Maui Election

Individuals interested in becoming a candidate may obtain and file a nomination paper at various locations statewide by 4:30 p.m., on Tuesday, June 7, 2016.

The Green Party of Hawai’i endorsed state House candidates: Kealoha Pisciotta for District 3 on Hawai’i Island and Nick Nikhilananda for 13 on Maui.

Congressman Mark Takai (HI-01) has endorsed Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa in the First District of Hawaii Congressional race.

Maui County Council Chair Mike White officially filed nomination papers for reelection to the Council’s Makawao, Ha‘ikū and Pā‘ia residency seat.

State House District 12 House candidate Tiare Lawrence received her first endorsement from the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association.

Alika Atay is a candidate for the Maui Council’s Wailuku seat. His was also a vocal player in the SHAKA Movement’s efforts for a moratorium on Maui GMO crops.

Rep Lynn DeCoite filed papers to seek election to the District 13 House seat. She is currently filling the remainder of the term of the late Mele Carroll.

The Kula Community Association sponsors a primary election candidate forum on Wednesday, May 18th from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Kula Community Center.

The West Maui Taxpayers Association and Java Jazz at Honokōwai Marketplace invite the public to a pancake breakfast with Rep. Angus McKelvey on Saturday, May 7, 2016, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Are political candidates allowed to post their “vote for me” signage on public school property?

King is perhaps best known for her role as Vice President of Pacific Biodiesel, a locally owned renewable fuel company that pioneered the biodiesel industry with its first processing plant built on Maui in 1996.

This is the first debate of the 2016 election cycle and will feature the four candidates currently vying for the Upcountry County Council seat: Stacey Moniz, Eric Molina, Yuki Lei Sugimura, and Nāpua Greig Nakasone.

The public is invited to a “Meet & Greet” with Maui County Council Candidate Keith Regan on Saturday, April 23, 2016, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Lahaina Yacht Club located at 835 Front St. in Lahaina.

Five labor unions and a local nonprofit representing thousands of Maui workers officially endorsed Deidre Tegarden, Democratic candidate for the Hawai‘i State House of Representatives, District 11, (Kīhei, Wailea, Mākena), at a press conference held at her campaign headquarters in Kīhei on Thursday, April 7.

US Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday issued a statement after The Associated Press declared him the winner of Hawaii’s Democratic caucus.

Hillary for Hawaiʻi on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, opened its second office in the Aloha State on the Island of Maui.

The Friends of Joe Blackburn for Maui County Council group is hosting a “Free Pancakes 2 Go” event this Saturday March 26, 2016.

Representative Kaniela Ing of Maui takes to social media last night to become the only State Representative and only Asian/Pacific Islander (API) Legislator to veer from Hillary Clinton and endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for the Hawaiʻi President Preference Polls.

Hawai‘i State House of Representatives Candidate Deidre Tegarden (District 11, Kīhei, Wailea, Mākena) hosted a gathering of supporters Wednesday evening, March 16, at the opening of her campaign headquarters at Azeka Makai in Kīhei.

Organizers have been working to engage supporters in advance of the upcoming Presidential Preference Poll on March 26.