Steve Tataii

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Steve Tataii

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 13, 2022

Personal

Profession

Consultant

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Steve Tataii (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Hawaii. Tataii lost in the Democratic primary on August 13, 2022.

Biography

Steve Tataii lives in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tataii's career experience includes working as an independent conflict resolution consultant, a vocational specialist advisor with Waiawa Correctional, and a language professor.

Elections

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Hawaii, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Brian E. Schatz defeated Bob McDermott, Feena Bonoan, Emma Pohlman, and Dan Decker in the general election for U.S. Senate Hawaii on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian E. Schatz (D)	71.2	290,894
		Bob McDermott (R)	26.0	106,358
		Feena Bonoan (L)	1.2	4,915
		Emma Pohlman (G)	1.0	4,142
		Dan Decker (Aloha Aina Party)	0.5	2,208

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 408,517
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Incumbent Brian E. Schatz defeated Steve Tataii in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian E. Schatz	93.6	228,595
		Steve Tataii	6.4	15,725

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 244,320
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Bob McDermott defeated Timothy Dalhouse, Wallyn Kanoelani Christian, Steven Bond, and Asia LaVonne in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob McDermott	39.6	25,686
		Timothy Dalhouse	26.4	17,158
		Wallyn Kanoelani Christian	14.6	9,497
		Steven Bond	9.9	6,407
		Asia LaVonne	9.5	6,187

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,935
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Charles Collins (R)
• John Roco (R)

Aloha Aina Party primary election

Aloha Aina Party primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Dan Decker advanced from the Aloha Aina Party primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Decker	100.0	987

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 987
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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Emma Pohlman advanced from the Green primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emma Pohlman	100.0	1,245

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,245
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii

Feena Bonoan advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Hawaii on August 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Feena Bonoan	100.0	515

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2016

See also: Hawaii's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Mark Takai (D) did not seek re-election in 2016. The seat was vacant following Takai's death from pancreatic cancer on July 20, 2016. Colleen Hanabusa (D) defeated Shirlene Ostrov (R), Alan Yim (L), and Calvin Griffin (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hanabusa defeated six other Democratic candidates in the primary on August 13, 2016.

U.S. House, Hawaii District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Colleen Hanabusa	71.9%	145,417
	Republican	Shirlene Ostrov	22.7%	45,958
	Libertarian	Alan Yim	3.3%	6,601
	Independent	Calvin Griffin	2.2%	4,381
Total Votes				202,357
Source: Hawaii Secretary of State

U.S. House, Hawaii District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Colleen Hanabusa	80.4%	74,022
Lei Ahu Isa	12.5%	11,518
Howard Kim	3%	2,750
Javier Ocasio	1.2%	1,117
Sam Puletas	1.1%	1,036
Lei Sharsh-Davis	1%	915
Steve Tataii	0.8%	737
Total Votes		92,095
Source: Hawaii Secretary of State

2012

See also: United States Senate elections in Hawaii, 2012

Tataii was running in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Hawaii. Tataii sought the nomination on the Democratic ticket. Tataii would have run against Michael Gillespie , Antonio Gimbernat, Mazie Hirono, Arturo Reyes, and Ed Case in the Democratic primary. Candidates John Carroll, Charles Collins, John Roco, Linda Lingle, and Eddie Pirkowski ran in the Republican primary. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run was June 5, 2012. The primary elections were held on August 11, 2012.

Tataii initially filed to run, but his name failed to appear on the certified candidate list for the primary election.

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2022

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Footnotes

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Hawaii's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mazie Hirono (D)

Brian Schatz (D)

Representatives

District 1

Ed Case (D)

District 2

Jill Tokuda (D)

Democratic Party (4)