Election

In primary election wins determined by drawing, Bob McDermott is the Republican nominee for state Senate District 20 and Sheila Medeiros is the Republican nominee for state House District 43.

In the final released primary election results, incumbent Kurt Fevella tied Bob McDermott, and Sheila Medeiros tied Kanani Souza in their respective races.

Mililani Trask, sister of the late Haunani-Kay Trask, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about what her family sees as a deepfake AI campaign ad that used the likeness of her sister.

HPR speaks with state Sen. Karl Rhoads about concerns around a possibly AI-generated campaign commercial run by independent candidate Nathan Berning.

One is the Republican contest for the Senate district serving ʻEwa Beach. The other is also a Republican race for the state House district serving Kapolei and Makakilo.

HPR’s Cassie Ordonio reports on the results for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs races; Mokulele Airlines begins test flights with BETA Technologies' fully-electric Alia aircrafts.

The general election will be a fight for the third spot on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs at-large race.

The gathering aims to unify Hawaiʻi’s dominant political party around its chosen candidates — and to heal wounds opened during the campaign.

Incumbents mostly ruled the day and several top races were decided early Saturday night, even with historically low voter turnout.

Residents showed up to vote in the Hawaiʻi primary election on Saturday, Aug. 8