Finalists for Hawaii House Seat Sent to Ige

The Maui County Democratic Party’s Council nominating committee narrowed the list of candidates for the vacant District 13 seat.

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Maui Now has this item on how the selection process to fill a vacancy in the Hawaii House of Representatives is going. Excerpt:

The Maui County Democratic Party’s Council Nominating Committee … narrowed the list of candidates for the vacant District 13 House seat to three finalists (on Saturday).

The finalists include Lori Buchanan of Molokai, Lynn DeCoite of Molokai, and Lucienne De Naie of Huelo on Maui.

The three were among a list of 13 candidates that were being considered for the post vacated by District 13 Rep. Mele Carroll, who resigned on Feb. 1, 2015, due to her health and complications with previous cancer treatments. …

Gov. David Ige will choose from the from the list of three.

District 13 includes Paia, Haiku, East Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe.

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