Hawaii 2004 Elections

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Voter Turnout

• U.S. voter turnout jumps, with Hawaii last (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1-15-05)
• Legislators promote voting by mail only (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 2-1-05)

General Election Results

• 2004 Election Results (Office of Elections, State of Hawaii)

General Election - Nov 2

• Hannemann wins -- The candidate pulls out a last-minute victory by a margin of about 1,300 votes (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Turnout on Oahu reaches 67% as ballot mix-up delays final count -- Some trouble surfaces with absentee ballots as a record 127,000 mail in their votes (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Democrats show new clout -- Hawaii voters frustrate the governor's goal of winning a power bloc in the state House (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Isles re-elect congressmen -- Inouye, Abercrombie and Case easily beat their Republican and third-party challengers (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Democrats’ gains keep Lingle’s vetoes vulnerable (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Lingle’s picks for BOE fall short as Heftel and Ahu Isa win (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Dela Cruz wins OHA seat as Apoliona champions Akaka Bill with big lead (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Punahou grad wins Senate seat in Illinois -- Barack Obama is just the third black U.S. senator since Reconstruction (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS -- Sex-offender registry, information charging OK’d (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)

Primary Election Results

• 2004 Primary Election results (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-19-04)

Barak Obama

• O-bam!-a Isle-bred Barack Obama wows 'em at Democratic National Convention (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
• Barack Obama (dKosopedia)
• Punahou grad wins Senate seat in Illinois -- Barack Obama is just the third black U.S. senator since Reconstruction (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Obama urges kids to ‘dream big’ (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 12-18-04)
• Obama pushes message of diversity -- The senator-elect from Illinois credits success to his life in Hawaii (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 12-17-04)

Congressional Races

• Congress Race Heating Up - by Alan D. McNarie (Hawaii Island Journal, August 16-31, 2004)
• Congressional race matchups set (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-18-04)
• CONGRESS: Brewer joins Inouye and Cavasso in general election (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-19-04)
• Gabbard accused of campaign violations -- The congressional candidate says his accuser has harassed his supporters (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-13-04)
• Tanonaka criticizes Abercrombie over military draft bill -- The Democrat says his support for the bill is not a political issue (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 09-22-04)
• Congressional candidate faces criminal probe of 2002 campaign -- The investigation focuses on what a state panel says are suspicious loans to Dalton Tanonaka (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-14-04)
• Funding questions dog GOP’s Tanonaka -- The congressional candidate denies any accounting misdeeds (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-19-04)
• Abercrombie defends draft stance in debate (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-26-04)
• Influence, years in Congress touted (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-19-04)
• Abercrombie accused of accepting illegal gifts (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-23-04)
• Abercrombie, Case in lead (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-25-04)
• Abercrombie, Case, Inouye deserve votes (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-25-04)
• Isles re-elect congressmen -- Inouye, Abercrombie and Case easily beat their Republican and third-party challengers (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)

US Presidential Race

• Kerry’s paid staff works to secure isle victory (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 09-24-04)
• Kerry gives support to Akaka bill -- Hawaii's GOP says the move signals Kerry fears losing Hawaii in the election (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-5-04)
• Bush takes lead in Hawaii poll -- The president erases a 7 percent August gap, but Democrats remain confident (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-24-04)
• Bush and Kerry target isles -- A close presidential race has both parties interested in buying local commercial time (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-26-04)
• Cheney, Gore headed here -- With Hawaii close, political heavyweights are campaigning for the state's four electoral votes (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-29-04)
• Gore fires up Dems -- The former vice president and Alexandra Kerry draw ovations as they rally the troops against a GOP scare (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-30-04)
• Dennis Kucinich rallies Democrats on Maui visit (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-01-04)
• Cheney invokes Pearl Harbor -- He tells a Hawaii audience Kerry has no strategy for winning the war on terror (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-01-04)
• Cheney Goes a Great Distance to Stump for Votes (New York Times, 11-1-04)
• Frenzied race hinges on today's turnout -- The presidential drive ends with talk of a record-setting vote (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-02-04)
• Blue Hawaii? Maybe Not Hawaii a battle ground state? (New York Times, 11-2-04)
• Keep Hawaii on presidential campaign map -- THE ISSUE --Hawaii became a battleground state in the last days of the race for president after polls indicated a tight race. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)

