Posted on: Thursday, December 19, 2002
44 candidates in Jan. 4 special election
Advertiser Staff
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Kabba Anand |
| • | Whitney Anderson |
| • | Paul Britos |
| • | John Carroll |
| • | Ed Case |
| • | Brian Cole |
| • | Charles Collins (no info) |
| • | Doug Fairhurst |
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Frank Fasi |
| • | Mike Gagne |
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Alan Gano |
| • | Carolyn Golojuch |
| • | Greg (Iimz) Goodwin |
| • | Richard Haake |
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Chris Halford |
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Colleen Hanabusa |
| • | S.J. Harlan |
| • | Herbert Jensen |
| • | Kekoa Kaapu |
| • | Kimo Kaloi |
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Moana Keaulana-Dyball |
| • | Jeff Mallan |
| • | Barbara Marumoto |
| • | Sophie Mataafa (no info) |
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Matt Matsunaga |
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Bob McDermott |
| • | Mark McNett |
| • | Nick Nikhilananda |
| • | Richard Payne |
| • | John Randall |
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Jim Rath |
| • | Mike Rethman |
| • | Art Reyes |
| • | Pat Rocco |
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Bartle Lee Rowland |
| • | Bill Russell |
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John Sabey |
| • | Nelson Secretario |
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Steve Sparks |
| • | Steve Tataii |
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Marshall Turner |
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Dan Vierra |
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Clarence Weatherwax (no info) |
| • | Solomon Wong |
The race for Hawai'i's 2nd Congressional District seat goes into double overtime Jan. 4 when voters go to the polls for the second of two special elections to choose a successor to the late U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink.
This election is to fill the two-year term in the 108th Congress won posthumously by Mink, who died Sept. 28 of viral pneumonia brought on by chickenpox.
Ed Case won the first special election on Nov. 30, to fill the final five weeks of Mink's current term. Case, a former state representative and gubernatorial candidate from Manoa, garnered 51 percent of the votes in the Nov. 30 election. Hawai'i's 2nd Congressional District encompasses rural O'ahu and the Neighbor Islands. The person who gets the most votes captures this winner-take-all election. With 44 candidates, it is possible the winner will get less than half the vote.
In addition to Case, three current and five former state lawmakers are running: Whitney Anderson, John Carroll, Chris Halford, Colleen Hanabusa, Barbara Marumoto, Matt Matsunaga, Bob McDermott and Jim Rath. Current lawmakers Halford, Hanabusa and Marumoto are running from "safe" seats, meaning they did not have to resign from the Legislature to run for Congress and will keep their current offices if they lose on Jan. 4. Other notables in the field include former Honolulu mayor Frank Fasi and former city councilman Kekoa Kaapu. Only 13.3 percent of the 347,922 eligible voters in the district made it to the polls in the first special election.
Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Jan. 4. Voters need to bring a photo ID with a signature, such as a driver's license. To hold down costs (both special elections are estimated to cost a total of $3.5 million), the state Office of Elections on Jan. 4 will use only 91 of the district's 192 voting sites. People will vote at the same place they were assigned to for the Nov. 30 election. The office in November mailed postcards to inform voters of their polling place. Voters can also check their polling place online at www.state.hi.us/elections/ballot.html.
Walk-in absentee voting began yesterday and will continue through Jan. 2. Here is a list of sites and times: • O'ahu: Honolulu Hale, 2nd floor, room 205, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. • Kaua'i: Historic County Building in Lihu'e, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. • Maui: Office of the County Clerk in Wailuku, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday. • Big Island: Hilo County Building, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday, or the Keauhou Shopping Center in Kailua, Kona, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. All locations will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The Advertiser did not receive responses to its candidate questionnaire from Charles Collins, Sophie Mataafa and Clarence Weatherwax.
