Edited sentence: "Kobayashi, 72, beat out 13 other candidates in the mail-in election that also included former state Sen.Matsunaga had 6,284 votes, or 30.8 percent, and Kinney got 3,822 votes, or 18.7 percent.Matt Matsunaga and labor attorney Nathaniel Kinney......Kobayashi won with 7,658 votes, or 37.6 percent