Michael Bennett (Hawaii)

Michael Bennett

Democratic Party

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Michael Bennett was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 9 of the Hawaii State Senate.

Campaign themes

2016

Bennett's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Boosting Income and Employment Creating Higher paying Jobs and making the minimum wage closer to a living wage are foundational to addressing income inequality. Help families and workers obtain self-sufficiency. Increasing opportunities for childcare subsidies and early childhood education will help balance families and their needs. The current GE Tax unfairly affects the lower income workers at a disproportionate rate. Additional tax fairness measures are needed so that working families are not taxed deeper into poverty. Housing and Homelessness Addressing affordable housing and homelessness represents one of our biggest challenges. Utilize Innovative housing models and adopt renters subsidies to support those willing to work in exchange for low cost housing options. Update the small rental subsidy program to families who are just short of income they need to Avoid homelessness. Fund truly affordable housing developments by adopting Inclusionary Zoning. Leading the Nation in Homelessness Mental Health and Drug Addiction both lead to a downward drift and without addressing the underlying cause, we will not move toward the proper solution. Outsourcing away from current state funded, DMV style helper models, we need to support and encourage the private sector health and addiction specialists to help find appropriate avenues for treatment. Ohana: Community and family is what makes Hawaii great. We need to apply the same principles here and IF someone wants to work, we should help the business community find these workers a job. Handouts and the giving free everything has driven many a country into poverty. If we have learned anything from, Africa, Haiti, and other third world "giving programs", its that the most sure way to destroy an economy is to give it to them for free. Nomadic Roamers and migrants: We Have laws and regulations in place and address the crisis that is spreading across our state. We are allowed and need to send those who are loitering and living on our public resources elsewhere. If we decide, by voting, to adopt and pay for this subset - It would be MUCH Cheaper and we could provide a much higher quality of care by subsidizing their lives in a less expensive state. Much like our prison system, we can outsource, cloth, house and feed them more efficiently elsewhere. Education We need to Put the teachers and the students first. Here Again we have an efficiency problem. We only get what we pay for and We CURRENTLY pay in the top 25% of all the states in the union, yet our teachers are the Lowest Paid in the country. High quality early childhood education and increased financial support for schools not only helps our children, but is helps our families. Educational programs can Not be looked at in isolation - poverty prevention and balancing achievement goals must be tackled on a systemic level.	”
—Michael Bennett,

Elections

2016

See also: Hawaii State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Hawaii State Senate 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.

Stanley Chang defeated incumbent Samuel Slom in the Hawaii State Senate District 9 general election.

Hawaii State Senate, District 9 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Stanley Chang	52.85%	13,433
	Republican	Samuel Slom Incumbent	47.15%	11,985
Total Votes				25,418
Source: State of Hawaii - Office of Elections

Stanley Chang defeated Michael Bennett and Richard Kim in the Hawaii State Senate District 9 Democratic primary.

Hawaii State Senate, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Stanley Chang	74.26%	7,950
	Democratic	Michael Bennett	20.84%	2,231
	Democratic	Richard Kim	4.89%	524
Total Votes				10,705

Incumbent Samuel Slom ran unopposed in the Hawaii State Senate District 9 Republican primary.

Hawaii State Senate, District 9 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Samuel Slom Incumbent (unopposed)

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See also

• Hawaii State Senate
• Hawaii State Senate District 9
• Hawaii State Senate elections, 2016
• Hawaii State Legislature

External links

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Hawaii State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Ronald Kouchi

Majority Leader:Dru Kanuha

Minority Leader:Brenton Awa

Senators

District 1

Lorraine Inouye (D)

District 2

Joy Buenaventura (D)

District 3

Dru Kanuha (D)

District 4

Tim Richards (D)

District 5

Troy Hashimoto (D)

District 6

Angus McKelvey (D)

District 7

Lynn DeCoite (D)

District 8

Ronald Kouchi (D)

District 9

Stanley Chang (D)

District 10

Les Ihara (D)

District 11

Carol Fukunaga (D)

District 12

Sharon Moriwaki (D)

District 13

Karl Rhoads (D)

District 14

Donna Kim (D)

District 15

Glenn Wakai (D)

District 16

Brandon Elefante (D)

District 17

Donovan Cruz (D)

District 18

Michelle Kidani (D)

District 19

Henry Aquino (D)

District 20

Kurt Fevella (R)

District 21

Mike Gabbard (D)

District 22

Samantha DeCorte (R)

District 23

Brenton Awa (R)

District 24

Jarrett Keohokalole (D)

District 25

Chris Lee (D)

Democratic Party (22)

Republican Party (3)