The 2020 Honolulu mayoral election determined the mayor of the City and County of Honolulu for the term commencing in January 2021. Incumbent mayor Kirk Caldwell was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.
The position of mayor of Honolulu is non-partisan. A nonpartisan blanket primary was held on Saturday, August 8, 2020. With no candidate receiving an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top two finishers, Rick Blangiardi and Keith Amemiya, advanced to a November general election runoff on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
Rick Blangiardi won the general election, defeating Amemiya with 58.2% of all votes. The city and county also had a record turnout, with 385,442 total votes in the election being cast. Blangiardi was inaugurated as mayor on January 2, 2021.
Candidates
Advanced to runoff Keith Amemiya, insurance executive and former executive director of Hawaii High School Athletic Association Rick Blangiardi, former University of Hawaii football coach, businessman, and television executive for Hawaii News Now
Eliminated during primary John Carroll, former state senator, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000 and 2016, and candidate for governor of Hawaii in 2018 Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2011–2015; 2016–2019) (endorsed Blangiardi) Mufi Hannemann, former mayor of Honolulu, 2005–2010 Choon James, real estate broker, candidate for Honolulu City Council, district 2 in 2018 Audrey Keesing, Hawaii State President of the National Organization for Women, 1994–1999, participant U.N. 4th World Conference on Women. 1995 candidate for State House of Representatives, 1996, participant in the Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition: Joint Hearing Kymberly Pine, Honolulu City councilmember, district 1 William "Bud" Stonebraker, pastor of South Shore Christian Fellowship, kalo farmer, former Hawaiʻi state representative (2000–2006) Ho Yin (Jason) Wong, former Chief Governance & Information Officer of an IaaS cloud computing technology company
Withdrew Ikaika Anderson, Honolulu City councilmember, district 3; council chair and presiding officer Marissa Kerns, 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii Ron Menor, Honolulu City councilmember, district 9
Declined Charles Djou, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2010–2011); candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2016
Endorsements
Primary Polling
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror KeithAmemiya RickBlangiardi ColleenHanabusa MufiHannemann KymPine ChoonJames Anothercandidate None of these/unsure Honolulu Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now May 18–20, 2020 1038 ± 3.0% 10% 21% 15% N/A 9% 3% N/A 42% Honolulu Star-Advertiser July 20–22, 2020 400 ± 5.0% 13% 21% 20% 10% 9% N/A 7% 20% Honolulu Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now July 27–30, 2020 660 ± 3.8% 15% 27% 15% 8% 12% N/A N/A 21%
Results
General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error RickBlangiardi KeithAmemiya Other or undecidedCivil Beat/Hawaii News NowCivil Beat/Hawaii News Now October 2–7, 2020 699 (RV) ± 3.7% 48% 28% 24%Solutions Pacific/Keith AmemiyaSolutions Pacific/Keith Amemiya September 28 – October 9, 2020 1,212 (RV) – 37% 36% –Mason-Dixon/Honolulu Star-AdvertiserMason-Dixon/Honolulu Star-Advertiser October 12–14, 2020 625 (LV) ± 4% 49% 36% 15%
Results
See also 2020 Hawaii elections
Notes
References
External links Official campaign websites for mayoral candidates Keith Amemiya for Mayor Rick Blangiardi for Mayor