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Marilyn Lee
Marilyn Lee (Democratic Party) was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, representing District 38.
Lee (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Hawaii House of Representatives to represent District 38. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Lee previously served in the Hawaii House of Representatives, representing District 38 from 1996 to 2012. She was the majority whip in 2012 and was majority floor leader from 2000 to 2006.
Biography
Lee has worked as a registered nurse since 1962. She served as a nurse in the United States Navy from 1960 to 1966.
She is a member of the Central Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society Leeward, founder and President of the Central Oahu Caregivers Support Group of the Central Oahu Soroptimists, and member/Chair of Mililani High School School Community Based Management.[1]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Lee served on these committees:
- Finance Committee, Vice Chair
- Labor & Public Employment Committee
- Public Safety & Military Affairs Committee
- Transportation Committee
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Lee served on these committees:
- Finance Committee (Vice Chair)
- Labor & Public Employment Committee
- Public Safety Committee
- Transportation Committee
Elections
2022
See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 38
Incumbent Lauren Cheape Matsumoto defeated Marilyn Lee in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 38 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lauren Cheape Matsumoto (R) | 67.0 | 6,975 |
 | Marilyn Lee (D) | 33.0 | 3,432 | |
| Total votes: 10,407 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 38
Marilyn Lee advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 38 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marilyn Lee | 100.0 | 4,836 |
| Total votes: 4,836 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 38
Incumbent Lauren Cheape Matsumoto advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 38 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren Cheape Matsumoto | 100.0 | 2,037 |
| Total votes: 2,037 | |||
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2020
See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36
Incumbent Val Aquino Okimoto defeated Trish La Chica in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Val Aquino Okimoto (R) | 52.3 | 6,949 |
 | Trish La Chica (D) | 47.7 | 6,337 | |
| Total votes: 13,286 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36
Trish La Chica defeated Marilyn Lee in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trish La Chica | 58.9 | 4,218 |
| Marilyn Lee | 41.1 | 2,940 | |
| Total votes: 7,158 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36
Incumbent Val Aquino Okimoto advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Val Aquino Okimoto | 100.0 | 2,071 |
| Total votes: 2,071 | |||
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2018
See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36
Val Aquino Okimoto defeated Marilyn Lee in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Val Aquino Okimoto (R) | 54.7 | 4,933 |
| Marilyn Lee (D) | 45.3 | 4,081 | |
| Total votes: 9,014 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36
Marilyn Lee defeated Dean Hazama, Trish La Chica, and Z. Ka'apana Aki in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marilyn Lee | 35.5 | 2,026 |
| Dean Hazama | 31.8 | 1,813 | ||
| Trish La Chica | 24.2 | 1,381 | |
| Z. Ka'apana Aki | 8.5 | 487 | ||
| Total votes: 5,707 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36
Val Aquino Okimoto advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Val Aquino Okimoto | 100.0 | 889 |
| Total votes: 889 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Hawaii House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.
Incumbent Beth Fukumoto Chang defeated Marilyn Lee in the Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 general election.[2]
| Hawaii House of Representatives, District 36 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Beth Fukumoto Chang Incumbent |
67.47% | 6,792 | |
| Democratic | Marilyn Lee | 32.53% | 3,274 | |
| Total Votes | 10,066 | |||
| Source: State of Hawaii - Office of Elections | ||||
Marilyn Lee defeated Zuri Aki in the Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Hawaii House of Representatives, District 36 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Marilyn Lee |
70.27% | 2,754 | |
| Democratic | Zuri Aki | 29.73% | 1,165 | |
| Total Votes | 3,919 | |||
Incumbent Beth Fukumoto Chang ran unopposed in the Hawaii House of Representatives District 36 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Hawaii House of Representatives, District 36 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Beth Fukumoto Chang Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Hawaii House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Marilyn B. Lee defeated Luella Costales in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Beth Fukumoto Chang was unopposed in the Republican primary. Chang defeated Lee in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Beth Fukumoto Chang Incumbent |
66% | 5,878 | |
| Democratic | Marilyn B. Lee | 34% | 3,034 | |
| Total Votes | 8,912 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Marilyn B. Lee |
70.2% | 3,762 |
| Luella Costales | 29.8% | 1,598 |
| Total Votes | 5,360 | |
2012
Lee ran for re-election in the 2012 election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 36. Lee ran unopposed in the August 11 Democratic primary and was defeated by Beth Fukumoto (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Beth Fukumoto |
52.4% | 5,334 | |
| Democratic | Marilyn Lee Incumbent | 47.6% | 4,838 | |
| Total Votes | 10,172 | |||
2010
Lee won re-election to the 38th District seat in 2010. She had no primary opposition on September 18, 2010. The general election took place on November 2, 2010. Shaun Kawakami ran on the Republican ticket for this seat.[11]
| Hawaii House of Representatives, District 38 (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Marilyn Lee (D)
|
5,578 | 48.4% | ||
| Shaun Kawakami (R) | 5,562 | 48.2% | ||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Lee won re-election to the Hawaii House of Representatives from Hawaii's 38th District, defeating Melvin Apana (R). Lee received 8,268 votes in the election while Apana received 3,855 votes.[12] Lee raised $31,455 for her campaign; Apana raised $486.[13]
| Hawaii House of Representatives, District 38 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Marilyn Lee (D)
|
8,268 | 64.0% | ||
| Melvin Apana (R) | 3,855 | 29.9% | ||
| Blank | 777 | 6.0% | ||
| Over | 10 | 0.1% | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Marilyn Lee did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
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.[14] The Institute observed state legislators' votes on issues involving taxes, spending, scope of government, business climate and raids on special funds. Lee received a total score of 2%. Here are the scores Lee received based on specific categories.
| 2010 Hawaii House Legislative Scorecard | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes | Business climate | Spending | Individual liberty | Raids | Scope of government | |||
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 0% | 0% | |||
Personal
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Lee has a husband, Samuel, and four children, Andrew, John, Mary, and Thomas.[15]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Lee
- ↑ State of Hawaii, "General Election 2016 - State of Hawaii – Statewide November 8, 2016," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 State of Hawaii, "2016 Candidate Report," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hawaii.gov, "Primary Election results," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed June 6, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed November 12, 2014
- ↑ civilbeat.com, " Unofficial 2012 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary election results," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2012 General election results," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed December 13, 2013
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ District 38 Hawaii House candidate funds, 2008
- ↑ Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, "2010 Legislative Score Card," accessed May 7, 2021
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Representative Marilyn B. Lee," accessed October 3, 2012
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| Preceded by ' |
Hawaii House District 38 1997–2012 |
Succeeded by Henry Aquino (D) |
