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Valerie Wang
Valerie Wang (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Hawaii House of Representatives to represent District 26. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 13, 2022.
Wang completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Valerie Wang was born in Fremont, California. She earned a bachelor's degree from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in 2008. Her career experience includes working as a director of sales and account management at Kaiser Permanente Hawaii and as a former president of Makai HR.
Wang has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Rotary International, District 5000, Rotary Club of Downtown Honolulu
- The Pantry, by Feeding Hawai'i Together
- Bizgenics Foundation
- Department of Housing & Homelessness of the City & County of Honolulu, volunteer
Elections
2022
See also: Hawaii House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Della Au Belatti defeated Charlotte Rosecrans in the general election for Hawaii House of Representatives District 26 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Della Au Belatti (D) | 71.8 | 5,465 |
| Charlotte Rosecrans (R) | 28.2 | 2,146 | ||
| Total votes: 7,611 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Della Au Belatti defeated Valerie Wang and Kanzo Nara in the Democratic primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 26 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Della Au Belatti | 56.7 | 2,897 |
 | Valerie Wang | 37.9 | 1,935 | |
 | Kanzo Nara | 5.3 | 273 | |
| Total votes: 5,105 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 26
Charlotte Rosecrans advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii House of Representatives District 26 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charlotte Rosecrans | 100.0 | 826 | |
| Total votes: 826 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Valerie Wang completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wang's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- It's time for a change. We need new elected officials with new ideas & perspectives. We need to rebuild trust between our communities and government, through transparency, honesty, communication, and most importantly accountability.
- Valerie is running to fight for affordable housing, access to quality health care, improved education systems, and economic diversification. She is running to address Hawaii's income inequality, high cost of living, and Hawaii's prevalent homeless situation.
- If elected, Valerie Wang will donate 100% of my public salary to local non-profits our district chooses.
Public Education
Quality Health Care & Improved Access
Affordable Housing & Homelessness
Hawaiian Homelands
Climate Change
My first job after graduating from college was at KCET-Public Television (PBS at the time), where I served in their Membership Marketing department for almost 3 years. I was hired on as their Marketing Specialist and coordinated all member events, fundraisers, telethons, and galas for the station. My first flagship event for KCET was the West Coast premier for Ken Burns' The National Parks documentary. We brought together 2,000 KCET members at Paramount Ranch to premier the documentary with special guests Ken Burns and Huell Howser in the middle of a National Park. From there, KCET asked me to produce their Local Heroes Awards event series, where we celebrated Local Heroes representing Black History Month, Women's History Month, Asian American Pacific Islander Month, LGBTQ Month, American Indian Month, and Cultural Diversity Month.
I've learned a lot of my leadership style from Simon Sinek and believe his ideologies have helped shape many successful leaders. His general concepts of servant leadership, seeking to understand, and establishing alignment are all critical in how our officials must lead our State. If we are to challenge status quo to push for a better, stronger Hawaii, we must "Start with Why" to truly understand where we came from to know where we are going. We must first start with the Why, to get to the How, and then eventually get to the "What." So often, we want to start with the What, which is not how anyone can successfully push through effective change. Simon Sinek and his lessons have helped shape me to be the type of leader I am today.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Hawaii House of Representatives District 26 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 29, 2022
