Earlier this week, the Hawaii State Teachers Association Board of Directors approved the union’s candidate recommendations for the general election.
All recommendations from the primary election stay the same unless any of HSTA’s recommended candidates lost their primaries. In those cases, HSTA may choose to recommend another candidate who went through our recommendation process, or they may choose to take no position in a race. The HSTA’s Government Relations Committee, made up of volunteer members from across the state, made its recommendations to the association’s Board of Directors, and then the board determined the final recommendations.
NOTE: Many HSTA recommended candidates already won their races in the primary election as they do not have opponents from another party in the general election. You won’t see them listed on our flyer since they will not be on the general election ballot.
All of the candidates listed below that HSTA recommended previously already won their seats, so they will not have a general election.
State Senate districts with no races in the general (4)
| 8 | Ronald Kouchi (elected) |
| 13 | Karl Rhoads (elected) |
| 14 | Donna Mercado Kim (elected) |
| 15 | Glenn Wakai (elected) |
State House districts with no races in the general (14)
| 6 | Nicole Lowen (elected) |
| 7 | David Tarnas (elected) |
| 8 | Troy Hashimoto (elected) |
| 21 | Scott Nishimoto (elected) |
| 23 | Dale Kobayashi (elected) |
| 25 | Sylvia Luke (elected) |
| 26 | Scott Saiki (elected) |
| 27 | Takashi Ohno (elected) |
| 28 | John Mizuno (elected) |
| 29 | Daniel Holt (elected) |
| 31 | Aaron Ling Johanson (elected) |
| 32 | Linda Ichiyama (elected) |
| 38 | Henry Aquino (elected) |
| 46 | Amy Perruso (elected) |
Honolulu City Council district with no race in the general (1)
| 5 | Calvin Say (elected) |
See who won the primaries here. Look for the word “ELECTED” by their names. For those candidates who still have a general election contest, it will list “General” beside their names.
Register by Oct. 5 for the Nov. 3 general election
For the first time in Hawaii’s history, our primary and general elections are being conducted by mail, and your home is your new polling place. The general election will be held Nov. 3 and you have until Oct. 5 to register to vote.
Check now to make sure you are registered
If you do not register to vote by Oct. 5, the state offers same-day registration and voting, but you will have to go to one of the very limited voter service centers (two on Oahu, two on Hawaii Island, and only one on each of the other neighbor islands). Get information on voter service center locations here.
When to expect your mail-in ballots to arrive
The state Office of Elections moved up its dates to begin mailing out ballots, due to U.S. Postal Service delays lately.
Ballots will be mailed on the following dates in each county:
- City and County of Honolulu: Oct. 5 and 6
- County of Hawaii: Oct. 7
- County of Maui: Oct. 8
- County of Kauai: Oct. 9
Election officials said voters should receive their mail-in ballots at their home addresses by Oct. 16.
You can mail in your ballot, but once you get it, please fill it out and mail it back right away. Don’t forget to sign the envelope. If you are not comfortable leaving your ballot for pickup in an unsecured mailbox in front of your house, drop it off at these official drop-off boxes, known as places of deposit. They can be dropped off until 6 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3. Learn more about places of deposit.