Hawaii Senate Candidates for Senator, HI Election Race 2012

Hawaii Senatorial Candidates
Hawaii Candidates for Congress

State Primary is August 11, 2012

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Hawaii Senator Election Race

Republican Senator Candidates

Heritage Foundation Scorecard for Hawaii

HI 1 Rep. Colleen Hanabusa D 12%
HI 2 Rep. Mazie Hirono D 9%
HI HI Sen. Daniel Inouye D 8%
HI HI Sen. Daniel Akaka D 5%
John Carroll (R)
Linda Lingle (R)

Democrat Senator Candidates

Ed Case (D)
Mazie Hirono (D)
Donna Mercado Kim (D)
Brian Schatz (D)

Hawaii Candidates for US Congress from HI

District 1:
Colleen Hanabusa (D)
Charles Djou (R)

District 2:
Mazie Hirono (D)
Tulsi Gabbard (D)
Mufi Hannemann (D)
Josh Green (D)
Clayton Hee (D)
Brian Schatz (D)
Bob Marx (D)
Esther Kia'aina (D)


 

History of Hawaii. Information that every Hawaii Election Candidates for US Senate Should Know:


When Captain James Cook arrived in the Islands in 1778, he and his crew were the first Westerners to observe the rich Polynesian culture that had evolved over the course of centuries. As specially adapted as the plants and animals that thrived so far from other land, the Hawaiian people had learned to use their resources with ingenuity, skill and art, developing a lifestyle of abundance, deep spirituality and ample leisure.

Cook's arrival marked the advent of a new era for Hawaii, a time of monumental change that included opportunities, admiration and sharing as well as destruction, disease and death. Cook's own visit was a mixture of pleasure and pain as cultural signals were exchanged but often missed their mark and Cook was killed during a skirmish. Cooks published journals told the world about Hawaii and thus they were never left in isolation again. After Cook came George Vancouver, another British navigator, and after him came other ships from France, Russia, America and elsewhere.

As adventurers and traders began to frequent the Islands, the native subsistence economy changed to accommodate foreigners and foreign goods. Hawaiians acquired new materials and products - everything from iron tools to expensive furniture and fabrics that were not necessarily put to practical use but were valued as status symbols. New animals and plants arrived as well. Grazing animals like cattle, goats and sheep and invasive plant species made a major impact on the environment, drastically altering forests and overrunning defenseless native species. Hawaiians themselves caused serious damage as they cashed in on Chinese demand for sandalwood. With trade still controlled by ali`i, individual chiefs made fortunes by denuding the forests they controlled.

The sandalwood trade breezed through its boom and bust cycle in fairly short order, but it was soon replaced by whaling. American and European whalers hunting in Arctic waters wintered in Hawaii, their resupply needs supporting new ventures in farming and cattle ranching. Old traditions of farming and fishing deteriorated as a cash economy took over trade transactions. The changing economics mirrored changes throughout Hawaiian society. The king instituted a formal change in land tenure in 1848 with the Mahele.