The 2020 Honolulu mayoral election determined the mayor of the City and County of Honolulu for the term commencing in January 2021. Incumbent mayor Kirk Caldwell was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.
The position of mayor of Honolulu is non-partisan. A nonpartisan blanket primary was held on Saturday, August 8, 2020. With no candidate receiving an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top two finishers, Rick Blangiardi and Keith Amemiya, advanced to a November general election runoff on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
Rick Blangiardi won the general election, defeating Amemiya with 58.2% of all votes. The city and county also had a record turnout, with 385,442 total votes in the election being cast.[citation needed ] Blangiardi was inaugurated as mayor on January 2, 2021.
Candidates [ edit ]
Advanced to runoff [ edit ]
Keith Amemiya, insurance executive and former executive director of Hawaii High School Athletic Association[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Rick Blangiardi, former University of Hawaii football coach, businessman, and television executive for Hawaii News Now[ 5] [ 6]
Eliminated during primary [ edit ]
John Carroll, former state senator, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000 and 2016, and candidate for governor of Hawaii in 2018[ 7] [ 8]
Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2011–2015; 2016–2019)[ 9] (endorsed Blangiardi)
Mufi Hannemann, former mayor of Honolulu, 2005–2010[ 10]
Choon James, real estate broker, candidate for Honolulu City Council, district 2 in 2018[ 11]
Audrey Keesing, Hawaii State President of the National Organization for Women, 1994–1999,[ 12] 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]
William "Bud" Stonebraker, pastor of South Shore Christian Fellowship, kalo farmer, former Hawaiʻi state representative (2000–2006)[ 17] [ 18]
Ho Yin (Jason) Wong, former Chief Governance & Information Officer of an IaaS cloud computing technology company[citation needed ]
Withdrew [ edit ]
Ikaika Anderson, Honolulu City councilmember, district 3; council chair and presiding officer[ 8]
Marissa Kerns, 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii[ 19] [ 20]
Ron Menor, Honolulu City councilmember, district 9[ 21]
Declined [ edit ]
Charles Djou, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2010–2011); candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2016[ 22]
Endorsements [ edit ]
Keith Amemiya
Individuals
Kymberly Pine, Honolulu city councilwoman and former mayoral candidate[ 23]
Brian Schatz, U.S. senator from Hawaii[ 24]
Dave Shoji, former coach of Rainbow Wahine Volleyball[ 25]
Antonio Taguba, retired U.S. Army major general[ 26]
Unions
Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA)[ 27]
Plumber and Fitters Local 675[ 27]
United Public Workers (UPW AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO)[ 27]
Rick Blangiardi
Unions
State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO), police union for the Honolulu Police Department[ 28]
Individuals
Colleen Hanabusa, former mayoral candidate; former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2011–2015; 2016–2019)[ 29]
Linda Lingle, former governor of Hawaii (2002–2010)[ 30]
Larry Price, former coach of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football[ 31]
Colleen Hanabusa (eliminated)
Hawaii politicians
Ann Kobayashi, member and vice chair of Honolulu City Council[ 32]
Unions
Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA)[ 33]
International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 142[ 27]
Laborers' International Union of North America Local 368[ 27]
Operating Engineers Local 3[ 27]
Mufi Hannemann (eliminated)
Unions
Hawaii Fire Fighters Association (HFFA) Local 1643[ 34]
Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Local 996[ 27]
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Union Local 625[ 27]
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1[ 27]
Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association Local 630[ 27]
Primary [ edit ]
Polling [ edit ]
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Keith Amemiya
Rick Blangiardi
Colleen Hanabusa
Mufi Hannemann
Kym Pine
Choon James
Another candidate
None of these/unsure
Honolulu Civil Beat /Hawaii News Now [ 35]
May 18–20, 2020
1038
± 3.0%
10%
21%
15%
N/A
9%
3%
N/A
42%
Honolulu Star-Advertiser [ 36]
July 20–22, 2020
400
± 5.0%
13%
21%
20%
10%
9%
N/A
7%
20%
Honolulu Civil Beat /Hawaii News Now [ 37]
July 27–30, 2020
660
± 3.8%
15%
27%
15%
8%
12%
N/A
N/A
21%
Results [ edit ]
Honolulu mayoral primary election, August 8, 2020
Candidate
Votes
%
Rick Blangiardi
69,510
25.57%
Keith Amemiya
55,002
20.24%
Colleen Hanabusa
50,120
18.44%
Kymberly Pine
40,008
14.72%
Mufi Hannemann
26,975
9.92%
William "Bud" Stonebraker
17,710
6.51%
Choon James
5,520
2.03%
John Carroll
2,005
0.74%
Ho-Yin "Jason" Wong
1,434
0.53%
Ernest Caravalho
1,136
0.42%
Audrey Keesing
822
0.30%
Micah La'akea Mussell
538
0.20%
David "Duke" Bourgoin
367
0.14%
Karl O. Dicks
358
0.13%
Tim Garry
311
0.11%
Total votes
205,801
100%
General election [ edit ]
Polling [ edit ]
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size[ a]
Margin of error
Rick Blangiardi
Keith Amemiya
Other or undecided
Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now[ 38]
October 2–7, 2020
699 (RV)
± 3.7%
48%
28%
24%
Solutions Pacific/Keith Amemiya[ 39] [ b]
September 28 – October 9, 2020
1,212 (RV)
–
37%
36%
–
Mason-Dixon/Honolulu Star-Advertiser[ 40]
October 12–14, 2020
625 (LV)
± 4%
49%
36%
15%[ c]
Results [ edit ]
Honolulu mayoral general election, November 3, 2020[ 1]
Candidate
Votes
%
Rick Blangiardi
224,474
58.2
Keith Amemiya
149,735
38.8
Blank votes
11,097
2.9
Over votes
136
0.0
Total votes
385,442
100
See also [ edit ]
Notes [ edit ]
^ Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
^ Poll sponsored by Amemiya's campaign
^ Undecided with 15%
References [ edit ]
^ a b "GENERAL ELECTION 2020 – State of Hawaii – Statewide November 3, 2020 **FINAL SUMMARY REPORT**" (PDF) . Hawaii Office of Elections. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ Bernardo, Rosemarie (August 27, 2019). "Keith Amemiya announces run for Honolulu mayor" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .
