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+David Ige/Shan Tsutsui (D)
181,106
 		49.45%
Duke Aiona/Elwin Ahu (R)
 		135,775
 		37.08%
Mufi Hannemann/Les Chang (I)
 		42,934
 		11.72%
Jeff Davis/Cynthia "Lahi" Marlin (L)
 		6,395
 		1.75%

366,210
Also 3,001 blank votes and 431 over votes.
Plurality: 45,331 votes (12.38 percentage points).
 State of Hawaii Office of Elections



Notes: In a stunning result, Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) lost the Aug. 9 primary to state Sen. David Ige (D) by a more than two to one margin, ending a political career which began in the 1970s.  Abercrombie touted tough decisions, but some of his proposals such as a tax on pensions and soda tax were unpopular and his relations with the legislature were rocky (1, 2). 

In the general election, Ige defeated former Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona (R)—who was also the Republican nominee in 2010—as well as former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann (I) and Jeff Davis (L).

The three major candidates engaged in debates, including:

Sept. 25 - PBS Hawai'i (>);

Sept. 30 - sponsored by KITV News and Honolulu Civil Beat;

Oct. 7 - sponsored by KHON2 and AARP Hawaii; and

Oct. 15 - sponsored by Hawaii News Now and the Honolulu Advertiser (>).


Campaign Managers:
David Ige:  Keith Hiraoka
(Jan. 2014)  Associate and partner at Roeca, Louie & Hiraoka LLP in Honolulu since 1988.  Associate at Case, Kay & Lynch, 1983-88.  J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law, 1983; B.A. in political science from University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1980.

Duke Aiona:  Bryan Watkins [title: campaign director]
(Aug. 2014)  Executive at the Washington Redskins, May-Aug. 2014.  Manager at Targeted Victory, Mar. 2012-May 2014.  Executive director of the Republican Party of New Mexico, Feb. 2011-Mar. 2012.  National 72-Hour director for the RNC, June-Dec. 2010.  Camapign manager on Damon Dunn for Secretary of State, Nov. 2009-June 2010.  Oregon Victory director (June-Sept. 2008), Minnesota Victory director (Sept.-Nov. 2008) and regional political director on the recount (Nov. 2008-Mar. 2009) for the RNC.  Work on California campaigns, 2003-08.

Mufi Hannemann:  ?

Neil Abercrombie:  Bill Kaneko
Also campaign manager on Abercrombie's 2010 campaign.  President and CEO at the Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs, 2000-14.  Fellow in public affairs at Coro Southern California, 1997-98.  Planning and policy analyst to Gov. John D. Waihee III, 1988-93.  J.D. from The Catholic University of America, 1996; bachelor's in business administration from University of Puget Sound, 1983.


See also:
Chad Blair.  "In Comparing Campaigns, It's David Ige Vs. Goliath Abercrombie."  Honolulu Civil Beat, July 14, 2014.

Ian Lind.  "Reemergence Shows Guts—and Ego."  Honolulu Civil Beat, Apr. 30, 2014.

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