# 2012 Honolulu mayoral election

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The 2012 Honolulu mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu. Kirk Caldwell was elected mayor, beating opponent and former Hawaii governor Ben Cayetano.
The position of Mayor of Honolulu is non-partisan. A non-partisan blanket primary was held on August 11, 2012. Because no candidate received an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top two finishers, Ben Cayetano and Kirk Caldwell, advanced to the November general election runoff. Incumbent Independent mayor Peter Carlisle was seeking a first full term in office but finished third in the primary and did not proceed to the runoff election.

## Candidates

* Kirk Caldwell, former Acting Mayor of Honolulu and managing director of Honolulu
* Ben Cayetano, former Governor of Hawaii

### Eliminated

* Peter Carlisle, incumbent Mayor
* Khistina Caldwell Dejean, candidate for mayor in 2010

## Primary
### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Kirk Caldwell | Peter Carlisle | Ben Cayetano | Undecided |
| Merriman River/Civil Beat | July 31–August 2, 2012 | 1,098 | ± 3.0% | 24% | 19% | 51% | 4% |
| Merriman River/Civil Beat | June 5–7, 2012 | 799 | ± 3.5% | 23% | 21% | 44% | 12% |
| Merriman River/Civil Beat | February 26–27, 2012 | 1,172 | ± 2.9% | 16% | 21% | 53% | 9% |

### Results

Honolulu mayoral primary election, 2012 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ben Cayetano | Ben Cayetano | 90,956 | 44.1 |
| Kirk Caldwell | Kirk Caldwell | 59,963 | 29.1 |
| Peter Carlisle (incumbent) | Peter Carlisle (incumbent) | 51,101 | 24.8 |
| Blank Votes | Blank Votes | 2,678 | 1.3 |
| Khistina Caldwell Dejean | Khistina Caldwell Dejean | 1,289 | 0.6 |
| Over Votes | Over Votes | 47 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 206,034 | 100 |

## General election
### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Kirk Caldwell | Ben Cayetano | Undecided |
| Civil Beat | October 24–26, 2012 | 886 | ± 3.3% | 45% | 50% | 5% |
| Hawaii News Now – Star Advertiser | October 15–22, 2012 | 552 | ± 4.2% | 53% | 42% | 5% |
| Civil Beat | September 26–28, 2012 | 1,257 | ± 2.8% | 42% | 51% | 7% |
| Pacific Resource Partnership | August 16–20, 2012 | 700 | ± 3.7% | 47% | 45% | 8% |

### Results

Results, Honolulu mayoral general election, November 6, 2012 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Kirk Caldwell | Kirk Caldwell | 157,714 | 52.9 |
| Ben Cayetano | Ben Cayetano | 134,740 | 45.2 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 5,827 | 2.0 |
| Over votes | Over votes | 58 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 298,339 | 100 |

#### By district

| District | Neighborhood | Caldwell | Cayetano |
| 17 | Hawaii Kai | 49.7% | 50.3% |
| 18 | Kuliouou Niu | 46.7 | 53.3 |
| 19 | Waialae Kahala | 48.2 | 51.8 |
| 20 | Wilhelmina | 52 | 48 |
| 21 | Kapiolani | 54.3 | 45.7 |
| 22 | Waikiki | 52.7 | 47.3 |
| 23 | Manoa UH | 56.2 | 43.8 |
| 24 | Makiki Pawaa | 52.2 | 47.8 |
| 25 | Punchbowl | 52.5 | 47.5 |
| 26 | Downtown | 53.8 | 46.2 |
| 27 | Alewa Hghts | 51.1 | 48.9 |
| 28 | Kapalama | 42.6 | 57.4 |
| 29 | Iwilei | 48.4 | 51.6 |
| 30 | HNL | 41.8 | 58.2 |
| 31 | Shafter | 55.9 | 44.1 |
| 32 | Tripler | 56.4 | 43.6 |
| 33 | Aiea R. Summit | 62.7 | 37.3 |
| 34 | Pacific Palsds | 61.8 | 38.2 |
| 35 | Pearl Waipio | 59.2 | 40.8 |
| 36 | Mili Mauka | 63.2 | 36.7 |
| 37 | Waikele | 62 | 38 |
| 38 | Waipahu | 48.7 | 51.3 |
| 39 | Kunia/Park | 60 | 40 |
| 40 | Iroquois | 57.1 | 42.9 |
| 41 | Ewa Villages | 59.6 | 40.4 |
| 42 | Kap/Makakilo | 65.1 | 34.9 |
| 43 | Ko Olina | 57.2 | 42.8 |
| 44 | Waianae | 51.9 | 48.1 |
| 45 | Schofield | 55.8 | 44.2 |
| 46 | Wahiawa | 55.9 | 44.1 |
| 47 | Haleiwa | 49.7 | 50.3 |
| 48 | Ahuimanu | 50 | 50 |
| 49 | Aikahi | 52.2 | 47.8 |
| 50 | KMCBH | 45.5 | 54.5 |
| 51 | Enchanted Lks | 49.1 | 50.9 |