʻahu and the Neighbor Islands.
Hawaiʻi’s Mail-In Elections are the subject on INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI Election 2020. We’ll follow up on the Saturday, August 8 Primary Election with a look at how the process of voting went – without the polling precincts. What went right and what went wrong? How will lessons learned translate to November’s General Election, with the addition of a new political party (Aloha ʻĀina), mayoral races on two islands and the crowded race for Hawaiʻi’s Second Congressional District seat?
Insights on PBS Hawaiʻi features county council races on two islands where incumbents cannot run for re-election due to term limits.
Tonight's INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI Election 2020 program features Democratic Primary Candidates for State House District 20. For the first time in more than four decades, the seat will be filled by someone other than Representative Calvin Say.
INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI Election 2020 features Windward Oʻahu’s four-way Democratic Primary contest for the open seat representing State House District 51, Kailua and Waimānalo. (Incumbent Democrat Chris Lee is running for the State Senate.) None of the candidates has ever served in the State Legislature. All have longtime connections to Kailua.
Change is coming to Windward Oʻahu. Two seats in the State House of Representatives, representing Kailua, Kāneʻohe Bay and Waimānalo, are being vacated by longtime incumbents. INSIGHTS Election 2020 features candidates in these two races.
Many incumbent Democrats in the State Legislature are facing challengers in the upcoming primary election. INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI Election 2020 features candidates in two of those races: –House District 13, comprised of Northeast Maui, Molokaʻi, Lanaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, has incumbent Lynn Decoite opposed by Native Hawaiian activist Walter Ritte.
Longtime City Councilmember Ann Kobayashi is “terming out,” leaving an open seat in Honolulu City Council District 5. This race is to represent the district’s wide range of neighborhoods, each with its own identity – from high rises in newly developed Kakaʻako to historic homes in Mānoa and St. Louis Heights.