Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 39, Number 10, 1 October 2022 — OHA General Election Candidates [ARTICLE]

OHA General Election Candidates

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Board of Trustees (BOT) is made up of nine elected of3icials who serve four-year terms. Five of the seats represent specific islands: Kaua'i/Ni'ihau; O'ahu; Maui; Moloka'i/Lāna'i; and Hawai'i Island. Four of the seats are 'At-Large." This election year, six of the nine seats were up for election: O'ahu, Maui, Hawai'i Island and three of the 'At-Large" seats. Maui Island trustee and current BOT Chair Carmen "Hulu" Lindsey and O'ahu Island Trustee Kalei Akaka have both won their seats and will not appear on the General Election ballot. Two candidates are presently running for the Hawai'i Island seat: incumbent Mililani Trask and challenger Hope A. Cermelj. Both candidates advance to the general election ballot. Eleven candidates competed for the three available "At-Large" seats in the primary election including incumbents Leina'ala Ahu Isa and John Waihe'e, IV. The top six candidates (listed to the right in alphabetical order) will appear on the general election ballot: Leina'ala Ahu Isa, Brickwood Galuteria, Sam K. King, Chad Owens, Keoni Souza, and John D. Waihe'e, IV. ■