Third-generation Okinawan Ige wins gubernatorial re-election for second term by 110,000 votes

Third-generation Okinawan Ige wins gubernatorial re-election for second term by 110,000 votes

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November 8, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On November 6, third-generation Okinawan and incumbent Hawaii Governor David Ige (D) was re-elected in the gubernatorial election.

He received a total of 236,574 votes, a huge difference from the 109,857 votes received by State Representative Andria Tupola (R).

 

Ige was born in Hawaii in 1957.

His paternal grandparents are from Nishihara, and his maternal grandparents are from Yamaguchi prefecture.

Ige served as a state representative starting in 1985, and a state senator starting in 1994.

 

First elected as the Hawaii State Governor’s election in November 2014, Ige was the first person of Okinawan descent elected to a governorship in the United States.

Ige was the second person of Japanese descent elected as governor of Hawaii.

George Ariyoshi was the first, who served for three terms starting in 1974.

 

In this election Ige received more than 60% of votes, and won with a great difference from Tupola and other candidates.

 

Since taking office as governor, Ige has visited Okinawa twice, once in 2015 for the 30th-anniversary celebration of Okinawa and Hawaii becoming sister states, and once in 2016 for the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival. Ige built a close friendship with the late governor of Okinawa Takeshi Onaga, and actively promoted positive interactions between Okinawa and Hawaii in various fields such as the economy, culture, new energy development, and more.

 

(English translation by T&CT and Megumi Chibana)

 

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