Sierra Club Endorsements

• Sierra Club plans to help candidates financially (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-1-04)
• Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter Endorsements (Sierra Club)

League of Conservation Voter's National Environmental Scorecard

• LCV National Environmental Scorecard (League of Conservation Voters)

Unions and the 2004 Elections

• Isle election to test union’s political clout – The GOP is attempting to change workers’ compensation laws (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-6-04)
• Union takes aim at governor -- Lingle fires back with the charge that the HGEA is not keeping isle interests in mind (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-10-04)
• Public employee unions want to keep grip on the state (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-11-04)

State Constitutional Amendments

• Amendments seek to reverse high court's rulings (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-24-04)
• Constitutional changes needed to fight crime (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-28-04)
• CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS -- Sex-offender registry, information charging OK’d (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Voters OK all four constitutional amendments (Honolulu Advertiser, 11-12-04)
• Blue Hawaii -- When liberal states get tough on crime. By David Feige (Slate.com, Nov. 24, 2004)

City Charter Amendments

• Four city harter amendments up for vote (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-24-04)
• Honolulu City Charter ballot issues fail to generate much voter interest (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-26-04)
• CHARTER AMENDMENTS -- Proposal on civil service is sole election casualty (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)

State Legislature

• 3rd House District -- Ice, property values among voters' concerns in East Hawai'I (Honolulu Advertiser, 8-20-04)
• 4th House District -- Rural Puna district needs help (Honolulu Advertiser, 8-31-04)
• 7th House District -- South Kohala troubled by growing traffic (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-24-04)
• 10th House District - Candidates agree traffic is No. 1 issue in W. Maui (Honolulu Advertiser, 8-27-04)
• 11th House District -- GOP says House candidate not a citizen (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-25-04)
• GOP fails to get Democrat off ballot (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-9-04)
• Maui candidate (Cort Gallup) deemed ineligible to vote (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-18-04)
• 14th House District -- Kapa'a-Hanalei area's priority issues differ (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-06-04)
• 17th House District -- Development a top concern (Honolulu Advertiser, 8-6-04)
• 18th House District -- Improving schools among key issues (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-28-04)
• 27th House District -- Crime, elderly care key issues in 27th (Honolulu Advertiser, 8-12-04)
• 33rd House District -- race truly a two-party affair (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-22-04)
• 35th House District -- Crime, education are Waipahu's top issues
• 41st House District -- Businessman challenges incumbent in District 41 (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-7-04)
• 43rd House District -- Traffic a key concern for 43rd district (Honolulu Advertiser, 8-16-04)
• 44th House District – Republicans eyeing 44th District (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-16-04)
• 45th House District -- Drug crackdown, jobs among priorities of 45th candidates (Honolulu Advertiser, 8-23-04)
• 46th House District -- North Shore race for House is a rematch (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-24-04)
• 48th House District -- Candidates name ice, Ha'iku Stairs as Kane'ohe priorities (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-18-04)
• Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines - by Jack Kelly (Hawaii Island Journal, August 16-31, 2004)

• 5th Senate District -- It's a rematch in 5th Senate District to represent West and South Maui (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-8-04)
• 7th Senate District -- Kaua'i race gives voters clear-cut alternatives (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-27-04)
• Kauai senator knocked on taxes -- A GOP leader assails Gary Hooser for his past failure to file excise tax returns (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-11-04)
• 23rd Senate District: Traffic top Windward issue (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-6-04)
• Kawamoto, Aduja lose seats in state Senate (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-18-04)
• Election results show savvy voter understanding Rejection of Kawamoto and Aduja in primary (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 09-21-04)
• Nishihara's new, but he's anything but green (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-29-04)
• Commission’s effect felt in Senate -- Some attribute former Sen. Cal Kawamoto's loss to his troubles in campaign spending (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-27-04)
• Filing alleges Schatz not living in district (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-11-04)
• Democratic fliers called unfair -- A bipartisan panel condemns mailings aimed at unseating a GOP House member (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-19-04)
• Leverage in a few state races Races to watch in the state legislature. (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-21-04)
• Lingle's future is on next Tuesday's ballot (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-28-04)
• Democrats show new clout -- Hawaii voters frustrate the governor's goal of winning a power bloc in the state House (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Democrats’ gains keep Lingle’s vetoes vulnerable (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Republicans lose seats in state House (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-04-04)
• Lingle, lawmakers need to get along for voters’ sake -- THE ISSUE -- Despite her efforts, the governor was not able to increase her party's count in the state Legislature. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-05-04)
• ELECTION 2004: Dems rebound in Kona, on Maui -- An analysis shows that many former GOP strongholds now have Democratic legislators (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-07-04)
• Kerry vote may have swung state seats (Honolulu Advertiser, 11-11-04)
• Face of GOP in Hawaii grows more feminine --Six of 10 Republican seats in the House are held by women (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-21-04)

