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Hawaii 2026 local election races
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In mid‑July mid-July 2026, candidates for Hawaii’s county councils began mobilising mobilizing financially and publicly. For the nine‑member nine-member Hawaiʻi County Council, contenders raised over $130,000, with Manu Powers emerging as the top fundraiser. Simultaneously, former Maui councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura announced a mayoral bid, pledging to streamline permitting, upgrade water and road infrastructure, and accelerate housing and commercial recovery after the 2023 wildfires. A week later, the focus shifted to the Maui County Council’s Wailuku‑Waihee‑Waikapū Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapū seat, which became open after Chair Alice Lee decided not to run again. A candidate forum in Kihei featured five newcomers—an affordable‑housing affordable-housing advocate, an attorney, a former state airports manager, an arborist‑pastor, arborist-pastor, and a former planning‑commission planning-commission vice chair. Discussions centred centered on soaring housing costs that threaten residents’ ability to stay on the island. The seat is seen as pivotal for the council’s 5‑4 moderate‑progressive split, meaning 5-4 moderate-progressive split. Following the race could alter August nonpartisan primary elections, the balance of power Maui mayoral race will proceed to a general election on Maui’s governing body. November 3, with incumbent Richard Bissen, Jr. leading Yuki Lei Sugimura. In the Kauai mayoral race, spurred by Mayor Derek Kawakami being term-limited, Kauai County Council Chair Mel Rapozo leads former mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. to compete in the general election.
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- 2026-08-09 06:22 UTC Hawaii 2026 local election races
- 2026-07-27 20:43 UTC Hawaii 2026 local election races
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