Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022

MICHELLE GALIMBA WILL BE THE NEXT COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR KA'Ū into Volcano and South Kona. She received 54 percent of the vote Saturday, meaning there will be no runoff in the nonpartisan election. Galimba is a rancher and has served in numerous public positions, including the county Planning Commission, Kaʻū Community Development Plan Steering Committee and state Board of Agriculture. She thanked supporters and said she looks forward to serving all of her constituents.

    Galimba's 54 percent of the vote totaled 2,455, with runner up Colehour Bondera receiving 16 percent at 745, Henry Cho III 16 percent at 717 and Shane Palacat-Nelsen 14 percent at 626. 

LT. GOV. JOSH GREEN WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR OF HAWAI'I, the election results released Saturday night. Green said, "I will do the best I can to unite us, and lead Hawai'i forward to a better, stronger future." Green took 64 percent of the vote with 137,990 cast in his favor. Vicky

Josh Green posted this photo on Saturday before becoming the Democratic nominee for governor.

Cayetano took 21 percent of the vote with 46,246 cast in her favor. Kai Kahele took 14 percent of the vote with 29,768 cast in his favor. After the results came in, Kahele tweeted "Mahalo Hawai'i. I love you," with a shaka sign. 

      Green faces former Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona in the General Election Nov. 8. The win for Green came on his wedding anniversary and he started his acceptance speech by thanking his wife, her Hawaiian family and his own family of "radicals from the old days," who "supported my dreams all along." He thanked numerous campaign staff, advisors and volunteers by name, including former governors Neil Abercrombie and John Waihee. He called his work "this mission we have to care for people."

FORMER LT. GOVERNOR AND JUDGE DUKE AIONA won the Republican nomination for governor with 52 percent of the votes, 30,672 cast for him, beating B.J. Penn, with 24 percent of the votes, 14,329 cast for him. 

     Aiona thanked all the candidates who ran for all of the posts up for election. "To step up and do something like this is not easy."

Duke Aiona posted this photo after becoming the Republican nominee for governor of Hawai'i.

    He noted that only 30 percent of registered voters statewide cast ballots and said there are many people to talk to before the General Election to find out why they didn't vote. "Maybe they are fed up with the corruption, the bickering that was happening on the Democratic side."

    Aiona said he received a gracious message of aloha from B.J. Penn and that he is "hopeful that we can be united to move forward... We want to have a robust two-party system."

    He said he hopes to meet with many people between now and the General Election. He said the Democratic primary was about "trust, credibility and confidence." He said, "We have a broken moral compass" and that he wants to fix it.

Sylvia Luke

SYLVIA LUKE BECAME DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR on Saturday, beating Ikaika Anderson. Luke took 37 percent of the votes with 78,020 cast for her. Anderson took 27 percent of the votes with 56,977 cast for him. Keith Amemiya took 23 percent of the votes with 48,554 cast for him. Luke was endorsed by former Hawai'i Island Mayor Harry Kim.

TUPAI SEAULA, JR. BECAME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR on Saturday, taking 51 percent of the votes, 26,531 cast for him. Runner up was Rob Burns, with 36 percent of the votes, 18,776 cast for him.

JILL TOKUDA BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE TO REPRESENT  KA'Ū AND ALL OF RURAL HAWAI'I IN THE U.S. CONGRESS.

Jill Tokuda

    She won the primary for the seat held by Kai Kahele who declined to seek reelection in order to run for governor, a race he lost in the primary on Saturday to Josh Green.

    Tokuda won with 59 percent of the votes, 54,203 cast for her. Patrick Branco took 25 percent of the votes, 22,796 cast for him. 

     After seeing early results, Tokuda said she was "blown away by the show of support in those numbers."

      

JOE AKANA BECAME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TO REPRESENT KA'Ū AND ALL OF RURAL

Joe Akana

HAWAI'I IN CONGRESS. He won with 83 percent of the votes, 21,527 cast for him. Joseph Webster took 17 percent of the votes, with 4,454 cast for him.

      

CONGRESSMAN ED CASE who represents urban O'ahu, won the Democratic nomination for reelection to Congress.  His Republican opponent will be Conrad Kress.

       

Brian Schatz

SENATOR BRIAN SCHATZ BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR U.S. SENATE. The incumbent took 94 percent of the votes, with 197,173 cast for him. 

BOB MCDERMOTT BECAME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR U.S. SENATE. He took 41 percent of the votes with 20,767 cast for him. Timothy Dalhouse received 25 percent of the votes with 12,847 cast for him.