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2010 Honolulu mayoral special election

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Field	Value
election_name	2010 Honolulu mayoral special election
flag_image	Flag of Honolulu, Hawaii.svg
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 Honolulu mayoral election
previous_year	2008
next_election	2012 Honolulu mayoral election
next_year	2012
election_date
image1	Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle at Rail Groundbreaking 2011-02-22 CROP (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Peter Carlisle
color1	c0c0c0
popular_vote1	80,553
percentage1	38.8%
image2	Kirk Caldwell campaign announcement (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Kirk Caldwell
color2	c0c0c0
popular_vote2	71,815
percentage2	34.6%
image3	Panos Prevedouros as Mayoral Candidate (cropped).jpg
nominee3	Panos Prevedouros
color3	c0c0c0
popular_vote3	38,439
percentage3	18.5%
title	Mayor
before_election	Mufi Hannemann
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Peter Carlisle
after_party	Independent (politician)

The 2010 Honolulu special mayoral election was held on September 18, 2010.

Honolulu Managing Director Kirk Caldwell was acting Mayor of Honolulu on July 20, 2010, following Hannemann's resignation, until the special election was held.

Special election background

Mayor Mufi Hannemann was re-elected to a second term in the 2008 mayoral election. In 2010, he announced his intention seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of Hawaii in the gubernatorial election. Under Hawaii's resign-to-run law, Hannemann had to resign as Mayor of Honolulu in order to pursue election to another office in the state.

Mayor Hannemann resigned from office on July 20, 2010, and formally became a candidate for Governor of Hawaii. Hanneman's resignation necessitated a special mayoral election to fill the remainder of the mayor's unexpired term.

The Honolulu City Council set the date for the mayoral election for September 18, 2010.

Candidates

Kirk Caldwell, acting Mayor of Honolulu
Peter Carlisle, Honolulu city prosecutor and lawyer
Panos D. Prevedouros, University of Hawaii engineering professor
Rod Tam, Honolulu city councilman

Withdrawn

Donovan Dela Cruz, Honolulu city councilman

Polls

An August 2010 poll conducted by Hawaii News Now and the Star-Advertiser showed Peter Carlisle at 49 percent, Kirk Caldwell with 25 percent, Panos Prevedouros with 11 percent, and Rod Tam being favored by 4 percent of potential voters. Carlisle won the election.

Results

References

(2010-07-20). "Mufi Hannemann to resign as Honolulu Mayor". [[KHON-TV]].
(2010-07-21). "Mufi Hannemann resigns, files papers for governor Mayor". [[Samoa News]].
David, Mari-Ela. (2010-08-21). "Hannemann resigns, Hawaii governor's race officially starts". [[Hawaii News Now]].
(2010-01-25). "Rail opponent Panos Prevedouros to run for mayor". [[Hawaii News Now]].
Okita, Teri. (2010-08-24). "Exclusive poll shows clear frontrunner in Honolulu mayor's race". [[Hawaii News Now]].
B. J. Reyes. (September 18, 2010). "Carlisle wins Honolulu mayor's race". [[Honolulu Star-Advertiser]].

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