Come August 8, and the evaluation of the votes on August 9, voters will provide the answers. Some incumbents will validate their standing with decisive victories. Others may discover that support they once assumed was secure has become less certain. Either way, beyond the campaign signs, endorsements, and advertisements, the primary election may serve another purpose altogether.
The hallmark of Phase III can be summed up in one word: change.
The question now is whether Kawakami’s campaign will ride it — or simply follow the current that’s already been set.
[I]fpeople are going to blame “someone” for this, it should be the politicians who took in information and direction from subject matter experts like Anthony Fauci and other scientists and added critical thinking of how to either work that suggestion on society or not.
With the 2022 election, the generational ratio of leaders in Hawai‘i changed, dropping the sole millennial and putting the majority of power in the hands of the X-Generation.