Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 9, 1 September 2014 — Trustee Apo sails to re-election, avoids runoff [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Trustee Apo sails to re-election, avoids runoff

4 seats on 9-member OHA board up for grabs

By Lisa Asato Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Peter Apo was re-elected as O'ahu trustee in the primary election, winning outright by earning more than 50 percent of the votes cast, excluding hlank ballots. Four other seats on the OH A board - three at-large seats and the Maui island seat - will be decided in the November general election. Fromthe field of 16 at-large candidates, voters advanced six to the general eleehon: incumbents John D. Waihe'e and Rowena M.N. Akana, as well as former state representative and Board of Education member Lei Ahu Isa, former OHA Trustee Mililani Trask, Grassroot Institute of Hawai'i president/CEO Keli'i Akina, and Lunalilo Trust trustee and Mclnerny Financial Group president and CEO Harvey Mclnerny. At-large Trustee Oswald Stender did not seek re-elec-tion. The two candidates for OHA's Maui seat did not trigger a primary face-off. Instead, incumbent Carmen Hulu Lindsey, owner and broker of Lindsey Realty and a former properties administrator for Maui Land and Pineapple Co., and Mahealani Wendt, a Native Hawaiian Roll commissioner and former Native Hawaiian Legal Corp. executive director, will go head-to-head on Eleehon Day. In other top statewide races, Hawai'i Democrats ended Gov. Neil Abercrombie's re-election bid, favoring state Sen. David Ige by a vote of 156,998 to 73,484. Ige's top ehallengers in November will be former Republican Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona and former Honolulu Mayor SEE ELEŪĪION ON PAGE 8

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PRIMARY ELECTION

O'AHU

Peter Apo

MAUI

Carmen Hulu Lindsey

Mahealani Wendt

AT-LARGE

Lei Ahu lsa

Rowena M.N. Akana

Keli'i Akina

Harvey Mclnerny

Mililani B. Trask

John D. Waihe'e

OHA RESULTS O'ahu Resident Trustee

At-Large Trustee Asterisk (*) indicates those advancing to the general election.

Sou!ce: State Oiiiee ofElections

ELECTI0N

Continued from page 5 Mufi Hannemann, who is running as an Independent. Their respective running mates are Democratic Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui, Republican Elwin P. Ahu, senior pastor at New Hope Metro, and Independent Les Chang, a former city parks director. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz won the Democratic nomination over challenger U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa in a too-close-

to-call race held in limho for almost a week before voters in two Puna precincts could cast their ballots in the wake of Tropical Storm Iselle. Schatz won by 1,769 votes. He will face Republican Cam Cavasso and Libertarian Miehael Kokoski on Nov. 4. The winner will fill the remaining two years of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye's term. Candidate game To engage and inform voters, OHA will launeh on Sept. 22 an interactive, web-based candidate game on www.

oha.org, where voters ean determine whieh candidates most align with their views on issues of importance to Native Hawaiians. All Hawai'i races in the 2014 election will be included, from OHA trustees to Congress and county councils. The candidate game ean be played on mohile phones, Facebook and more. Ka Wai Ola will highlight select questions and candidates' responses in a special pull-out election section of statewide races in the October issue. ■

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APO, Peter 92,337 31.9% LUM LEE, Christopher K.J. 26,449 9.1% BURKE, Jackie Kahookele 25,335 8.8% SHIGEMASA, C. Kamaleihaahaa 22,218 7.7% Blank Votes: 122,811 42.5% Over Votes: 100 0.0%

WAIHE'E, John D.* 82,064 9.5% AKANA, Rowena M.N.* 63,254 7.3% AHU ISA, Lei (Leina'ala)* 58,143 6.7% TRASK, Mililani B.* 51,802 6.0% AKINA, Keli'i* 34,648 4.0% MclNERNY, Harvey* 30,351 3.5% HOPKINS, Jeremy Kama 27,096 3.1% KALIMA, Leona Mapuana 23,041 2.7% WONG-KALU, Hina (Kumu Hina) 20,549 2.4% SHIN-PENN, Lorraine Pualani 19,343 2.2% MAKEKAU, Keali'i 18,907 2.2% DeSOTO-McCOLLOUGH, Lahilahi 13,342 1.5% YOON, Wes Kaiwi Nui 12,303 1.4% PAIKAI, Landen D.K.K. 10,529 1.2% KEKIPI, T. Keikialoha 7,827 0.9% QUARTERO, Alona N. 4,759 0.5% Blank Votes: 389,270 44.9% Over Votes: 174 0.1%