As the results from the Mayor primary on Saturday filters in, former Governor Ben Cayetano won 33 of the 35 legislative House districts on Oahu for a combine 44.8 percent of the vote. Cayetano and former Managing Director Kirk Caldwell will enter a head to head runoff in the general election on November 6, 2012. Caldwell received 29.5 percent of the vote, while current Mayor Peter Carlisle received 25.1 percent of the vote.
Cayetano, who is strongly opposed to the Honolulu Rail Project, has stated that he was pleased with the results. Caldwell, a strong supporter of rail, has backing from labor groups and public and private unions. The $5.6 billion rain question would be which candidate Carlisle’s 25.1 percent of voters will back now that Carlisle is out of the race. Carlisle, like Caldwell, was pro-rail.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 8-13-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
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