2010 Honolulu mayoral special election

none January 2025 September 2023 2010 Honolulu mayoral special election Flag of Honolulu, Hawaii.svg presidential no 2008 Honolulu mayoral election 2008 2012 Honolulu mayoral election 2012 2010 09 18 Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle at Rail Groundbreaking 2011-02-22 CROP (cropped).jpg Peter Carlisle c0c0c0 80,553 38.8% Kirk Caldwell campaign announcement (cropped).jpg Kirk Caldwell c0c0c0 71,815 34.6% Panos Prevedouros as Mayoral Candidate (cropped).jpg Panos Prevedouros c0c0c0 38,439 18.5% Mayor Mufi Hannemann Democratic Party (United States) Peter Carlisle Independent (politician) The 2010 Honolulu special mayoral election was held on September 18, 2010. The election coincided with Hawaii's primary election. The winner of the election, Peter Carlisle, filled the unexpired term of former Democratic Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, who resigned on July 20, 2010, to run in the 2010 election for Governor of Hawaii.Mufi Hannemann to resign as Honolulu Mayor http://www.khon2.com/mostpopular/story/Mufi-Hannemann-to-resign-as-Honolulu-Mayor/k9uB16ZsFEaC2froglIGEA.cspx KHON-TV 2010-07-20 2010-09-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110616212751/http://www.khon2.com/mostpopular/story/Mufi-Hannemann-to-resign-as-Honolulu-Mayor/k9uB16ZsFEaC2froglIGEA.cspx 2011-06-16 Honolulu Managing Director Kirk Caldwell was acting Mayor of Honolulu on July 20, 2010, following Hannemann's resignation, until the special election was held. Special election background Mayor Mufi Hannemann was re-elected to a second term in the 2008 mayoral election. In 2010, he announced his intention seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of Hawaii in the gubernatorial election. Under Hawaii's resign-to-run law, Hannemann had to resign as Mayor of Honolulu in order to pursue election to another office in the state.Mufi Hannemann resigns, files papers for governor Mayor http://www.samoanews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=17169&edition=1279706400 Samoa News 2010-07-21 2010-09-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135406/http://www.samoanews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=17169&edition=1279706400 2011-07-17 Mayor Hannemann resigned from office on July 20, 2010, and formally became a candidate for Governor of Hawaii.Mari-Ela David Hannemann resigns, Hawaii governor's race officially starts http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/global/story.asp?s=12843933 Hawaii News Now 2010-08-21 2010-09-08 Hanneman's resignation necessitated a special mayoral election to fill the remainder of the mayor's unexpired term. The Honolulu City Council set the date for the mayoral election for September 18, 2010. Candidates Kirk Caldwell, acting Mayor of Honolulu Peter Carlisle, Honolulu city prosecutor and lawyer Panos D. Prevedouros, University of Hawaii engineering professorRail opponent Panos Prevedouros to run for mayor http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11878022 Hawaii News Now 2010-01-25 2010-09-08 Rod Tam, Honolulu city councilman Withdrawn Donovan Dela Cruz, Honolulu city councilman Polls An August 2010 poll conducted by Hawaii News Now and the Star-Advertiser showed Peter Carlisle at 49 percent, Kirk Caldwell with 25 percent, Panos Prevedouros with 11 percent, and Rod Tam being favored by 4 percent of potential voters.Teri Okita Exclusive poll shows clear frontrunner in Honolulu mayor's race http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13032725 Hawaii News Now 2010-08-24 2010-09-08 Carlisle won the election. http://www.staradvertiser.com/elections/2010/primary/20100918_Carlisle_leads_in_Honolulu_mayors_race.html Carlisle wins Honolulu mayor's race Honolulu Star-Advertiser B. J. Reyes September 18, 2010 September 29, 2010 Results Honolulu mayoral special election, 2010 Peter Carlisle Nonpartisan candidate 80,553 38.8 Kirk Caldwell Nonpartisan candidate 71,815 34.6 Panos Prevedouros Nonpartisan candidate 38,439 18.5 Rod Tam Nonpartisan candidate 3,036 1.5 Khistina De Jean Nonpartisan candidate 761 0.4 Philmund Lee Nonpartisan candidate 642 0.3 Calvin Griffin Nonpartisan candidate 582 0.3 John Andrew McLeod Nonpartisan candidate 391 0.2 Blank votes/over votes n/a 11,218 5.5 100.0 References Category:2010 elections in Hawaii Category:Mayoral elections in Honolulu Category:2010 United States mayoral elections Category:Mayoral special elections in the United States Honolulu mayoral 2010 2010 Category:2010 in Hawaii Category:2010s in Hawaii Category:Government of Honolulu Category:September 2010 in the United States Category:2010 elections in Oceania Category:2010 elections in the United States