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Mufi Hannemann
Mufi Hannemann was the Mayor of Honolulu in Hawaii. Hannemann assumed office in 2005. Hannemann left office in 2010.
Hannemann ran for election for Mayor of Honolulu in Hawaii. Hannemann lost in the primary on August 8, 2020.
Hannemann was a Hawaii Independent Party candidate for Governor of Hawaii in the 2014 elections.[1] Mufi Hannemann lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Hannemann last sought election in 2012 as a Democratic candidate for U.S. House representing the 2nd Congressional District of Hawaii.[2] He was defeated by Tulsi Gabbard in the Democratic primary.[3]
Hannemann announced his independent candidacy for Governor of Hawaii on April 24, 2014.[1] Although Hannemann had long been affiliated with the Democratic Party, he petitioned to certify the Hawaii Independent Party for placement on the 2014 ballot. In order to run on the Hawaii Independent Party ticket, Hannemann had to collect a minimum of 706 signatures from registered voters, which is equal to one-tenth of 1 percent of statewide registered voters from the previous statewide general election as required by Hawaii election law.[4]
Biography
Hannemann was born and raised in the Honolulu area and graduated from the Iolani School. He left Hawaii after high school to study music at Harvard University, graduating in 1976. Hannemann earned a Fulbright Scholarship at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.[5] He later returned to Honolulu and took a job at his alma mater, the Iolani School, where he taught history and coached the school's basketball team.[6]
Hannemann segued from teaching into a career in government when he was tapped to serve as special assistant to both George Ariyoshi, who was the Hawaii governor at the time, and President Jimmy Carter. In the latter position, he worked closely with the United States Department of the Interior. In 1991, Hannemann was again appointed to a government position, this time under Gov. John D. Waihee III. During Waihee's tenure, Hannemann led the Hawaii Pro Bowl Host Committee, the Task Force on Homeporting, the Hawaii Office of International Relations and the Hawaii Department of Business and Economic Development and Tourism. His most recent White House appointments were as United States Representative to the South Pacific Commission, under Bill Clinton, and in the United States Department of Labor as a member of the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce, under George W. Bush.
Hannemann's credits as a businessman include President and General Manager of Punaluu Sweetbread Shop and C. Brewer Hawaiian Juices and, beginning in 1984, Vice President for Corporate Marketing and Public Affairs for parent company, C. Brewer and Company, Ltd.
Education
- Iolani School
- Bachelor of Arts in Music - Harvard University (1976)
Elections
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Honolulu, Hawaii (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Honolulu
Rick Blangiardi defeated Keith Amemiya in the general election for Mayor of Honolulu on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rick Blangiardi (Nonpartisan) | 60.0 | 224,474 |
 | Keith Amemiya (Nonpartisan) | 40.0 | 149,735 | |
| Total votes: 374,209 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Honolulu
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Honolulu on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Blangiardi (Nonpartisan) | 25.6 | 69,661 |
| ✔ | | Keith Amemiya (Nonpartisan) | 20.2 | 55,116 |
 | Colleen Hanabusa (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 50,234 | |
 | Kymberly Marcos Pine (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 40,104 | |
 | Mufi Hannemann (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 27,027 | |
| William Stonebraker (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 17,757 | ||
 | Choon James (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 5,538 | |
 | John Carroll (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 2,011 | |
| Ho Yin Wong (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 1,437 | ||
| Ernest Caravalho (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 1,140 | ||
| Audrey Keesing (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 823 | ||
| Micah Mussell (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 541 | ||
| David Bourgoin (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 368 | ||
 | Karl Dicks (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 361 | |
| Tim Garry (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 313 | ||
| Total votes: 272,431 | |||
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2014
- See also: Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2014
Hannemann ran as a Hawaii Independent Party candidate for Governor of Hawaii in 2014.[4] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  David Ige/Shan Tsutsui |
49.5% | 181,065 | |
| Republican | Duke Aiona/Elwin Ahu | 37.1% | 135,742 | |
| Independent | Mufi Hannemann/Les Chang | 11.7% | 42,925 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Davis/Cindy Marlin | 1.7% | 6,393 | |
| Total Votes | 366,125 | |||
| Election results via Hawaii Office of Elections | ||||
Race background
Ige defeats Abercrombie
In the Democratic primary election, state Sen. David Ige defeated Gov. Neil Abercrombie.[7][3][8] Prior to this primary, the last governor of Hawaii to lose a re-election campaign was Gov. William Francis Quinn (R) in 1962. Quinn lost to John Anthony Burns (D) in the general election.[9]
The week before the primary was held, a Honolulu Civil Beat poll of likely voters found Ige with 51 percent support to Abercrombie's 41 percent support.[10] Abercrombie was endorsed in the primary by President Barack Obama (D). Ige was endorsed by former governors Ben Cayetano and George Ariyoshi.
