Former Hawaii County mayor enters race again
STAR-ADVERTISER / AUG. 2014
Former Big Island Mayor Harry Kim shakes hands with election worker Andrew Yamauchi after casting his vote at Hilo High School on Aug. 9, 2014.
HILO » Former Hawaii County mayor Harry Kim is once again campaigning for the job.
The West Hawaii Today reports Kim served as mayor from 2000 to 2008. He says he is running on a platform of restoring the people’s trust in government.
Kim entered the 2012 race on the last day to qualify and ended up losing with 49 percent of the vote versus Mayor Billy Kenoi’s 51 percent. Kim had committed to announcing his future candidacy sooner.
Also in the race are former Kohala councilman Pete Hoffmann, videographer Wendell Kaehuaea, former county managing director Wally Lau, Shannon McCandless, Jefferson Gourley and Eric Weinert.
Candidates can file through June 7.
Early voting starts Aug. 1 before the primary election Aug. 13.
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5 responses to “Former Hawaii County mayor enters race again”
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Whoever wins, make sure that Billy Kenoi doesn’t keep the county P-card…..
This would be a VERY GOOD THING and a BLESSING…
Videographer as a Mayor?
What about Honolulu???
Anyone but Caldwell…I’d even vote for a “Republican” although it’s a nonpartisan election.
you need West Hawaii Today to tell you when he was mayor? bad editing.