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BY KAREN H. IWAMOTO –BUILD-PAC Hawaii, the political action committee of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii (BIA-Hawaii), reaffirmed its endorsement of the following candidates in the General Election:
- State Senate District 8–Sam Slom
- House District 5–Robert Herkes
- House District 37–Ryan Yamane
These candidates were endorsed in the Primary Election and their names were inadvertently omitted from the BUILD-PAC Endorsements for the General Election which were announced on October 19, 2010.
Previous candidates endorsed by this PAC are:
- City Council District 2:Â John White
- City Council District 4:Â Stanley Chang
- City Council District 6:Â Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo
- State Senate District 7:Â Ron Kouchi
- State Senate District 10:Â Brian Taniguchi
- State Senate District 13: Suzanne Chun Oakland
- State Senate District 14:Â Donna Mercado Kim
- State Senate District 24:Â Jill Tokuda
- State Senate District 20:Â Will Espero
- Representative District 1:Â Mark Nakashima
- Representative District 2:Â Jerry Chang
- Representative District 3:Â Clift Tsuji
- Representative District 6:Â Rebecca Leau
- Representative District 7:Â Cindy Evans
- Representative District 10:Â Angus McKelvey
- Representative District 11:Â George Fontaine
- Representative District 15:Â James Tokioka
- Representative District 20:Â Calvin Say
- Representative District 24:Â Isaac Choy
- Representative District 27:Â Corinne Ching
- Representative District 28:Â David Chang
- Representative District 32:Â Aaron Johanson
- Representative District 35:Â Henry Aquino
- Representative District 40:Â Sharon Har
- Representative District 43:Â Kymberly Pine
- Representative District 48:Â Ken Ito
- Representative District 49:Â Pono Chong
- Representative District 51:Â Chris Lee
BUILD-PAC Hawaii encourages members of the building industry to support these candidates.
Karen H. Iwamoto is with the BIA.