Tommy Waters
2019 - Present
2027
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Tommy Waters is a member of the Honolulu City Council in Hawaii, representing District 4. He assumed office on May 8, 2019. His current term ends on January 2, 2027.
Waters ran for re-election to the Honolulu City Council to represent District 4 in Hawaii. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Waters (Democratic Party) also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 13, 2022.
Waters was a nonpartisan candidate for Honolulu City Council in the general election on November 6, 2018. The results of that election were invalidated by the Hawaii Supreme Court in January 2019.[1]
Biography
Waters obtained a B.A. in political science and a J.D. from the University of Hawaii. His professional experience includes working as a defense lawyer. He represented District 51 as a Democrat in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008. During his tenure, he chaired the Judiciary (2006 to 2008) and Higher Education (2004 to 2008) committees and served as the majority whip (2004 to 2008).[2][3]
Elections
2022
Congressional election
See also: Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2
Jill Tokuda defeated Joseph Akana and Michelle Rose Tippens in the general election for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jill Tokuda (D) | 62.2 | 128,407 | |
| Joseph Akana (R) | 35.3 | 72,874 | ||
| Michelle Rose Tippens (L) | 2.5 | 5,130 | ||
| Total votes: 206,411 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jill Tokuda | 57.6 | 62,275 | |
| Patrick Branco | 25.0 | 27,057 | ||
| Kyle Yoshida | 6.1 | 6,624 | ||
| Brendan Schultz | 5.7 | 6,115 | ||
| Nicole Gi | 3.6 | 3,937 | ||
| Steven Sparks | 2.0 | 2,137 | ||
| Total votes: 108,145 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tommy Waters (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2
Joseph Akana defeated Joe Webster in the Republican primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Akana | 83.9 | 28,200 | |
| Joe Webster | 16.1 | 5,403 | ||
| Total votes: 33,603 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2
Michelle Rose Tippens advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Hawaii District 2 on August 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle Rose Tippens | 100.0 | 343 | |
| Total votes: 343 | ||||
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Honolulu City Council election
See also: City elections in Honolulu, Hawaii (2022)
General election
General election for Honolulu City Council District 4
Incumbent Tommy Waters defeated Kaleo Nakoa in the general election for Honolulu City Council District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tommy Waters (Nonpartisan) | 73.6 | 28,512 | |
| Kaleo Nakoa (Nonpartisan) | 26.4 | 10,203 | ||
| Total votes: 38,715 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tommy Waters and Kaleo Nakoa advanced from the primary for Honolulu City Council District 4.
2019
See also: City elections in Honolulu, Hawaii (2019)
General election
Special general election for Honolulu City Council District 4
Tommy Waters defeated Trevor Ozawa in the special general election for Honolulu City Council District 4 on April 13, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tommy Waters (Nonpartisan) | 51.4 | 17,491 | |
| Trevor Ozawa (Nonpartisan) | 48.5 | 16,487 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 27 | ||
| Total votes: 34,005 | ||||
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2018
Note: The results of this election were invalidated by the Hawaii Supreme Court. A special election to fill the seat was held on April 13, 2019.[1][4]
See also: Municipal elections in Honolulu, Hawaii (2018)
General election
General election for Honolulu City Council District 4
No candidate won the general election for Honolulu City Council District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| Trevor Ozawa (Nonpartisan) | 50.0 | 18,358 | ||
| Tommy Waters (Nonpartisan) | 50.0 | 18,336 | ||
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| Total votes: 36,694 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Honolulu City Council District 4
Incumbent Trevor Ozawa and Tommy Waters defeated Natalie Iwasa and Ricky Marumoto in the primary for Honolulu City Council District 4 on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Trevor Ozawa (Nonpartisan) | 46.3 | 11,708 | |
| ✔ | Tommy Waters (Nonpartisan) | 35.8 | 9,071 | |
| Natalie Iwasa (Nonpartisan) | 15.5 | 3,917 | ||
| Ricky Marumoto (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 607 | ||
| Total votes: 25,303 | ||||
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2014
Honolulu, Hawaii held city council elections on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on August 9, 2014. Trevor Ozawa and Tommy Waters advanced past Natalie J. Iwasa and Carl Strouble in the primary election. Ozawa defeated Waters in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Honolulu City Council, District 4, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Trevor Ozawa |
44.1% | 16,371 | |
| Tommy Waters | 43.9% | 16,324 | |
| Blank or Over Votes | 12% | 4,467 | |
| Total Votes | 37,162 | ||
| Source: Hawaii Secretary of State - 2014 General Election Results | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tommy Waters |
32.8% | 10,110 | ||
| Trevor Ozawa |
26% | 8,012 | ||
| Natalie J. Iwasa | 22.5% | 6,937 | ||
| Carl Strouble | 1.6% | 501 | ||
| Blank or Over Votes | 17.2% | 5,300 | ||
| Total Votes | 30,860 | |||
| Source: Hawaii Secretary of State - 2014 Primary Results |
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Campaign themes
2022
Congressional election
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tommy Waters did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Honolulu City Council election
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tommy Waters did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tommy Waters did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Waters addressed the following issues in an interview with Civil Beat, a local Honolulu newspaper, on July 1, 2014:[8]
Urban Housing
- Excerpt: "The [city] can and should remain flexible enough with permits, planning, and zoning to encourage continued development of affordable homes, apartments, and rental units."
Traffic
- Excerpt: "The rail is still a long way off, and our traffic problems must be addressed right now. Repair and modernization are critical to any immediate solution. Potholes continue to plague our drivers and slow down traffic; patchwork is relatively simple and effective. Traffic signals can be synchronized based on real-time traffic data without great effort or expense. And, when it does approach readiness, the rail must service the University of Hawaii."
City Revenues
- Excerpt: "Revenues rise with a growing economy. I would incentivize investment, support partnerships to create educational and vocational opportunities, and create a stable, dependable municipal government that responds fairly and equitably to business. We need to support the current economy, with tourism, construction, agriculture and military. But we must continue to pursue the economy we need, with diversification, renewable energy, healthcare, science and technology."
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 KITV 4, "'Dirty politics': City Council candidate Trevor Ozawa considering legal action after Supreme Court ruling," January 28, 2019
- ↑ Campaign Website, "Professional Experience," accessed August 1, 2014
- ↑ The Honolulu Advertiser, "Lawmaker Waters won't seek re-election," May 26, 2008.
- ↑ KITV 4, "Special election for open City Council District 4 seat to be held Saturday April 13," January 29, 2019
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Honolulu Civil Beat, "Honolulu City Council: Three Districts Will Have Run-offs in November," August 9, 2014
- ↑ State of Hawaii: Office of Elections, "2014 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Civil Beat, "Candidate Q&A," July 1, 2014
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