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2018 Hawaii House Of Representatives Election
The 2018 Hawaii House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Hawaii voters elected state representatives in all 51 state house districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Hawaii House of Representatives. A primary election on August 11, 2018, determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Hawaii's Office of Elections website. A statewide map of Hawaii's state house districts can be obtained from the state's Office of Planninhere and individual district maps can be obtained from the state's Office of Electionhere Following the 2016 state house elections, Democrats maintained effective control of the chamber with 45 members. Beth Fukumoto, former Republican Leader, switched parties and was accepted into the Democratic caucus on June 19, 2017. This increased the Democrats majority to 46 seats. To claim control of the chambe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii House Of Representatives
The Hawaii House of Representatives is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature. Pursuant to Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of Hawaii, amended during the 1978 constitutional convention, the House of Representatives consists of 51 members representing an equal number of districts across the islands. It is led by the Speaker of the House elected from the membership of the House, with majority and minority leaders elected from their party's respective caucuses. The current Speaker of the House is Scott Saiki. Legislators are elected to two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. As in many state legislatures in the United States, the Hawaii House of Representatives is a part-time body and legislators often have active careers outside government. The upper house of the legislature is the Hawaii State Senate. The last election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Tarnas
David Tarnas is an American politician who is currently the Hawaii state representative in Hawaii's 8th district. Tarnas first served as the State Representative for Kohala and Kona from 1994-1998. After a 20 year break from politics, he won the 7th district seat by defeating incumbent Democrat Cindy Evans Cynthia 'Cindy' F.W. Evans (born July 26, 1952 in Urbana, Illinois) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, representing District 7 from 2002 to 2018. Education Evans earned her BA fro ... in a primary election, going on to win the general election. He previously ran in a primary against Evans for the same seat in 2016, losing that primary 52.1% to 47.9%. He has since won the Democratic primary and general elections in 2020 and 2022, chairing the Water, Land & Hawaiian Affairs Committee from 2021-2022. and the Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee in 2023. Tarnas holds a master's degree in marine affairs from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Evans
Cynthia 'Cindy' F.W. Evans (born July 26, 1952 in Urbana, Illinois) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, representing District 7 from 2002 to 2018. Education Evans earned her BA from The Evergreen State College. Elections *2002 When Republican Representative Ron Davis was redistricted to District 13, Evans was unopposed for the open District 7 seat in the September 21, 2002 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,573 votes, and won the November 5, 2002 General election with 3,400 votes (49.0%) against incumbent Republican Representative nominee Jim Rath, who had been redistricted from District 6. *2004 Evans was unopposed for the September 18, 2004 Democratic Primary, winning with 2,316 votes, and won the November 2, 2004 General election with 4,671 votes (55.3%) against Republican nominee Bill Sanborn. *2006 Evans and Sanborn were both unopposed for their September 26, 2006 primaries, setting up a rematch; Evans won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Lowen
Nicole E. Lowen is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since November 6, 2012, representing District 6. Early life and education Lowen was born in Washington, D.C., and earned her bachelor's degree in United States history from the University of Pennsylvania and her master's degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Hawaii. Elections *2012 With Democratic Representative Denny Coffman redistricted to District 5, Lowen won the four-way District 6 August 11, 2012, Democratic Primary by 45 votes with 1,067 votes (30.2%), and won the November 6, 2012, General election with 5,336 votes (63.9%) against Republican nominee Roy Ebert. References External linksOfficial pageat the Hawaii State LegislatureCampaign site* Politicians from Washington, D.C. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Democratic Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Creagan
Richard P. Creagan is an American politician from the Democratic Party of Hawaii. He was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2014 to 2020. Creagan was appointed Governor of Hawaii Neil Abercrombie to replace Denny Coffman. In 2019, he introduced a bill to raise the minimum smoking age to 100. This made Hawaii the first state to consider such legislation. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Creagan, Richard Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Democratic Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators People from Hawaii (island) University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo alumni University of Connecticut alumni Yale University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy San Buenaventura
Joy A. San Buenaventura (born 1959) is a Filipino-born American Democratic politician from Hawaii. She represented District 4 in the Hawaii House of Representatives and is currently a member of the Hawaii Senate from the 2nd district. Political career San Buenaventura first entered the Hawaii political scene when she ran for the District 4 Democratic nomination for the Hawaii House of Representatives. The Democratic primary was a crowded one that included four challengers, including San Buenaventura, and incumbent representative Faye Hanohano, who had held the seat since 2006. San Buenaventura emerged as the only challenger to top Hanohano, and won the primary carrying 43.4% of the vote. In the general election, she faced Republican nominee Gary Thomas, whom she defeated by 43 points. She assumed office in the House in January 2015. San Buenaventura opted to run for reelection to a second term in 2016, and faced no opposition from fellow Democrats. She advanced automaticall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |