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The candidate for mayor of Honolulu has just one TV commercial running but plans more.

The U.S. senator from Illinois went to high school and college in Hawaii. She’s said to be on Joe Biden’s shortlist for vice president.

The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping both campaigning and what voters are looking for in a candidate.

An apparent increase in the number of Native Hawaiian candidates in 2020 features many young people involved with resistance movements like the Mauna Kea protests. 

The former Honolulu executive is betting that voters will want a tested leader in these testy times.

The police union’s endorsement of Rick Blangiardi for Honolulu mayor makes some wonder whether the relationship might be a little too close for comfort at a time HPD is pushing back against more oversight.

Vote-by-mail might make it easier to vote, but it’s not the fix we need to engage citizens in elections.

The candidate for mayor of Honolulu says her leadership has been tested over time, and that is what’s needed most in a pandemic.

Voters need to support legislative candidates with an economic vision and a willingness to push back against some of Gov. David Ige’s austerity measures.

Political cartoonist John Pritchett returns to Civil Beat just in time for the 2020 campaign season. He’s been around long enough to have seen these guys before.