State Rep Brian Blundell (10th House District)

• GOP backs legislator despite arrest (Honolulu Advertiser, 7-20-04)
• Lingle backs arrested candidate -- Rep. Brian Blundell says that he also has support from his district in West Maui (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 07-20-04)
• Rep. Blundell Pleads No Contest In Sex Assault Charge (TheHawaiiChannel.com, 9-3-04)
• No jail time for Blundell -- The former legislator faced punishment for groping a police officer (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-06-04)

Honolulu Mayoral Race

• Mufi Hanneman
• Mayoral candidates talk priorities (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
• Bainum plan for first 100 days (Honolulu Advertiser, 8-1-04)
• Bainum leads in race for mayor -- A Star-Bulletin/KITV-4 poll shows undecided voters could turn the tide for Hannemann (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
• Bainum pushes to end gifts-for-contracts (Honolulu Star-Bulletin 8-18-04)
• Leasehold reform debated (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 8-19-04)
• Candidates address Windward concerns (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 8-26-04)
• Mayoral hopefuls split on plan for Nimitz -- Hannemann supports an elevated freeway but Bainum does not (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 8-28-04)
• Lame-duck incumbent easy target (Honolulu Advertiser, 8-29-04)
• Bainum supports Hawaiian legislation --Mufi Hannemann urges the community to achieve unity over the Akaka bill (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-3-04)
• Mayoral foes talk trash — and lease (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-3-04)
• Council veterans headline mayor's race (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-9-04)
• Low-profile Fasi could force runoff (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-9-04)
• Mayoral hopefuls share visions -- Family and service are vital to Bainum and Hannemann (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-12-04)
• Bainum has right qualities to lead city / Carlisle’s the best law-and-order man Star-bulletin endorsements of Bainum for Mayor and Carisle for City Attorney (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-12-04)

• Why would anyone want this job? (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-12-04)
• The battle for Mayor -- With the primary elections over, the focus shifts to the mayoral candidates’ future plans (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 09-20-04)
• Bainum, Hannemann move on to general election to decide mayor's race (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-18-04)
• Mayoral hopefuls to scrap BRT plan -- They say the transit proposal is not viable without federal funds (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 09-24-04)
• Fasi declares retirement as he backs Hannemann -- A political scientist doubts the longtime politician will remain out of the spotlight (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-28-04)
• Income a big factor in how O'ahu votes (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-3-04)
• Mayoral hopefuls vie for Filipinos -- Mufi Hannemann and Duke Bainum clashed in a Waipahu debate (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-4-04)
• Candidates in debate on debates -- Hannemann's and Bainum's camps say the other is avoiding participation in forums (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-5-04)
• Kaneshiro teams up with Bainum -- The former prosecutor will collaborate with the mayoral candidate (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-7-04)
• What will they do about this traffic? (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-10-04)
• Mayoral hopefuls keep options on trash open -- Both candidates say they would not rule out shipping waste (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-11-04)
• More trash talking ahead (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-25-04)
• Bainum backs more prison cells in crime fight -- The mayoral hopeful would work with the state to find a site (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-14-04)
• Hannemann backs tougher police tactics -- The mayoral hopeful pushes for wiretaps and "walk-and-talks" (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-15-04)
• 'Cheap housing' vital to ending plight (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-18-04)
• Candidates call for money rules -- Duke and Mufi want new limits on different sources of funding (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-20-04)
• Hannemann offers local roots, wide experience and 'passion' (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-8-04)
• Duke Bainum: Independence, idealism selling points (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-7-04)
• Mayoral hopefuls spend record $5M -- Both Hannemann and Bainum also continue to loan money to their campaigns (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-23-04)
• Candidates promise safer, less congested Honolulu (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-24-04)
• Bainum extends lead in new poll -- The mayoral hopeful has a 17-point edge over Mufi Hannemann (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-24-04)
• Grand designs -- Visions of Honolulu in the 21st century (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-24-04)
• KITV poll: Voters see too much negativity in race (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-26-04)
• Bainum our choice for Honolulu mayor (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-26-04)
• [Duke and Mufi making final pleas -- The candidates are reaching for hands of unfamiliar voters] (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-29-04)
• Mayoral hopefuls likely judging debate’s effect -- Harris believes the men will now try to get voters to the polls (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-28-04)
• Mufi + Duke (Honolulu Weekly, October 20, 2004)
• Lingle says endorsement bogus -- An automated phone recording supporting Duke Bainum is not of her, the gov insists (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-30-04)
• Mufi and Duke talk crime on radio – Hannemann boasts of SHOPO's endorsement while Bainum details a crime prevention plan (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-31-04)
• Mayoral hopefuls make final push Hannemann and Bainum go around town to woo voters (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-02-04)
• Hannemann wins -- The candidate pulls out a last-minute victory by a margin of about 1,300 votes (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)
• Hannemann vows to build administration with unity -- The mayor-elect will soon select a new Cabinet (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-04-04)
• Bainum laments negative politics and personal attacks on wife (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-04-04)
• LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Story concerning Bainum’s wife simply wasn’t worth publishing (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-07-04)
• O'ahu mayoral vote shifted in West (Honolulu Advertiser, 11-6-04)
• Cost of mayor’s race up in 2004 (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1-29-05)