A New York Times article written two months before the primary election suggested that Abercrombie faced a more difficult re-election campaign due to his appointment of Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz (D) to the U.S. Senate in December 2012 following the death of Sen. Daniel Inouye (D). In a letter written before his death, Inouye requested the appointment of Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D) to his seat. The article argued that this decision sparked "a backlash that threatens to topple both Mr. Schatz and the governor — who had already been struggling during an occasionally tumultuous first term — in the Democratic primary on Aug. 9."[11]
In the aftermath of the primary, Abercrombie attributed his defeat to his decision to call a special session to legalize gay marriage in November 2013. He claimed that Republican opponents voted for Ige in the open Democratic primary. "Republicans crossed over en masse to vote in the Democratic primary, and then the religious factor came in," Abercrombie said.
Ige supported Abercrombie's decision to call for the special session. A spokeswoman for Ige's campaign, Lynn Kenton, said, "every candidate has the freedom to comment on their campaign, regardless of the outcome, and if that's what Gov. Abercrombie feels was his weaknesses, that would be for him to determine." [12]
Polls
| Hawaii Governor - General Election | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | David Ige (D) | Duke Aiona (R) | Mufi Hannemann (I) | Other | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||
| New York Times/CBS/YouGov October 16-23, 2014 | 54% | 22% | 5% | 0% | 19% | +/-6 | 1,002 | ||||||||||||
| Merriman River October 16-19, 2014 | 40% | 34% | 11% | 6% | 8% | +/-2.8 | 1,221 | ||||||||||||
| New York Times/CBS/YouGov September 20-October 1, 2014 | 41% | 35% | 6% | 0% | 18% | +/-4 | 1,319 | ||||||||||||
| Rasmussen September 9-10, 2014 | 40% | 39% | 14% | 2% | 6% | +/-4 | 750 | ||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 43.75% | 32.5% | 9% | 2% | 12.75% | +/-4.2 | 1,073 | ||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Primary election
| Governor of Hawaii - Democratic Primary | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Neil Abercrombie* | David Ige | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Honolulu Civil Beat/Merriman River Group (Survey of likely voters) July 24-28, 2014 | 41% | 51% | 8% | +/-3.3 | 895 | ||||||||||||||
| Honolulu Civil Beat/Merriman River Group June 7-9, 2014 | 37% | 48% | 15% | +/-3.0 | 729 | ||||||||||||||
| Honolulu Civil Beat/Merriman River Group February 12-15, 2014 | 37% | 37% | 26% | +/-3.1 | 643 | ||||||||||||||
| Honolulu Star-Advertiser February 1-11, 2014 | 47% | 38% | 14% | +/-4.3 | 528 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 40.5% | 43.5% | 15.75% | +/-3.43 | 698.75 | ||||||||||||||
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General Election Hypothetical Match-up
| Three way match-up (includes Hannemann) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Neil Abercrombie* (D) | Duke Aiona (R) | Mufi Hannemann (I) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Honolulu Civil Beat/Merriman River Group June 7-9, 2014 | 27% | 33% | 22% | +/-3.0 | 1,078 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Abercrombie vs. Aiona | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Neil Abercrombie* (D) | Duke Aiona (R) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Honolulu Star-Advertiser February 1-11, 2014 | 40% | 48% | 12% | +/-3.9 | 642 | ||||||||||||||
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Debates
October 15 debate
