Sam King

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Sam King

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Last election

November 8, 2022

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Sam King ran for election for an at-large seat of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

King completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

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
✔	Submit photo	John Waihee IV (Nonpartisan)	17.5	131,033
		Lei Ahu Isa (Nonpartisan)	16.1	120,088
	Submit photo	Chad Owens (Nonpartisan)	15.9	118,561
		Sam King (Nonpartisan)	13.8	103,299

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔	Submit photo	John Waihee IV (Nonpartisan)	14.6	80,808
✔		Lei Ahu Isa (Nonpartisan)	12.6	69,958
✔	Submit photo	Chad Owens (Nonpartisan)	12.2	67,378
✔		Keoni Souza (Nonpartisan)	11.4	63,362
✔		Sam King (Nonpartisan)	10.1	55,789
	Submit photo	Julian Ako (Nonpartisan)	6.4	35,405
	Submit photo	Kealii Makekau (Nonpartisan)	5.4	29,836
	Submit photo	Z. Ka'apana Aki (Nonpartisan)	5.2	28,983
	Submit photo	U'i Kahue-Cabanting (Nonpartisan)	3.6	19,785
	Submit photo	William Paik (Nonpartisan)	1.8	9,720

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 553,417
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Sam King completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by King's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I was born and raised in Kaneohe, Hawaii. I am the proud husband of Tiffany, and father of Sam and Jackson, all born and raised in Hawaii. I graduated from Punahou in 2002, Georgetown in 2006, and University of Hawaii Law School in 2013. I clerked for the Hawaii Supreme Court after law school, worked for a real estate development law firm for 3 years, and now work as in-house counsel for a major health insurance company. I am the executive director of 3 Native Hawaiian non-profits focused on early childhood education, astronomy, space sciences, and human rights: 'Ohana Kilo Hōkū, Imua TMT, and the 'Ai Noa Foundation. I am also the president of my homeowners association.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Early Childhood Education
• Fighting corruption
• Housing

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Hawaii created the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to better the condition of Native Hawaiians. After 44 years and hundreds of millions of dollars our community is still suffering from the highest rate of poverty in Hawaii. OHA should shift resources to effective early childhood education programs using HighScope-type curriculum proven to break the cycle of poverty, focusing on 0-3 schooling combined with parental training. OHA should seek to partner with Kamehameha Schools, the Queen Liliuokalani Trust, the Executive Office on Early Learning, and education non-profits like Keiki ‘O Ka ʻĀina to build synergies in the Native Hawaiian early childhood education space.

OHA should begin enforcing its own grant giving and tracking procedures. OHA should conduct annual audits of itself and its grants to build trust with the community. OHA trustees should make themselves available to the community to answer questions and meet their constituents.

OHA should advocate for more housing in Hawaii for all Hawaii’s people because that will also provide affordable houses for Native Hawaiians. OHA should support the Department of Hawaiian Homelands in their efforts to develop new housing. OHA should partner with housing advocates to build solutions for Hawaii’s people such as maps of areas with high risk of archeological finds and burials that delay housing projects.

OHA should support the pono construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.

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