True St. Thomas
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True St. Thomas (Republican Party) ran for election to the Hawaii State Senate to represent District 10. St. Thomas lost in the Republican primary on August 13, 2022.
St. Thomas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
True St. Thomas earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix in 2011 and a graduate degree from the University of Phoenix in 2013.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Hawaii State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Hawaii State Senate District 10
Incumbent Les Ihara Jr. defeated Leilani Soon in the general election for Hawaii State Senate District 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Les Ihara Jr. (D) | 67.0 | 10,264 |
| Leilani Soon (R) | 33.0 | 5,060 | ||
| Total votes: 15,324 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 10
Incumbent Les Ihara Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 10 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Les Ihara Jr. | 100.0 | 8,321 |
| Total votes: 8,321 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 10
Leilani Soon defeated True St. Thomas in the Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 10 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Leilani Soon | 77.5 | 1,334 | |
 | True St. Thomas | 22.5 | 387 | |
| Total votes: 1,721 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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True St. Thomas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by St. Thomas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am True St.Thomas born in Santa Monica California, raised in Hawaii island of Oahu since age 2. I have lived a very challenging life despite the preconceptions of the vacation lifestyle Hawaii is expected to provide. In a way the challenges of living in a democratic state where leadership knows the demand for moving to Hawaii is very high they have carefully setup a system which challenges the people who live here so intensely many move or fail in life completely and this adds to the challenge of those who stay. I stayed and persevered to attain 2 degrees in IT, I have over 10 years of IT project management experience and over 100 installations completed. I have a small farming business and have competed in health and fitness competitions. In a way I am grateful for all of the challenge but I am not grateful for the consequences on my peers who failed. No one should have to watch nearly everyone they know and love break against system design flaws over and over again. The path to true leadership begins with self development, follows with the strengthening of the people, and ends with a greater generation to follow your footsteps. Global conquest, enfeeblement of all, and generations of slavery to follow is the opposite of what I support and a fate any life-form should stand against.
- Voter Name on the Election Ballot. Without the votername there is no link from the person to the ballot.
- Accountibility for Officials, we need a yelp like rating system to rate politicians, a tier compensation system based on rating
- Clearly define the role of government, if a government is there to make sure a person is healthy there is zero protection from that authority
I do not support the Jones act. reform being talked about. If you look at any sea port city in any country the criminal element that follows is overwhelming and will reshape the entire landscape of the area. This is why we have the Jones act in the first place. Right now our ships go to California first and just take a look at how corruption has taken hold of that state. I support additional military support for all border states and coastal states. All of our corruption in the USA seems to come from outside and if we strengthen our vigilance and sincere efforts to remove the infrastructure corruption has in place we will see wonderful result and a lot of angry criminals.
I admire Donald Trump for essentially putting his entire life's work into protecting America from the same cruel fate which fell onto the old Great Brittan, the American Revolution was not just about escaping, it was a fight against corruption of the people which nearly always occurs when the weak are exalted into leadership positions. The weak are very quick to summit to criminal extortion and just as fast ally with criminals out of fear and use that fear to enslave everyone else. Only the strong can fight off the criminal and protect the people from corruption. We should not keep making the mistake of exalting the weak.
You can read the book I wrote which is free on smashwords as an ebook. It is called the Amyrian Knowledgebase. This is likely the most challenging book for the highest reading level.
Actually the skill required are as follows: War Strategy, System Design, System Security, System Enforcement, Exceptional communication, Negotiation, Contracting, Personal Relationship Management, Auditing, Data Analysis, General to advanced understanding of Architecture, materials, supply chains, Technology, life science, health and wellness of the human technology.
To create a better situation for the people who have exalted them. Right now there is no audit of performance, no public opinion documented on performance, no motivation to perform in any way built in the system. Most officials seem to look at it as taking a salary and doing what makes them any side money. We need to build a supportive system for our officials to strive to obtain performance goals.
Hurricane Iniki hit Hawaii when I was about 6 or 7. But I was happy to grow up without all of the pressures of the large scale world. However I had much to deal with just growing up in this area. So many challenges it feels unreal but as I begin to understand the larger scale world for some this is common it would seem.
My first real job which shaped my character was Jamba Juice. I loved being healthy and fit, for about 6 years this was a great fun job with fun people. Seemed like somehow the positive message of the company was lost and it became just another fast food stop. During the glory days I got to learn about management and leadership, have great shifts with some of the best people. The people from that era are all looking back on those great times wondering if they will ever come back.
A professional one, they should both have the same goal in mind which is to develop policy which enhances the world for the productive majority.
The people are becoming more and more unhappy. Happiness is becoming harder to achieve. Less and less is there for people to hope and dream of attaining. The demeanor of the public is becoming revolutionary. The current policy makers are not prepared to handle this and are fueling in their efforts. Civil unrest is currently happening this could creep to revolution if not handled properly.
Benefits of a one party system is controlling stake in the party gets to demand anything they want from the group. Actually spreading out the control is a means of keeping it out of corrupt hands. Any force which requires ultimate control knows that consolidation is the first step to stealing the power. Our system in its design is diversified, this has been the challenge preventing corruption from fully controlling it. The downside of having a diversified control system is that much goes unaddressed due to complications of policy making.
Not at all, actually government management is far less complex and properly setup than private for most examples. This is due to the private sector being under the pressure of profit and financial failure. There is no threat to any type of failure in the government really therefor they are constantly messing up and take long vacations. I work in private and vacation is dream, I take vacation from one job to work another. The more government management experience an official has likely reduces the private experience they have which I believe is disconnection from the people they are trying to serve.
It should not be so necessary and in my personal experience a professional attitude should be maintained in the workplace and this is very difficult to maintain once personal relationships are formed but I understand how this can't be avoided from time to time.
I lean toward real estate value. But am open on this topic likely to other approaches.
Any committee which oversees finance policy, technology policy, energy policy, health and wellness policy.
I am interested in running for future office. U.S. offices, governor, and US President.
So many I created a channel to get these stories to the public. I am currently interviewing anyone who is working to get the faith in government restored.
Only in a clear emergency. Health worries are not actual emergencies, unfortunately declaring a state of emergency out of the possibility of their actually being an emergency is a clear violation of the use of government by government officials.
Sometimes it is sometimes it isn't. Policymaking needs a negotiation procedure that can't be violated with very strict rules and clear consequences for violation.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 28, 2022
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
District 25
Chris Lee (D)
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