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Pine’s Big Lead Means No Runoff Cory Lum/CIvil Beat

Pine’s Big Lead Means No Runoff

Here are the results for all County Council primary races across the islands.

Voters Returning Most Incumbents To The Legislature PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014

Voters Returning Most Incumbents To The Legislature

Reps. Isaac Choy, Cindy Evans, Sam Kong, Jo Jordan and Sen. Russell Ruderman faced the closest contests in Hawaii’s Democratic primary.

Caldwell, Djou Headed For Runoff In Honolulu Mayor’s Race Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Caldwell, Djou Headed For Runoff In Honolulu Mayor’s Race

The mayor barely outpolled his primary challenger, but neither candidate garnered a majority of the vote, so they both advance.

Harry Kim Wins Big Island Mayor Race Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Harry Kim Wins Big Island Mayor Race

Former managing director Wally Lau finished a distant second.

Schatz, Gabbard And Hanabusa Win Congressional Primaries Eugene Tanner/Civil Beat

Schatz, Gabbard And Hanabusa Win Congressional Primaries

Sen. Brian Schatz and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard are running for re-election, while former Rep. Colleen Hanabusa is seeking to return to Congress.

LIVE BLOG: Hawaii Primary Election 2016 Cory Lum/Civil Beat

LIVE BLOG: Hawaii Primary Election 2016

Civil Beat’s coverage of Hawaii’s primary election starts here with reports from the field, community comments and more on the races.

Hawaii Voters Are Mailing It In Flickr.com

Hawaii Voters Are Mailing It In

Walk-in voting continues to decline as the choice of those balloting early, according to island counties’ Friday tallies.

It Pays To Be An Incumbent In The Hawaii Legislature Cory Lum/Civil Beat

It Pays To Be An Incumbent In The Hawaii Legislature

Our chart depicts how lawmakers running for re-election have collected far more money than challengers — in most cases.

Tulsi Gabbard’s Rising Fortunes Didn’t Prevent A Feisty Challenge Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tulsi Gabbard’s Rising Fortunes Didn’t Prevent A Feisty Challenge

Shay Chan Hodges says the congresswoman doesn’t truly represent her district, so she decided to give voters a choice.

Incumbents Look To Hold Off Reformers In OHA Trustee Elections Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Incumbents Look To Hold Off Reformers In OHA Trustee Elections

Trustees Apoliona, Machado and Lindsey want another term. Could high-profile challengers upset the status quo?