# 2016 Honolulu mayoral election

"none" is preferred when the title is already sufficiently detailed; see [[WP:SDNONE]]
Elections in Hawaii :
Federal government
Presidential elections
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2016
2020
2024
Republican
2008
2012
2016
2024
U.S. Senate elections
1959
1962
1964
1968
1970
1974
1976
1980
1982
1986
1988
1990
1990 sp
1992
1994
1998
2000
2004
2006
2010
2012
2014 sp
2016
2018
2022
2024
2028
U.S. House of Representatives elections
1959
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1st sp
1988
1990
2nd sp
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2nd sp
2003 (2nd sp)
2004
2006
2008
2010
1st sp
2012
2014
2016
1st sp
2018
2020
2022
2024 :
State government
Gubernatorial elections
1959
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
Senate elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
House of Representatives elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024 :
Hawaiian Kingdom era
House of Representatives
1884
1886 :
Ballot measures
1998
Amendment 2
2024
Amendment 1 :
Honolulu
Mayoral elections
2008
2010 sp
2012
2016
2020
2024 :
vte :
The 2016 Honolulu mayoral election determined the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu for the full term commencing in January 2017. As in the previous several elections, Skyline and its cost overruns was a major topic of the campaign.
Incumbent Democratic Mayor Kirk Caldwell ran for re-election to a second term. A non-partisan blanket primary was held on Saturday, August 13, 2016. As no candidate received an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top-two finishers, Caldwell and former Republican U.S. Representative Charles Djou, advanced to the general election runoff on Tuesday, November 8, 2016; Caldwell won with 52 percent of the vote, to Djou's 48 percent.

## Candidates

* Kirk Caldwell, incumbent Mayor of Honolulu (voter registration: Democratic)
* Charles Djou, former U.S. Representative and former Honolulu City Councilman (voter registration: Republican)

### Eliminated

* Kurt Baker
* Zachary Burd
* Ernest Caravalho
* Peter Carlisle, former Mayor of Honolulu (voter registration: Independent)
* Lawrence Friedman
* Tim Garry
* Ronald Hochuli
* Lillian Hong
* Angela Kaaihue (ran instead for, and received the Republican nomination as, U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district)
* Mike Powers
* Joseph Wargo

## Endorsements

Politicians
* George Ariyoshi, former Governor and Lt. Governor
* David Ige, Hawaii Governor
Unions
* Hawaii Construction Alliance
* Hawaii Government Employees Association
* International Longshore and Warehouse Union Hawaii Longshore Division
* State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO)
Politicians
* Duke Aiona, former Lt. Governor
* Ben Cayetano, former Governor and Lt. Governor
* Walter Meheula Heen, Judge and former Chair of the Democratic Party of Hawaii
* Ann Kobayashi, Honolulu City Council member and former Hawaii State Senator
Unions
* International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, Local 132
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1186
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1260
* International Union of Elevator Constructors, Local 126
* Plumbers and Fitters Union, Local 675

## Primary
### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Kirk Caldwell | Peter Carlisle | Charles Djou | Undecided |
| Hawaii News Now – Star-Advertiser | June–July, 2016 | 401 | ± 4.9% | 30% | 15% | 39% | 9% |

### Primary results

Honolulu mayoral primary election, August 13, 2016 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Kirk Caldwell (incumbent) | Kirk Caldwell (incumbent) | 74,057 | 43.7% |
| Charles Djou | Charles Djou | 72,520 | 42.8% |
| Peter Carlisle | Peter Carlisle | 15,539 | 9.2% |
| Blank Votes | Blank Votes | 3,440 | 2.0% |
| Lillian Lai Wam Wang Hong | Lillian Lai Wam Wang Hong | 1,140 | 0.7% |
| Ernest Caravalho | Ernest Caravalho | 781 | 0.5% |
| Ronald E. Hochuli | Ronald E. Hochuli | 635 | 0.4% |
| Kurt Baker | Kurt Baker | 360 | 0.2% |
| Lawrence Friedman | Lawrence Friedman | 346 | 0.2% |
| Mike Powers | Mike Powers | 317 | 0.2% |
| Tim Garry | Tim Garry | 210 | 0.1% |
| Zachary B. Burd | Zachary B. Burd | 97 | 0.1% |
| Over votes | Over votes | 72 | 0.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 169,514 | 100% |

## General election
### Results

Caldwell won reelection on November 8, 2016, in the runoff with Djou, 52.2% to 47.8%. Though both candidates supported the municipal rail project, substantial cost overruns were an issue, as was Caldwell's alleged interference with the Ethics Commission.