Trevor Ozawa and Tyler Dos Santos-Tam win Honolulu City Council seats

Trevor Ozawa and Tyler Dos Santos-Tam win Honolulu City Council seats

Trevor Ozawa and Tyler Dos Santos-Tam won seats on the Honolulu City Council Tuesday night, with Ozawa reclaiming the District 4 seat and Dos Santos-Tam earning a second term in District 6, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. Ozawa, a lawyer and former council member, soundly defeated first-time challenger Tara Malia Gregory in East Oahu’s District 4 … Read more

Hawaii legislative races remain too close to call; five GOP incumbents trailing in early results

Democrats expected to pick up 6 seats in Legislature

Several Hawaii legislative races remained too close to call early Wednesday morning, with five Republican incumbents facing defeat and Democrats flirting with a pickup of six seats that would further cement their supermajority in the state Capitol, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The second printout of results, representing most votes cast, showed Democrats potentially expanding their … Read more