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Keoni Souza
2022 - Present
2026
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Keoni Souza is an at-large member of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. He assumed office on November 8, 2022. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.
Souza ran for election for an at-large seat of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Keoni Souza graduated from The Kamehameha Schools in 2002.[1] Souza's career experience includes working as a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Realty.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees election, 2022
General election
General election for Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-large Trustee (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-large Trustee on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brickwood Galuteria (Nonpartisan) | 18.7 | 139,611 |
| ✔ |  | Keoni Souza (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 135,124 |
| ✔ | John Waihee IV (Nonpartisan) | 17.5 | 131,033 | |
 | Lei Ahu Isa (Nonpartisan) | 16.1 | 120,088 | |
| Chad Owens (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 118,561 | ||
 | Sam King (Nonpartisan)  | 13.8 | 103,299 | |
| Total votes: 747,716 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-large Trustee (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-large Trustee on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brickwood Galuteria (Nonpartisan) | 16.7 | 92,393 |
| ✔ | John Waihee IV (Nonpartisan) | 14.6 | 80,808 | |
| ✔ | | Lei Ahu Isa (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 69,958 |
| ✔ | Chad Owens (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 67,378 | |
| ✔ | | Keoni Souza (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 63,362 |
| ✔ | | Sam King (Nonpartisan) | 10.1 | 55,789 |
| Julian Ako (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 35,405 | ||
| Kealii Makekau (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 29,836 | ||
| Z. Ka'apana Aki (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 28,983 | ||
| U'i Kahue-Cabanting (Nonpartisan) | 3.6 | 19,785 | ||
| William Paik (Nonpartisan) | 1.8 | 9,720 | ||
| Total votes: 553,417 | |||
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2020
See also: Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees election, 2020
General election
General election for Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-large Trustee
Incumbent Keli'i Akina defeated Keoni Souza in the general election for Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-large Trustee on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keli'i Akina (Nonpartisan) | 50.2 | 197,829 | |
| Keoni Souza (Nonpartisan) | 49.8 | 196,206 | |
| Total votes: 394,035 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-large Trustee
The following candidates ran in the primary for Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-large Trustee on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keli'i Akina (Nonpartisan) | 34.4 | 77,136 | |
| ✔ | | Keoni Souza (Nonpartisan) | 27.0 | 60,389 |
| Jackie Burke (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 29,422 | ||
| Kaipo Hanakahi (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 20,690 | ||
| Shane Palacat-Nelsen (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 15,275 | ||
| Larry Kawaauhau (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 11,782 | ||
| Lenson Sonoda (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 9,254 | ||
| Total votes: 223,948 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Keoni Souza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Souza’s campaign website stated the following:
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Affordable Housing Housing should be accessible and affordable for our residents in Hawai'i. Our local residents and Hawaiians should be able to afford to live in Hawai'i if they choose.
Creating new opportunities for Native Hawaiians and the local community to thrive in on all our islands
Improving education and empowering kānaka with the tools needed to find stable and meaningful careers
Making systematic changes in government and using culturally-based education to rehabilitate inmates. Resolving the disparities that create a disproportionate number of Native Hawaiians ending up in the criminal justice system.[3] |
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| —Keoni Souza’s campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
2020
Keoni Souza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
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External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Souza for OHA, "About," accessed December 6, 2022
- ↑ Facebook, "Keoni Souza," accessed December 6, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Keoni Souza’s campaign website, “Priorities,” accessed October 31, 2022
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