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| 'Ua and her mom Michelle Galimba Photo by Ursula D'Angelo |
The 10:56 p.m. print out on Saturday for Hawai'i County showed Michelle Galimba with 47 percent, 2.376 votes. She was followed by Ikaika Kailiwawa- Smith with 24.9 percent, 1,258 votes. They were
followed by Kyle K. Jones with 417 votes and Marie Burns with 237 votes. The number of blank votes was 775. The council seat is for Kaʻū and the rest of District Six into South Kona and Puna.
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| Ikaika Kailiawa-Smith and his wife Alyssia. Photo from campaign |
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MAYOR MITCH ROTH FACES A RUNOFF WITH DR. KIMO ALAMEDA on Nov. 5. The 10:56 p.m. print out on Saturday for Hawai'i County showed Roth with 37.1 percent, 17,196 votes. Alameda followed with 36.8 percent, 12,403 votes, Breeani R.P. Kobayashi followed with 19.3 percent, 8,961 votes. Tupai Jr. followed with 11.2 percent, 5,175 votes. They were followed by Yumi T.R. Kawano with 417, Daniel H. Cunningham with 342 and Kavin H. Kahikina with 297 votes.
HAWAI'I COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY KELDON BRAUN AKONI WALTJEN ran unopposed to retain his position. He took in 31,690 votes. There were 14,646 blank votes, totaling 31.6 percent.
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| Register to vote for the Nov. 5 General Election. |
KA'U'S MEMBER IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JILL TOKUDA, won the primary on Saturday. She ran unopposed for the Democrats. She will face Republican Steve Bond in the General Election on Nov. 5. He also ran unopposed.
STATE SENATOR DRU KANUHA ran unopposed in the Democratic Primary on Saturday and will face Republican Kurt Sullivan in the General Election on Nov. 5. Sullivan also ran unopposed.
STATE REP. JEANNE KAPELA won the Democratic Primary on Saturday, with 66.8 percent of the vote. She beat Chantel Makuaole-Perrin. Kapela will face Republican Ashley Oyama who ran unopposed for the Republicans and Frederick Fogel, who ran unopposed for the Libertarians. The General Election is Nov. 5.
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| The Reunion features the screening of a PBS film Ka'u Sugar, A Town Remembers on the history of the sugar plantation and the closing of the mill in 1996. It will also feature a film on history of the local coffee industry. |
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