UPDATED: 2014 General Election Endorsements

The Candidates listed here have been recommended by Local 5’s member-led Political Action Team and approved of by the Union’s Executive Board as of Monday, October 27, 2014. PDF version here.

The 2014 General Election is on Tuesday, November 4. Polling hours are 7:00am – 6:00pm. More information can be found at the State of Hawaii Office of Elections website.

U.S. Senator: Brian Schatz
U.S. Representative Congressional District 1 (Honolulu): Mark Takai
U.S. Representative Congressional District 2 (Neighbor Islands, Rural Oahu): Tulsi Gabbard
Governor: David Ige
Lieutenant Governor: Shan Tsutsui
State Senate 4 (Hilo, Hamakua, Kohala, Waimea, Waikoloa, Kona): Lorraine Inouye
State Senate 23 (Kaneohe, Kauula, Laie, Kahuku, Waialua, Haleiwa, Wahiawa, Kunia): Gil Riviere
State Rep. 6 (Kailua-Kona, Holualoa, Kalaoa, Honokohau): Nicole Lowen
State Rep. 9 (Kahului, Puunene, Old San Hills, Maui Lani): Justin Woodson
State Rep. 20 (St. Louis Heights, Palolo, Maunalani Heights, Wilhelmina Rise, Kaimuki): Keiko Bonk
State Rep. 36 (Mililani Mauka, Mililani): Marilyn Lee
State Rep. 38 (Waipahu): Henry Aquino
State Rep. 40 (Ewa, Ewa Beach, Ewa Gentry, Iroquois Point): Rose Martinez
State Rep. 41 (Ewa Villages, Ewa Beach, Ewa Gentry, Ocean Pointe, West Loch): Matt Lopresti
State Rep. 47 (Laie, Hauula, Punaluu, Waikane, Waialua, Haleiwa, Pupukea, Kahuku, Sunset Beach): Kent Fonoimoana
State Rep. 48 (Haiku Valley, Kahaluu, Heeia, Ahuimanu, Kaneohe): Jarrett Keohokalole
Maui County Council: Elle Cochran
Kauai County Council: Gary Hooser
City Council District 4 (Oahu – Waikiki, Wilhelmina Rise, portions of Kaimuki and Kapahulu, Diamond Head, Kahala to Hawaii Kai): Tommy Waters