Gary Hooser

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Gary Hooser

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Prior offices
Hawaii State Senate District 7
Successor: Ronald Kouchi

Personal
Profession
Business ownder

Gary Hooser (b. January 19, 1954) was a Democratic state senator in the Hawaii State Senate, representing the 7th District. Hooser was serving as Senate Majority Leader when he resigned. Hooser was a 2010 candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii.[1] He lost in the primary, coming in fourth.

Hooser was on the Kauai County Council from 1998 to 2002. He joined the Hawaii State Senate in 2002 and served in that position until he resigned in July 2010. He was Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2010. He also was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, District 2, Hawaii, in 2006.

Hooser is the founder/owner of Wai'oli Properties, Incorporated. He is also Vice-President of Loomis-ISC. In addition, he is President and co-founder of H and S Publishing.

Hooser did Professional Studies in Public Administration. He attended Hawaii Entrepreneur Training and Development Institute in 1978. He went on to receive his AA from Kauai Community College in 1990. He then earned his B.A. from the University of Hawaii West Oahu in 1996.

Elections

2010

See also: Hawaii lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2010

Hooser did not secure the Democratic Party nomination during the primary election. Brian Schatz, instead, won the primary election, and went on to win in the general election.

2008

On November 4, 2008, Hooser won re-election to the Hawaii State Senate from Hawaii's 7th Senate District. Hooser received 18,994 votes in the election, defeating JoAnne Georgi (R), who received 6,041 votes. Additionally, 2,451 "Blank" and 11 "Over" votes were cast in the election.[2] Hooser raised $89,656 for his campaign; Georgi raised $3,400.[3]

Hawaii State Senate, District 7 (2008)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Gary Hooser (D) 18,994 69.1%
JoAnne Georgi (R) 6,041 22.0%
Blank 2,451 8.9%
Over 11 0.0%

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

Hawaii Grassroot Institute

See also: Hawaii Grassroot Institute Scorecard (2010)

The Grassroot Institute issued its 2010 Legislative Score Card that tallied the votes of Hawaii legislators and graded their votes based on the Institute's values of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government.[4] The Institute observed state legislators' votes on issues involving taxes, spending, scope of government, business climate and raids on special funds. Hooser received a total score of 8%. Here are the scores Hooser received based on specific categories.

2010 Hawaii Senate Legislative Scorecard
Taxes Business climate Spending Individual liberty Raids Scope of government
9% 0% 0% 67% 0% 0%

Personal

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Hooser and his wife, Claudette, have two children.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Hawaii State Senate - District 7
2002–July 2010
Succeeded by
Ronald Kouchi


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