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Gary Hooser
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
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 | ||
 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
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
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 1998
- Gary Hooser on Facebook
- Gary Hooser on Twitter
- Garyhooser.com 2010 Campaign website
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine was used to recall this version of the website from September 21, 2010.
Footnotes
- ↑ Hawaii News Now, "Senator resigns and plans to run for lieutenant governor," July 16, 2010
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ District 7 Hawaii Senate candidate funds, 2008
- ↑ Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, "2010 Legislative Score Card," accessed May 7, 2021
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by ' |
Hawaii State Senate - District 7 2002–July 2010 |
Succeeded by Ronald Kouchi |
