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Coby Chock
Coby Chock (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Hawaii House of Representatives to represent District 51. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 8, 2020.
Chock completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Chock was a nonpartisan candidate for District 51 of the Hawaii House of Representatives in 2018. To advance to the general election, Hawaii election law requires nonpartisan candidates in partisan races to receive at least 10% of the votes cast for the office or to receive a vote total equal to or greater than the lowest vote total of a winning partisan candidate. Chock did not meet that threshold.[1][2]
Biography
Coby Chock was born in Kailua, Hawaii. He obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2020.[3]
Elections
2020
See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Lisa Marten defeated Kukana Kama-Toth and Erik Ho in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Marten (D)  | 55.0 | 6,857 |
| Kukana Kama-Toth (R) | 40.8 | 5,082 | ||
| Erik Ho (Aloha Aina Party) | 4.2 | 522 | ||
| Total votes: 12,461 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Lisa Marten defeated Coby Chock, Scott Grimmer, and Alan Akao in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Marten | 43.0 | 2,858 |
 | Coby Chock | 26.6 | 1,768 | |
 | Scott Grimmer | 19.8 | 1,315 | |
| Alan Akao | 10.6 | 706 | ||
| Total votes: 6,647 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Kukana Kama-Toth defeated Doni Leina'ala Chong in the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kukana Kama-Toth | 62.4 | 1,260 | |
| Doni Leina'ala Chong | 37.6 | 758 | ||
| Total votes: 2,018 | |||
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Aloha Aina Party primary election
Aloha Aina Party primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Erik Ho advanced from the Aloha Aina Party primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Erik Ho | 100.0 | 80 | |
| Total votes: 80 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Chock's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
2018
See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Incumbent Chris Lee defeated Noe Galea'i in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Lee (D) | 69.3 | 6,106 |
| Noe Galea'i (R) | 30.7 | 2,706 | ||
| Total votes: 8,812 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Incumbent Chris Lee advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Lee | 100.0 | 4,413 |
| Total votes: 4,413 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
Noe Galea'i advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51 on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Noe Galea'i | 100.0 | 667 | |
| Total votes: 667 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 51
No candidate advanced from the primary.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| Coby Chock | 100.0 | 173 | |
Vote totals may be incomplete for this race. | ||||
| Total votes: 173 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Coby Chock completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chock's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am running for the State House of Representatives to end chronic homelessness in our state, to increase our renewable energy capacity, to look out for our kamaaina and working-class families, and to make living in Hawaii an option for future generations of young people.
- I will work towards ensuring we have affordable housing and opportunities for our younger generations so that living in Hawaii is an option. I will do this by continuing to develop affordable housing and also finding innovative ways to prevent foreign investors from buying investment properties that could otherwise house local families.
- I will ensure that we are on 100% renewable energy by 2045 by working with other legislators to get the annual budget we need to keep this goal on track. We need to be creative and diversify the types of renewable energy we are implementing and at the same time, work with our communities toward accomplishing this goal with the utmost respect for the people it will be affecting.
- Homelessness is a multifaceted issue and as such we need to take a multifaceted approach to fix the issue. We need an all-encompassing plan to support nonprofits while also developing stronger mental health institutions and drug rehabilitation centers. We also need to ensure we support our social workers and hire more social workers to facilitate this process and get more of our homeless community in housing. Permanent solutions are always the goal which is why it is also necessary to ensure that we continue to build more affordable housing and create more local jobs so we can get people back on their feet.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ State of Hawaii, "2018 General election candidates and election winners," accessed September 20, 2018
- ↑ Hawaii Office of Elections, "Factsheet: Nonpartisan Candidates in Partisan Elections," accessed May 21, 2019
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 22, 2020