David Ige (D), Duke Aiona (R), and Mufi Hannemann (I) shared the stage during a debate sponsored by Hawaii News Now and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Hannemann criticized Ige and fellow legislators for rising electrical costs and problems faced by the state's public schools. He argued that Hawaii voters should question whether Ige could lead the way after spending 29 years in the legislature as the problems Aiona had pointed to developed. Ige responded that legislators have to reach consensus on major issues and that he was "running for governor because I know I can't do it as a legislator...I have to be governor to make these things work."[13]
Ige asserted that Aiona was selective in referring to his past experience as lieutenant governor, taking credit for some policies of the Lingle Administration while not associating himself with others. Aiona responded that voters could ask a similar question of Ige because he was running on a ticket with sitting Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui.[13]
2012
Hannemann ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Hawaii's 2nd District. He sought the nomination on the Democratic ticket.[14][15] Hannemann was defeated by Tulsi Gabbard in the Democratic primary.[3] Incumbent Mazie Hirono vacated the seat.
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Tulsi Gabbard |
55.1% | 62,882 |
| Mufi Hannemann | 34.3% | 39,176 |
| Esther Kia'Aina | 5.9% | 6,681 |
| Bob Marx | 3.8% | 4,327 |
| Miles Shiratori | 0.5% | 573 |
| Rafael Del Castillo | 0.5% | 520 |
| Total Votes | 114,159 | |
2010
- See also: Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2010
Hannemann was serving as mayor of Honolulu when he declared his bid for the governor's office in 2010. He had to resign from the post in order to run in the September 18 Democratic gubernatorial primary, which he lost to Neil Abercrombie by a steep margin of over 20 percentage points. Abercrombie went on to win the general election.[16][17][18]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hawaii News Now, "Mufi Hannemann announces candidacy for Hawaii governor's race," April 24, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Reporter, "Hannemann All a Twitter About His Congressional Run, But for Some, Bad Memories Still Linger," August 30, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 AP Results, "Hawaii U.S. House Primary Election Results" accessed August 12, 2012 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "results" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "results" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hawaii News Now, "Hannemann supporters reach goal, will Mufi run?" February 21, 2014
- ↑ Vote Mufi Facebook Page, "Info" accessed July 23, 2012
- ↑ Mufihannemann.com, "Personal Mufi Hannemann for Governor | For All of Us," accessed August 29, 2010
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "2014 Governor Races, Ratings Map," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "Schatz-Hanabusa race too close to call," August 10, 2014
- ↑ Honolulu Civil Beat, "Ige Holds Healthy Lead Over Abercrombie in Hawaii Governor’s Race," June 12, 2014
- ↑ Honolulu Civil Beat, "Civil Beat Poll: Ige Maintains Solid Lead Over Abercrombie," July 31, 2014
- ↑ The New York Times, "A Disregarded Request From a Beloved Senator Shakes Up Hawaii’s Primary," June 29, 2014
- ↑ USA Today, "Hawaii gov. blames political loss on gay marriage," August 30, 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Hawaii News Now, "Final televised governor debate had winner and loser, analyst says," October 16, 2014
- ↑ The Hill, "Former Honolulu Mayor Hannemann to run for House" accessed December 5, 2011
- ↑ Roll Call, "Mufi Hannemann Announces Open-Seat House Bid in Hawaii" accessed December 5, 2011
- ↑ Honolulu Star-Advertiser, "Off and running," September 30, 2010
- ↑ Honolulu Star-Advertiser, "Special election needed for mayor," July 21, 2010
- ↑ State of Hawaii Office of Elections, "Primary Election 2010 Statewide Summary Report," accessed September 29, 2010
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