Newcomers Rick Blangiardi and Keith Amemiya to face off in November for Honolulu mayoral seat
Second printout election returns on Oahu show former television executive Rick Blangiardi and fellow businessman Keith Amemiya will advance to a one-on-one battle in November to win the Honolulu mayor’s seat.
The two rookie candidates are the two top vote-getters among a field of 15 candidates with three veteran politicos behind them: former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, City Councilwoman Kym Pine and former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
By percentage points, the second printout showed Blangiardi with 25.74%, Amemiya with 20.61%, Hanabusa with 18.60%, Pine with 14.44% and Hannemann with 10.08%.
While an unknown amount of votes were still out, it accounted for an astounding 256,344 votes tabulated on Oahu alone. That eclipses the previous record of 225,306 total votes cast on Oahu in the 1994 primary.
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