# 2020 Honolulu mayoral election

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The 2020 Honolulu mayoral election determined the mayor of the City and County of Honolulu for the term commencing in January 2021. Incumbent mayor Kirk Caldwell was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.
The position of mayor of Honolulu is non-partisan. A nonpartisan blanket primary was held on Saturday, August 8, 2020. With no candidate receiving an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top two finishers, Rick Blangiardi and Keith Amemiya, advanced to a November general election runoff on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
Rick Blangiardi won the general election, defeating Amemiya with 58.2% of all votes. The city and county also had a record turnout, with 385,442 total votes in the election being cast. Blangiardi was inaugurated as mayor on January 2, 2021.

## Candidates
### Advanced to runoff

* Keith Amemiya, insurance executive and former executive director of Hawaii High School Athletic Association
* Rick Blangiardi, former University of Hawaii football coach, businessman, and television executive for Hawaii News Now

### Eliminated during primary

* John Carroll, former state senator, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000 and 2016, and candidate for governor of Hawaii in 2018
* Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2011–2015; 2016–2019) (endorsed Blangiardi)
* Mufi Hannemann, former mayor of Honolulu, 2005–2010
* Choon James, real estate broker, candidate for Honolulu City Council, district 2 in 2018
* Audrey Keesing, Hawaii State President of the National Organization for Women, 1994–1999, participant U.N. 4th World Conference on Women. 1995 candidate for State House of Representatives, 1996, participant in the Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition: Joint Hearing
* Kymberly Pine, Honolulu City councilmember, district 1
* William "Bud" Stonebraker, pastor of South Shore Christian Fellowship, kalo farmer, former Hawaiʻi state representative (2000–2006)
* Ho Yin (Jason) Wong, former Chief Governance & Information Officer of an IaaS cloud computing technology company

### Withdrew

* Ikaika Anderson, Honolulu City councilmember, district 3; council chair and presiding officer
* Marissa Kerns, 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii
* Ron Menor, Honolulu City councilmember, district 9

### Declined

* Charles Djou, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2010–2011); candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2016

## Endorsements

Individuals
* Kymberly Pine, Honolulu city councilwoman and former mayoral candidate
* Brian Schatz, U.S. senator from Hawaii
* Dave Shoji, former coach of Rainbow Wahine Volleyball
* Antonio Taguba, retired U.S. Army major general
Unions
* Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA)
* Plumber and Fitters Local 675
* United Public Workers (UPW AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO)
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* State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO), police union for the Honolulu Police Department
Individuals
* Colleen Hanabusa, former mayoral candidate; former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2011–2015; 2016–2019)
* Linda Lingle, former governor of Hawaii (2002–2010)
* Larry Price, former coach of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
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* Ann Kobayashi, member and vice chair of Honolulu City Council
Unions
* Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA)
* International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 142
* Laborers' International Union of North America Local 368
* Operating Engineers Local 3
Unions
* Hawaii Fire Fighters Association (HFFA) Local 1643
* Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Local 996
* International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Union Local 625
* International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1
* Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association Local 630

## Primary
### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Keith Amemiya | Rick Blangiardi | Colleen Hanabusa | Mufi Hannemann | Kym Pine | Choon James | Another candidate | None of these/unsure |
| Honolulu Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now | May 18–20, 2020 | 1038 | ± 3.0% | 10% | 21% | 15% | N/A | 9% | 3% | N/A | 42% |
| Honolulu Star-Advertiser | July 20–22, 2020 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 13% | 21% | 20% | 10% | 9% | N/A | 7% | 20% |
| Honolulu Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now | July 27–30, 2020 | 660 | ± 3.8% | 15% | 27% | 15% | 8% | 12% | N/A | N/A | 21% |

### Results

Honolulu mayoral primary election, August 8, 2020 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Rick Blangiardi | Rick Blangiardi | 69,510 | 25.57% |
| Keith Amemiya | Keith Amemiya | 55,002 | 20.24% |
| Colleen Hanabusa | Colleen Hanabusa | 50,120 | 18.44% |
| Kymberly Pine | Kymberly Pine | 40,008 | 14.72% |
| Mufi Hannemann | Mufi Hannemann | 26,975 | 9.92% |
| William "Bud" Stonebraker | William "Bud" Stonebraker | 17,710 | 6.51% |
| Choon James | Choon James | 5,520 | 2.03% |
| John Carroll | John Carroll | 2,005 | 0.74% |
| Ho-Yin "Jason" Wong | Ho-Yin "Jason" Wong | 1,434 | 0.53% |
| Ernest Caravalho | Ernest Caravalho | 1,136 | 0.42% |
| Audrey Keesing | Audrey Keesing | 822 | 0.30% |
| Micah La'akea Mussell | Micah La'akea Mussell | 538 | 0.20% |
| David "Duke" Bourgoin | David "Duke" Bourgoin | 367 | 0.14% |
| Karl O. Dicks | Karl O. Dicks | 358 | 0.13% |
| Tim Garry | Tim Garry | 311 | 0.11% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 205,801 | 100% |

## General election
### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Rick Blangiardi | Keith Amemiya | Other or undecided |
| Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now | October 2–7, 2020 | 699 (RV) | ± 3.7% | 48% | 28% | 24% |
| Solutions Pacific/Keith Amemiya | September 28 – October 9, 2020 | 1,212 (RV) | – | 37% | 36% | – |
| Mason-Dixon/Honolulu Star-Advertiser | October 12–14, 2020 | 625 (LV) | ± 4% | 49% | 36% | 15% |

### Results

Honolulu mayoral general election, November 3, 2020 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Rick Blangiardi | Rick Blangiardi | 224,474 | 58.2 |
| Keith Amemiya | Keith Amemiya | 149,735 | 38.8 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 11,097 | 2.9 |
| Over votes | Over votes | 136 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 385,442 | 100 |