Kirk Caldwell is off track blaming high rail cost on Colleen Hanabusa
Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s effort to stick U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa for skyrocketing rail costs is shameless even for him. Read more
Election 2018
Star-Advertiser coverage of the 2018 elections.
Open seats draw former office holders to legislative races
Two things stand out about the upcoming primary election battles for the state Legislature: There are an unusually high number of open seats up for grabs and an unusually high number of former elected officials seeking to return to the political arena. Read more
Listening to the voters instead of politicians can be an enlightening experience
Actually talking to voters is always better than listening to politicians, so last Wednesday was a good day. Read more
Medley of Democrats compete for Hawaii U.S. House seat
The seat representing Honolulu in Congress is open for anyone’s taking, as the incumbent, U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, runs for governor instead of re-election. Read more
Candidate ineligible to run for state House seat vacated by Andria Tupola
The lone Republican candidate who campaigned for the state House seat being vacated by Rep. Andria Tupola is ineligible to run, which could torpedo the party’s effort to retain one of the last five seats it holds in the state Legislature. Read more
Here’s how much Hawaii’s candidates and PACs are spending for primary election
Gov. David Ige has spent $2.33 million so far on his re-election effort, which is somewhat more than U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa spent on the race, but that tells only part of the money story. Read more
Source of ads attacking City Council candidate is a mystery
A series of mailers attacking Honolulu City Council candidate Robert “Bobby” Bunda calls for constituents of Council District 2 (Mililani Mauka to Kahaluu) to instead vote for Dave Burlew, one of the other three candidates in the race. Read more
Caldwell criticizes Hanabusa’s HART role
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is publicly questioning U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa’s role as chairwoman of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Read more
Ige appoints Jon Yoshimura to vacant Ewa Senate seat
Gov. David Ige has appointed former Honolulu City councilmember Jon Yoshimura to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Will Espero who stepped down this year to run for lieutenant governor. Read more
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Hackers have ways to disrupt balloting, including messing with voter registration
Especially at a time when election hacking is such a hot topic, voters want to feel assured there’s enough attention paid to cybersecurity. Read more
Colleen Hanabusa is the best choice to lead Hawaii for the next four years
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser believes it’s time for another change in the state’s top leadership. Hawaii would best be served by U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa leaving Washington and moving in at the State Capitol’s fifth floor. Read more
Rising above politics to solve the conservation emergency
We ask our political leaders to rise above politics and raise DLNR’s budget to match its vast responsibilities. Read more
David Ige and Colleen Hanabusa take similar positions on hot-button issues
You wouldn’t know it from the deluge of political advertising in the final weeks of the Democratic primary, but Gov. David Ige and U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa have strikingly similar views on many of Hawaii’s hot-button issues. Read more
Can Ige criticize Hanabusa for criticizing him? Some female leaders call it gender bias
If there is an ad that parses the political innuendo churning around this campaign, it is that this is a campaign being fought on the gender battlefield. Read more
Choose Jill Tokuda for Democrats, Steve Lipscomb for GOP
Former state Sen. Jill Tokuda has made the most persuasive case for that No. 2 spot, and she gets the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s endorsement for the Democratic nomination. Read more
Super PAC spends another $300K on gubernatorial primary
A political action committee controlled by the state’s largest construction union is spending another $300,000 to try to sway the Democratic primary election for governor against the incumbent. Read more
Gov. David Ige’s housing claims questioned
Gov. David Ige says he’s created thousands of new affordable homes as part of his goal of building 10,000 units by 2020 to help address Hawaii’s housing crisis. Read more
Producers of viral Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ad release campaign video for Hawaii’s Kaniela Ing
The ad focuses on progressive themes that Ing has emphasized throughout his congressional campaign Read more
4 Council seats to be decided by voters
Because Oahu has a population of more than 1 million people, each of the nine Honolulu City Council members represents more than 100,000 constituents. Read more
Carpenters super PAC ramps up spending in support of Hanabusa
The Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters is boosting its spending on advertising to support U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa and oppose Gov. David Ige just as early absentee ballots are being cast in the Democratic primary, according to new reports filed with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission. Read more
House speaker challenges Ige’s rail tax position
House Speaker Scott Saiki is publicly criticizing Gov. David Ige for saying earlier this month he is “open” to another extension of the half-percent state excise tax to help finance extending the city’s rail project to Manoa. Read more
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