UPDATED: 2014 General Election Endorsements

2014.10.27 General Election Endorsements (bulletin)The Candidates listed here have been recommended by Local 5’s member-led Political Action Team and approved of by the Union’s Executive Board as of Monday, October 27, 2014. PDF version here.

The 2014 General Election is on Tuesday, November 4. Polling hours are 7:00am – 6:00pm. More information can be found at the State of Hawaii Office of Elections website.

  • U.S. Senator: Brian Schatz
  • U.S. Representative Congressional District 1 (Honolulu): Mark Takai
  • U.S. Representative Congressional District 2 (Neighbor Islands, Rural Oahu): Tulsi Gabbard
  • Governor: David Ige
  • Lieutenant Governor: Shan Tsutsui
  • State Senate 4 (Hilo, Hamakua, Kohala, Waimea, Waikoloa, Kona): Lorraine Inouye
  • State Senate 23 (Kaneohe, Kauula, Laie, Kahuku, Waialua, Haleiwa, Wahiawa, Kunia): Gil Riviere
  • State Rep. 6 (Kailua-Kona, Holualoa, Kalaoa, Honokohau): Nicole Lowen
  • State Rep. 9 (Kahului, Puunene, Old San Hills, Maui Lani): Justin Woodson
  • State Rep. 20 (St. Louis Heights, Palolo, Maunalani Heights, Wilhelmina Rise, Kaimuki): Keiko Bonk
  • State Rep. 36 (Mililani Mauka, Mililani): Marilyn Lee
  • State Rep. 38 (Waipahu): Henry Aquino
  • State Rep. 40 (Ewa, Ewa Beach, Ewa Gentry, Iroquois Point): Rose Martinez
  • State Rep. 41 (Ewa Villages, Ewa Beach, Ewa Gentry, Ocean Pointe, West Loch): Matt Lopresti
  • State Rep. 47 (Laie, Hauula, Punaluu, Waikane, Waialua, Haleiwa, Pupukea, Kahuku, Sunset Beach): Kent Fonoimoana
  • State Rep. 48 (Haiku Valley, Kahaluu, Heeia, Ahuimanu, Kaneohe): Jarrett Keohokalole
  • Maui County Council: Elle Cochran
  • Kauai County Council: Gary Hooser
  • City Council District 4 (Oahu – Waikiki, Wilhelmina Rise, portions of Kaimuki and Kapahulu, Diamond Head, Kahala to Hawaii Kai): Tommy Waters