Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 10, 1 ʻOkakopa 1992 — Candidates for OHA trustee are off and running [ARTICLE]

Candidates for OHA trustee are off and running

Nineteen candidates filed their nomination papers by the Sept. 4 deadine for the four Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee open for election seats, according to information from the office of state Lt. Gov. Ben Cayetano, state elections officer. The OHA election will be held Nov.3, general election day. OHA registered voters should ask for an OHA ballot along with the other election ballots at the polling plaee The deadline to register for the general and OHA

election is Oct. 5. Eight candidates are running for the single at-large seat being vacated by Thomas Kaulukukui, Sr. Kaulukukui has served as an OHA trustee since the first OHA election in 1980. No specific island residency is required for an at-large position. Seeking the at-large post are: Artha Kaleionaona De Fries, Kawehi K. Gill, Louis Hao, Chauncey W. Pa, Ed Kuamu Makaiwi Pelekai, Eric F. Poohina and John L. (Kione) Sabey.

Three candidates are seeking the single Big Island seat: incumbent Edwina Moanikeala Akaka, Marcel Kalei Keanaaina and May Lili'uokalani Ross. Two candidates are seeking the Kaua'i seat: incumbent Moses K. Keale, Sr. and Sharon Pomroy. Six candidates are running for the Moloka'i trustee seat: Bobby Makaiwi Aleain, Liko Kamakana Grambusch, Martin Dean Lolani 0 Kahae, Samuel Lyons Kealoha, Jr., Harry K. Purdy, III and Walter

Ragsdale. Moloka'i trustee ineumbent Louis Hao is running for the at-large seat. Trustees serve four-year, staggered terms. The four trustees elected in November 1992 will serve until the elections of 1996. In 1994 elections will be held for five seats currently held by OHA chairman Clayton Hee (O'ahu), vice-chair-man Abraham Aiona (Maui), and by trustees-at-large Rowena Akana, Kamaki A. Kanahele, III and A. Frenchy DeSoto.