The position of Mayor of Honolulu is non-partisan. A
nonpartisan blanket primary was held on Saturday, August 8, 2020. With no candidate receiving an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top two finishers,
Rick Blangiardi and
Keith Amemiya, advanced to a November general election
runoff on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
Rick Blangiardi dominated the general election, defeating Amemiya with 58.2% of all votes. The City and County also had a record-shattering turnout, with 385,442 total votes in the election being cast. This was the highest turnout in many years. Blangiardi was inaugurated as mayor on January 2, 2021.
Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2011–2015; 2016–2019)[9] (Endorsed Blangiardi) (Party Affiliation:
Democratic)
Choon James, real estate broker, candidate for Honolulu City Council, district 2 in 2018[11](Party Affiliation:
Independent)
Audrey Keesing, Hawaii State President of the National Organization for Women, 1994–1999,[12] participant U.N. 4th World Conference on Women. 1995[12] candidate for State House of Representatives, 1996,[13][14] participant in The Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition: Joint Hearing[15](Party Affiliation:
Independent)
William "Bud" Stonebraker, pastor of South Shore Christian Fellowship, Kalo farmer, former Hawaiʻi state representative (2000–2006)[17][18](Party Affiliation:
Independent)
Ho Yin (Jason) Wong, former Chief Governance & Information Officer of an IaaS cloud computing technology company. (Party Affiliation:
Democratic)
Withdrew
Ikaika Anderson, Honolulu City councilmember, district 3; council chair and presiding officer[8](Party Affiliation:
Democratic)
Marissa Kerns, 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii[19][20]
Ron Menor, Honolulu City councilmember, district 9[21]
Declined
Charles Djou, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2010–2011); candidate for Mayor of Honolulu in
2016[22]
Endorsements
Keith Amemiya
Individuals
Kymberly Pine, Honolulu city councilwoman and former mayoral candidate[23]
The position of Mayor of Honolulu is non-partisan. A
nonpartisan blanket primary was held on Saturday, August 8, 2020. With no candidate receiving an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top two finishers,
Rick Blangiardi and
Keith Amemiya, advanced to a November general election
runoff on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
Rick Blangiardi dominated the general election, defeating Amemiya with 58.2% of all votes. The City and County also had a record-shattering turnout, with 385,442 total votes in the election being cast. This was the highest turnout in many years. Blangiardi was inaugurated as mayor on January 2, 2021.
Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2011–2015; 2016–2019)[9] (Endorsed Blangiardi) (Party Affiliation:
Democratic)
Choon James, real estate broker, candidate for Honolulu City Council, district 2 in 2018[11](Party Affiliation:
Independent)
Audrey Keesing, Hawaii State President of the National Organization for Women, 1994–1999,[12] participant U.N. 4th World Conference on Women. 1995[12] candidate for State House of Representatives, 1996,[13][14] participant in The Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition: Joint Hearing[15](Party Affiliation:
Independent)
William "Bud" Stonebraker, pastor of South Shore Christian Fellowship, Kalo farmer, former Hawaiʻi state representative (2000–2006)[17][18](Party Affiliation:
Independent)
Ho Yin (Jason) Wong, former Chief Governance & Information Officer of an IaaS cloud computing technology company. (Party Affiliation:
Democratic)
Withdrew
Ikaika Anderson, Honolulu City councilmember, district 3; council chair and presiding officer[8](Party Affiliation:
Democratic)
Marissa Kerns, 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii[19][20]
Ron Menor, Honolulu City councilmember, district 9[21]
Declined
Charles Djou, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district (2010–2011); candidate for Mayor of Honolulu in
2016[22]
Endorsements
Keith Amemiya
Individuals
Kymberly Pine, Honolulu city councilwoman and former mayoral candidate[23]