Election 2020

Only 1 Major Candidate Running To Succeed Tulsi Gabbard

By Audrey McAvoy • Aug 2, 2020

HONOLULU (AP) -- There’s only one major candidate in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, virtually guaranteeing he will be sworn in as Hawaii’s newest congressman in January.

Foreign Threats Loom Ahead Of US Presidential Election

By Associated Press • Aug 1, 2020

NEW YORK — As the Nov. 3 presidential vote nears, there are fresh signs that the nation’s electoral system is again under attack from foreign adversaries.

Honolulu Prosecutor Candidate Dwight Nadamoto: 'Mr. Kaneshiro Isn't Running For Office, I'm Running'

By Casey Harlow • Jul 30, 2020

Honolulu voters get to choose a new prosecutor this year, and HPR will be profiling the major candidates running for the office ahead of the August 8 primary. Today, a look at acting prosecuting attorney Dwight Nadamoto.

Honolulu Prosecutor Candidate Megan Kau: 'I Will Lead By Example'

By Casey Harlow • Jul 23, 2020

Honolulu voters get to choose a new prosecutor this year, and HPR will be profiling the major candidates running for the office ahead of the August 8th primary. Today, we talk with former deputy prosecutor and criminal defense lawyer Megan Kau.

Sit-Down With Candidates For Honolulu Mayor: Mufi Hannemann

By Ryan Finnerty • Jul 23, 2020

Hawaii voters are casting mail ballots in primary elections for county, state, and federal offices. Oahu voters will be making their pick for the mayor of the City and County of Honolulu.

Know The Candidates Running For Honolulu Prosecutor

By Casey Harlow • Jul 16, 2020

Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney

Honolulu voters will be choosing a new prosecutor this year, after the current one stepped down in the wake of the Kealoha corruption scandal. HPR will be profiling the major candidates running for the office up until the Aug. 8 primary election.

Honolulu Prosecutor Candidate Jacquie Esser: 'Minor Reforms Are Not Enough' In Fixing Justice System

By Casey Harlow • Jul 16, 2020

Honolulu voters get to choose a new prosecutor this year and HPR will be profiling the major candidates running for the office ahead of the Aug. 8 primary election. Here's a look at Jacquie Esser.

Sit-Down With Candidates For Honolulu Mayor: Rick Blangiardi

By Ryan Finnerty • Jul 16, 2020

The former television executive argues that his three decades overseeing large broadcasters in Hawaii give him the experience needed to steer Oahu through the twin challenges of a pandemic and deep recession.

Honolulu Prosecutor Candidate RJ Brown: 'Better Days Are Ahead For The Office'

By Casey Harlow • Jul 9, 2020

Honolulu voters get to choose a new prosecutor this year. HPR will be profiling the candidates running for the office ahead of the Aug. 8 primary election.

Sit Down With Candidates For Honolulu Mayor: Choon James

By Ryan Finnerty • Jul 7, 2020

Courtesy of Choon James for Mayor

Choon James has spent a lot of time in Honolulu Hale over the past 20 years, but never as a public official. The Singapore-born real estate broker has been a long-time advocate before the City Council on issues like land use. This year, she decided that was no longer enough.

Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Candidate Steve Alm: 'Strike Hard Blows, But Not Foul Ones'

By Casey Harlow • Jul 2, 2020

Honolulu voters will be choosing a new prosecutor this year after the current one stepped down in the wake of the Kealoha corruption scandal. HPR will be profiling the candidates running for the office until the August 8 primaries.

Mail-In Ballots Thrust Postal Service Into Presidential Race

By Associated Press • Jun 25, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service's famous motto — "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers" — is being tested like never before, by challenges that go well beyond the weather.

Sit-Down With Candidates For Honolulu Mayor: Keith Amemiya

By Ryan Finnerty • Jun 25, 2020

Voters on Oahu will elect a new mayor in 2020. HPR will be sitting down with mayoral hopefuls to discuss their top concerns and why they want the job.

Young People Turned Out To Protest. Now, Will They Vote?

By Associated Press • Jun 11, 2020

CHICAGO — Young adults have filled streets across the country on a scale not seen since the 1960s to protest for racial justice after the death of George Floyd. But whether that energy translates to increased turnout in November is another question.

Sit-Down With Candidates For Honolulu Mayor: Kym Pine

By Ryan Finnerty • Jun 11, 2020

Voters on Oahu will elect a new mayor this year. There’s a crowded field, with 15 candidates officially in the race.

Sit-Down With Candidates for Honolulu Mayor

By Ryan Finnerty • Jun 10, 2020

Voters on Oahu will elect a new mayor in 2020. HPR is sitting down with mayoral hopefuls to discuss their top concerns and why they want the job.

A Referendum Election In November? Trump Allies See Risks

By Associated Press • May 2, 2020

WASHINGTON — Six months from Election Day, President Donald Trump’s prospects for winning a second term have been jolted by a historic pandemic and a cratering economy, rattling some of his Republican allies and upending the playbook his campaign had hoped to be using by now against Democrat Joe Biden.

With 3 More Victories, Biden Pulls Further Away From Sanders

By Associated Press • Mar 17, 2020

Updated 3/17/20, 5:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden swept to victory in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday, increasingly pulling away with a Democratic presidential primary upended by the coronavirus and building pressure on Bernie Sanders to abandon his campaign.