2016 Honolulu mayoral election

The 2016 Honolulu mayoral election determined the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu for the full term commencing in January 2017. As in the previous several elections, Skyline and its cost overruns was a major topic of the campaign.

2016 Honolulu mayoral election

August 13, 2016 (2016-08-13) (primary)
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) (runoff)
 
Nominee Kirk Caldwell Charles Djou Peter Carlisle
First round 74,057
43.7%
72,520
42.8%
15,539
9.2%
Runoff 147,885
52.2%
135,662
47.8%
Eliminated

State house district results
Caldwell:      50–60%
Djou:      50–60%

Mayor before election

Kirk Caldwell
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Kirk Caldwell
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Mayor Kirk Caldwell ran for re-election to a second term. A non-partisan blanket primary was held on Saturday, August 13, 2016. As no candidate received an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top-two finishers, Caldwell and former Republican U.S. Representative Charles Djou, advanced to the general election runoff on Tuesday, November 8, 2016; Caldwell won with 52 percent of the vote, to Djou's 48 percent.

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