LIHUE — Ten people have filed to run for public office over the past two weeks, bringing the total number of names on this year’s election ballot to 27 as of Monday, according to county election documents. Seventeen people alone
LIHUE — Ten people have filed to run for public office over the past two weeks, bringing the total number of names on this year’s election ballot to 27 as of Monday, according to county election documents.
Seventeen people alone have filed to run in this year’s Kauai County Council race, including eight who have filed their nomination papers within the last two weeks. Six of the seven County Council incumbents have filed.
They are JoAnn Yukimura, Ross Kagawa, Gary Hooser, Mel Rapozo, Tim Bynum and Mason Chock Sr.
All seven seats are up for re-election this year.
Three people, to date, have also filed to run for mayor, Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr., Curtis Lake and Debralynn “Mizdebz” DeSilva Carveiro.
Democrat Thomas “Butch” Kahawai and Republican Vince Flores are the only two contenders, as of Monday, who have filed to run for the state Representative District 16 seat held by Democrat Daynette “Dee” Morikawa, whose district stretches from Koloa to Niihau.
Republican Jonathan Hoomanawanui, as of Monday, is the only person who has filed in this year’s election to challenge Democrat incumbent Derek Kawakami for his state Representative District 14 seat, which extends from Wailua to Hanalei.
Democrat Dylan Hooser, meanwhile, will vie for the state Representative District 15 seat in this year’s primary election against Democratic incumbent James “Jimmy” Kunane Tokioka, whose district runs from Old Koloa Town to Wailua Homesteads, if no one else files their nomination papers by today’s deadline.
The winner of the primary election race, in turn, will battle lone Republican challenger Steven Yoder in the general election for Representative District 15.
The deadline for candidates to file their nomination papers is the end of the business day today.
