page_title: 2012 Honolulu mayoral election
section_title: Candidates
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Honolulu mayoral election / Candidates
caption_attribution_description: Photo from Kirk Caldwell's announcement for his candidacy for Mayor of Honolulu at the Kalihi Transit Center on January 12. 2012.
context_page_description: 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 11 August 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.
context_section_description: Kirk Caldwell, former Acting Mayor of Honolulu and Managing Director of Honolulu (voter registration: Democratic)
  Ben Cayetano, former Governor of Hawaii (voter registration: Democratic)
caption: Kirk Caldwell announces his second run for mayor, January 2012.
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