And in what will likely be the last of these Know Your Candidate posts we put up before the Aug. 13 Hawaii Primary Election, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D–Hawaii, just squeaks in under the deadline with her completed questionnaire. First elected to the U.S. Congress in 2012, Gabbard–who is also a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard and Iraq War veteran– has been an … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Tulsi Gabbard
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Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Makani Christensen
Makani Christensen is another of the four Democrats challenging incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (click here for Miles Shiratori's questionnaire). He's relatively young (36), a Marine Corps veteran and runs an activity company on Hawaii Island. But can he beat Schatz, whose campaign has more than $9 million, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive … [Read more...] about Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Makani Christensen
Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Miles Shiratori
Back in 2014, Miles Shiratori ran in the Democratic Primary to be state lieutenant governor (in fact, his website Milesshiratori.com hasn't yet been updated since that race). He lost to Shan Tsutsui by about 118,000 votes. This year, he’s one of five Democrats in the U.S. Senate race (the incumbent, Democrat Brian Schatz) is running for reelection. MAUITIME: What is your top … [Read more...] about Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Miles Shiratori
Know your Maui County 2016 election candidate: John Roco
This year, there are four Republicans running for the pleasure of losing to incumbent U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, D–Hawaii (okay, I'm kidding, though given the immense power the Democratic Party holds over Hawaii, Schatz's incumbency and you-know-who being the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, I'm only half-kidding). One of them is Waiane resident John P. Roco. For Roco, … [Read more...] about Know your Maui County 2016 election candidate: John Roco
Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Shay Chan Hodges
Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. Congressional Representative for Hawaii's 2nd District, is enormously popular. In the 2014 election, she won reelection with nearly 76 percent of the vote. But she's far from universally loved–in fact, she's been something of a rebel this year. Long a critic of President Barack Obama's military and foreign policy, she threw all her support this … [Read more...] about Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Shay Chan Hodges