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Ann Kobayashi

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	Ann H. Kobayashi
office	Member of the Honolulu City Council
from the 5th district
term_start	August 8, 2009
term_end	January 2, 2021
predecessor	Duke Bainum
successor	Calvin Say
term_start1	2002
term_end1	2008
successor1	Duke Bainum
state_senate2	Hawaii
district2	10th
term_start2	1981
term_end2	1994
birth_date
birth_place	Honolulu, Hawaii
party	Democratic
otherparty	Republican (before 1988)
spouse	Paul Kobayashi (divorced)
children	3 (Dale, Mark and Susan)
residence	Manoa, Hawaii, U.S.
alma_mater	Pembroke College and Northwestern University
occupation	Politician, businesswoman
website	annkobayashi.com

from the 5th district

Ann Hayashi Kobayashi (born April 10, 1937) is an American politician and businesswoman from Honolulu, Hawaii. She was a member of the Honolulu City Council, representing District 5 from 2009 to 2021. She previously held the same City Council seat between 2002 and 2008, but resigned from the seat to unsuccessfully run for Mayor of Honolulu against incumbent Mufi Hannemann. She was also a member of the Hawaii Senate between 1981 and 1994.

Personal life

Ann Kobayashi was born April 10, 1937, in Honolulu to Mori and Florence Hayashi. She grew up with her brother Roy Hayashi near Punchbowl Crater, later moving with her family to Nu‘uanu Valley.

Kobayashi graduated from President Theodore Roosevelt High School before attending Pembroke College in Brown University and Northwestern University.

She was married to Paul Kobayashi until their divorce, and has three children.

Political career

From 1981 to 1994, Kobayashi represented the Manoa area in the Hawaii Senate. During that time, she was chairwoman of the State Senate's Ways and Means Committee for two years. In 1994, Kobayashi ran for Mayor of Honolulu but lost. In 1997, she was the Executive Assistant to Mayor Jeremy Harris, and from 1997 to 2002 she worked in the State Executive office as a Special Assistant to Governor Ben Cayetano.

In 2002, Kobayashi successfully ran for Honolulu City Council District 5. She gave up her council seat in 2008 when she again ran for Mayor of Honolulu. She lost the election, and her council seat was won by Duke Bainum, who ran unopposed. Bainum, however, died on June 9, 2009, leaving the council seat vacant. The special election that was held resulted in Kobayashi being declared the winner on August 8 with more than 37 percent of the vote.

References

Boylan, Peter. (September 16, 2008). "Hawaii rail project motivated Kobayashi's run for mayor". [[The Honolulu Advertiser]].
Staff. (July 14, 2009). "Kobayashi to Run in Special Election". [[KGMB.
Altonn, Helen. (June 10, 2009). "Councilman Duke Bainum dies". [[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]].
Pang, Gordon Y.K.. (August 7, 2009). "Kobayashi returned to City Council in special electionml". [[The Honolulu Advertiser]].

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