Rick Blangiardi
2021 - Present
2025
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Rick Blangiardi is the Mayor of Honolulu in Hawaii. He assumed office on January 2, 2021. His current term ends on January 2, 2025.
Blangiardi won re-election for Mayor of Honolulu in Hawaii outright in the primary on August 10, 2024, after the general election was canceled.
Mayoral elections in Honolulu are nonpartisan. Blangiardi has stated that he identifies as an independent. He said, "I’m an independent. Always have been. I am liberal in some areas and conservative in others, and I don’t believe either party can lay claim to all of the best ideas in every area."[1]
Biography
Rick Blangiardi's career experience includes working as general manager of television stations.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Honolulu, Hawaii (2024)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Honolulu
Incumbent Rick Blangiardi won election outright against Choon James, David Bourgoin, and Karl Dicks in the primary for Mayor of Honolulu on August 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rick Blangiardi (Nonpartisan) | 78.1 | 124,434 |
 | Choon James (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 22,938 | |
 | David Bourgoin (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 6,174 | |
 | Karl Dicks (Nonpartisan)  | 3.7 | 5,869 | |
| Total votes: 159,415 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kent Roller (Nonpartisan)
- Alexander Schoolov (Nonpartisan)
- Ku Lono Cuadra (Nonpartisan)
- David D.W. Asing (Nonpartisan)
- Zachary Burd (Nonpartisan)
- Carlos De Vito-Cromwell (Nonpartisan)
- Reginald Nakamoto (Nonpartisan)
- Kevin Pila (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Blangiardi in this election.
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Honolulu, Hawaii (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Honolulu
Rick Blangiardi defeated Keith Amemiya in the general election for Mayor of Honolulu on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Blangiardi (Nonpartisan) | 60.0 | 224,474 |
 | Keith Amemiya (Nonpartisan) | 40.0 | 149,735 | |
| Total votes: 374,209 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Honolulu
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Honolulu on August 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Blangiardi (Nonpartisan) | 25.6 | 69,661 |
| ✔ | | Keith Amemiya (Nonpartisan) | 20.2 | 55,116 |
 | Colleen Hanabusa (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 50,234 | |
 | Kymberly Marcos Pine (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 40,104 | |
 | Mufi Hannemann (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 27,027 | |
| William Stonebraker (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 17,757 | |
| Choon James (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 5,538 | |
 | John Carroll (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 2,011 | |
| Ho Yin Wong (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 1,437 | |
| Ernest Caravalho (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 1,140 | |
| Audrey Keesing (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 823 | |
| Micah Mussell (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 541 | |
| David Bourgoin (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 368 | |
| Karl Dicks (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 361 | |
| Tim Garry (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 313 | |
| Total votes: 272,431 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rick Blangiardi did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Rick Blangiardi did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
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