2020 Honolulu mayoral election
The 2020 Honolulu mayoral election will determine the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu for the term commencing in January 2021. Incumbent Mayor Kirk Caldwell is ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.
The position of Mayor of Honolulu is non-partisan. A non-partisan blanket primary will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2020. If no candidate receives an outright majority of the vote in the primary, the top two finishers will advance to a November general election runoff on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
Candidates
Declared
- Keith Amemiya, insurance executive and former executive director of Hawaii High School Athletic Association
- Rick Blangiardi, former University of Hawaii football coach, businessman, and television executive for Hawaii News Now
- John Carroll, former state senator, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000 and 2016, and candidate for Governor of Hawaii in 2018
- Colleen Hanabusa, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district
- Mufi Hannemann, former mayor of Honolulu, 2005–2010
- Choon James, real estate broker, candidate for Honolulu City Council, district 2 in 2018
- Audrey Keesing, convenor/Hawaii State President of the National Organization for Women, 1994–1999, participant U.N. 4th World Conference on Women. 1995 candidate for State House of Representatives, 1996, participant in The Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition: Joint Hearing
- Kymberly Pine, Honolulu City councilmember, district 1
- William "Bud" Stonebraker, pastor of South Shore Christian Fellowship, Kalo farmer, former Hawaiʻi state representative
- Ho Yin Wong, former Chief Governance & Information Officer of an IaaS cloud computing technology company.
Declined
- Charles Djou, former U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district
Withdrew
- Ikaika Anderson, Honolulu City councilmember, district 3; council chair and presiding officer
- Marissa Kerns, 2018 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii
- Ron Menor, Honolulu City councilmember, district 9
Endorsements
Primary
Polling
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Keith Amemiya | Rick Blangiardi | Colleen Hanabusa | Mufi Hannemann | Kym Pine | Choon James | Another candidate | None of these/unsure |
| Honolulu Civil Beat/Hawaii News Now | May 18-20, 2020 | 1038 | ± 3.0% | 10% | 21% | 15% | N/A | 9% | 3% | N/A | 42% |
| Honolulu Star-Advertiser | July 20-22, 2020 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 13% | 21% | 20% | 10% | 9% | N/A | 7% | 20% |