^ Bernardo, Rosemarie (August 28, 2019). "Amemiya announces run for Honolulu mayor" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .
^ HNN Staff (August 27, 2019). "Business executive throws his name in the race for Honolulu mayor" . Hawaii News Now. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .
^ Pang, Gordon Y.K. (January 3, 2020). "TV executive Blangiardi plans mayoral run" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
^ Pang, Gordon (February 13, 2020). "Former Hawaii TV executive Rick Blangiardi announces run for Honolulu mayor" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
^ Miyashima, Mike (June 15, 2019). "John Carroll jumps into 2020 race for Honolulu mayor" . KITV. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .
^ a b Lee, Diane S. W.; Pang, Gordon Y. K. (June 15, 2019). "Former state Sen. John Carroll announces run for Honolulu mayor, while Council Chairman Ikaika Anderson drops out" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved October 30, 2019 .
^ "Yep, Hanabusa Is Running For Mayor Of Honolulu" . Honolulu Civil Beat . Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
^ "Former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann is filing to get his old job back" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser. May 31, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020 .
^ Ordonio, Cassie (January 15, 2020). "Real estate broker Choon James joins race for Honolulu mayor" . Retrieved January 15, 2020 .
^ a b "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on January 19, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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^ Affairs (1993– ), United States Congress Senate Committee on Indian (July 2, 2001). Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition: Joint Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, and the Committee on Resources, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2899 ... and H.R. 4904 ... U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160649424 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Kymberly Pine announces run for Honolulu mayor" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser. October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
^ "Bud Stonebreaker for Mayor 2020" . budstonebraker.com . Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020 .
^ "House of Representatives, Amended Notice of Joint Hearing" . capitol.hawaii.gov . Hawaii State Legislature. 2004. Retrieved August 21, 2020 .
^ Jedra, Christina (February 1, 2020). "Amemiya Raises Most Campaign Cash In Honolulu Mayor's Race" . Honolulu Civil Beat . Retrieved February 9, 2020 .
^ "ELECTMARISSA.COM" . electmarissa.com . Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
^ Pang, Gordan Y.K. (February 2020). "Councilman Ron Menor opts out of mayoral race" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved January 31, 2020 .
^ 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 .
^ Jedra, Christina (September 1, 2020). "Kym Pine Endorses Keith Amemiya For Mayor" . Honolulu Civil Beat . Retrieved September 14, 2020 .
^ HNN Staff (August 12, 2020). "Amemiya picks up mayoral endorsement from U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz" . Hawaii News Now . Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
^ "Amemiya For Mayor – Dave Shoji" . Amemiya For Mayor . February 6, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
^ "Why Should Filipinos Vote for Keith Amemiya For Mayor of Honolulu?" . Hawaii Filipino Chronicle . October 16, 2020. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j Pang, Gordon Y.K. (June 20, 2020). "United Public Workers endorses Keith Amemiya for Honolulu mayor; operating engineers back Colleen Hanabusa" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
^ "Police Union Backs Blangiardi For Mayor Of Honolulu" . Honolulu Civil Beat . May 12, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
^ "Colleen Hanabusa Endorses Rick Blangiardi For Honolulu Mayor" . August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020 .
^ Pang, Gordon Y.K. (July 26, 2020). "Rick Blangiardi, Colleen Hanabusa lead Honolulu mayoral field, poll finds" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved July 27, 2020 . Blangiardi, who's receiving a rare endorsement from former GOP Gov. Linda Lingle...
^ "Former Hawaii TV executive Rick Blangiardi announces run for Honolulu mayor" . Honolulu Star Advertiser . February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020 .
^ "Ann Kobayashi endorses Colleen Hanabusa" . KHON2 News . August 16, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .
^ HNN Staff (June 8, 2020). "HSTA announces endorsement in Honolulu mayoral race" . Hawaii News Now . Retrieved July 9, 2020 .
^ Pang, Gordon Y.K. (July 7, 2020). "Hawaii Fire Fighters Association endorses Mufi Hannemann for Honolulu mayor" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
^ Blair, Chad. "Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Honolulu Mayor's Race Is Up For Grabs" . Honolulu Civil Beat . Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
^ Pang, Gordon Y.K. (July 26, 2020). "Rick Blangiardi, Colleen Hanabusa lead Honolulu mayoral field, poll finds" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
^ Blair, Chad (August 4, 2020). "Civil Beat/HNN Poll: Blangiardi Holds Double-Digit Lead In Honolulu Mayor's Race" . Honolulu Civil Beat . Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
^ Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now
^ Solutions Pacific/Keith Amemiya
^ Mason-Dixon/Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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