Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.
David Kauahikaua
David Kauahikaua ran for election to the Honolulu City Council to represent District 3 in Hawaii. He lost in the primary on August 10, 2024.
Kauahikaua completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
David Kauahikaua was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He earned a high school diploma from the Kamehameha Schools. Kauahikaua's career experience includes working as a musician. As of 2024, he was affiliated with ASCAP and the When We Shine Foundation.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Honolulu, Hawaii (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Honolulu City Council District 3
Incumbent Esther Kia'aina won election outright against David Kauahikaua, Kelsey Nakanelua, and Christopher Curren in the primary for Honolulu City Council District 3 on August 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Esther Kia'aina (Nonpartisan) | 58.2 | 12,197 | |
 | David Kauahikaua (Nonpartisan)  | 17.9 | 3,753 | |
 | Kelsey Nakanelua (Nonpartisan) | 17.8 | 3,733 | |
| Christopher Curren (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 1,264 | ||
| Total votes: 20,947 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kana Naipo (Nonpartisan)
- Bertram Kalae Sylva (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kauahikaua in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Kauahikaua completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kauahikaua's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
- IMPROVING OUR PARKS, REPAIRING AGING FACILITIES The windward side has some of the nicest parks and beach parks on the island, but they are marred by overgrown weeds and maintenance issues in the restrooms and other park facilities. As one resident recently pointed out to me, Kailua Recreational Center has had broken boarded up windows in the exercise/classrooms for years; the playground, which is heavily used by young families, has a lot of broken equipment; and the pavilion needs a makeover, like many of our other park facilities.
- PREVENTING SEWAGE SPILLS AND OCEAN POLLUTION Brown water advisories and sewage spill warnings are issued for windward bays after many of our rainstorms. With all the technology available throughout the world, surely we can do better for our sea life and ourselves. Some upgrades are budgeted for our Aikahi sewer plant, but we have had upgrades in the past, and we continue to have sewage spills when it rains.
- BOOSTING PUBLIC SAFETY Throughout the years of growing up in Kailua, I have never felt unsafe walking around at night. This isn’t the case anymore. In addition, we have had “smash and grab” attacks on our small businesses and more property crime and even violent crime in our towns. Kailua, Kaneohe and Waimanalo are unrecognizable to the kupuna who grew up here.
A few simple fixes could bring our parks up to their full potential and make them safer, cleaner and more accessible to the public. Partnering with community groups to adopt-a-park could help to address some of the bigger issues that parks workers cannot manage because of limited staffing.
He fielded all sorts of questions, some unrealistic and some good. I watched him answer each and every question with grace - no attitude and no demeaning manner. He simply tried to educate everybody - including the media - equally. This man, who was a Doctor of Geophysics, patiently answered every question without a “do you know who I am” or an “I’ve worked all day and can’t be bothered by your questions” kind of attitude. He was a wonderful role model and example of how we should all treat everyone equally, and not look down on anyone or brush them aside.
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
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate Honolulu City Council District 3 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 12, 2024
| |||||||||