Honolulu City Council

• Apo apparent winner of Wai'anae seat (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-18-04)

Big Island Mayoral Race

• Kim wins second term (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-18-04)

Maui County Council Races

• Eight vie to replace Maui's anti-growth councilman (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-6-04)
• Familiar faces to grace races (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-19-04)
• Women on Maui Council buoy environmentalists (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-04-04)

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

• Only two OHA trustees face opposition Tuesday (Honolulu Advertiser, 10-29-04)
• Dela Cruz wins OHA seat as Apoliona champions Akaka Bill with big lead (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)

Board of Education (see also Board of Education under State Officials)

• Ex-congressman joins race for BOE seat Denise Matsumoto will be challenged by Cecil Heftel for her Honolulu district seat See following article. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 7-20-04)
• Former Banker Making a Run for School Board (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 7-20-04)
• Governor pushes for new faces with fresh focus to serve on school board (Honolulu Star-Bulletin 8-15-04)
• Heftel plans ads on TV for BOE race -- Other candidates find it hard to get publicity for their campaigns (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 8-29-04)
• BOE races include prominent people who want reform (Honolulu Advertiser, 7-21-04)
• Gabbard won't seek re-election to school board (Honolulu Advertiser, 7-20-04)
• Board of Education contest hard to sell (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-14-04)
• Care for Our Kids BOE candidates supported by Gov. Lingle. (careforourkids.com)
• Heftel tops vote for school board (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-18-04)
• VOLCANIC ASH -- School board incumbents can't be smug (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 9-23-04)
• BOE Kauai candidates meet in forum -- Both oppose Lingle's plan to create several school districts (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-19-04)
• Several stand out as candidates for school board -- THE ISSUE: Interest in the Board of Education election has increased along with the concern for public education. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-24-04)
• Lingle’s picks for BOE fall short as Heftel and Ahu Isa win (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-03-04)

• Act 51
• Legislative Education Initiative 2004 (Act 51): Just What did the Legislature sign into law? (Senate Majority Caucus)
• BOE hopefuls assess Act 51 -- Oahu candidates offer views on a new law to empower schools (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-14-04)

Clean Campaigns Project

• Democratic fliers called unfair -- A bipartisan panel condemns mailings aimed at unseating a GOP House member (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-19-04)
• Bipartisan candidate watchdog group is welcome (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-20-04)

City Prosecutor

• Carlisle re-elected city prosecutor (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-18-04)

Electronic Voting

• No harm done with glitches, election officials say Initial discrepancies in the primary turnout affect no voting totals (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-7-04)
• Electronic voting gets go-ahead for Nov. 2 -- Elections officials are confident that all the glitches are gone (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-10-04)

Teaching the value of voting

• Kids Voting Hawaii puts learning on ballot (Honolulu Advertiser, 9-27-04)
• Isle program allows students to take part in elections -- Kids Voting Hawaii lets students across the state vote online (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10-19-04)

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