Clayton Hee
Clayton Hee (Democratic Party) was a member of the Hawaii State Senate, representing District 23. He assumed office in 2004. He left office in 2014.
Hee (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Hawaii State Senate to represent District 23. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 10, 2024.
Biography
Hee earned his B.A. from the University of Hawaii in 1975, his Professional Diploma from the University of Hawaii in 1977 and his M.A. in Pacific Islands Studies from the University of Hawaii in 1979. His professional experience includes working as a teacher from 1975 to 1981, business owner and consultant.
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Hee served on the following committees:
| Hawaii committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Judiciary and Labor |
| • Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hee served on these committees:
| Hawaii committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Hawaiian Affairs |
| • Judiciary and Labor, Chair |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hee served on these committees:
| Hawaii committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Economic Development and Technology |
| • Labor |
| • Water, Land, Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs |
| • Ways and Means |
Issues
Campaign spending
In September 2013, it was reported by WatchDog.org, an organization of investigative journalists, that Hee spent $759 on an extended power saw “for sign/banner construction,” the second major power tool purchased by his campaign in recent years.[1] Hee responded:
"The Hawaii Administrative Rules 3-160-42 outline campaign related expenses and Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302 (1) (A) and 11-381 A (2) justify the purchase of campaign related machinery and tools as well as define equipment used for campaign purposes."[1]
State spending laws in the state of Hawaii allow lawmakers and candidates to purchase any items that are used for their campaigns. Campaign funds require reimbursement if any asset is also used for personal gain. Hee maintains his purchases are acceptable to the HI Campaign Spending Commission.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Hawaii State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Hawaii State Senate District 23
Incumbent Brenton Awa defeated Ben Shafer in the general election for Hawaii State Senate District 23 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brenton Awa (R) | 52.7 | 10,567 | |
| Ben Shafer (D) | 47.3 | 9,477 | ||
| Total votes: 20,044 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 23
Ben Shafer defeated Clayton Hee in the Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 23 on August 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ben Shafer | 56.4 | 3,359 | |
| Clayton Hee | 43.6 | 2,596 | ||
| Total votes: 5,955 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 23
Incumbent Brenton Awa advanced from the Republican primary for Hawaii State Senate District 23 on August 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brenton Awa | 100.0 | 2,314 | |
| Total votes: 2,314 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hee in this election.
2018
State Senate
See also: Hawaii State Senate elections, 2018
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Gil Riviere won election in the general election for Hawaii State Senate District 23.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 23
Incumbent Gil Riviere defeated Clayton Hee in the Democratic primary for Hawaii State Senate District 23 on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gil Riviere | 66.8 | 3,640 | |
| Clayton Hee | 33.2 | 1,806 | ||
| Total votes: 5,446 | ||||
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Governor
See also: Hawaii gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018
Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 11 Republican primary)
Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 11 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for Governor of Hawaii
Incumbent David Ige defeated Andria Tupola, Jim Brewer, and Terrence Teruya in the general election for Governor of Hawaii on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Ige (D) | 62.7 | 244,934 | |
| Andria Tupola (R) | 33.7 | 131,719 | ||
 | Jim Brewer (G) | 2.6 | 10,123 | |
| Terrence Teruya (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 4,067 | ||
| Total votes: 390,843 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Hawaii
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Ige | 51.4 | 124,572 | |
| Colleen Hanabusa | 44.4 | 107,631 | ||
| Ernest Caravalho | 2.3 | 5,662 | |
| Wendell Ka'ehu'ae'a | 0.9 | 2,298 | ||
| Richard Kim | 0.6 | 1,576 | ||
| Van Tanabe | 0.3 | 775 | |
| Total votes: 242,514 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Clayton Hee (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Hawaii
Andria Tupola defeated John Carroll and Ray L'Heureux in the Republican primary for Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andria Tupola | 55.5 | 17,297 | |
| John Carroll | 35.2 | 10,974 | ||
| Ray L'Heureux | 9.3 | 2,885 | ||
| Total votes: 31,156 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Hawaii
Terrence Teruya defeated Selina Blackwell and Link El in the primary for Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Terrence Teruya | 47.7 | 543 | |
| Selina Blackwell | 43.7 | 497 | |
| Link El | 8.6 | 98 | |
| Total votes: 1,138 | ||||
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Green primary election
Green primary for Governor of Hawaii
Jim Brewer advanced from the Green primary for Governor of Hawaii on August 11, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Brewer | 100.0 | 454 |
| Total votes: 454 | ||||
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2014
Hee ran for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in the 2014 elections. He sought the Democratic nomination in the primary on August 9, 2014.[2] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Democratic primary - August 9, 2014
| Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, Democratic Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Shan Tsutsui Incumbent |
53.7% | 120,779 | ||
| Clayton Hee | 36.1% | 81,255 | ||
| Mary Zanakis | 8.1% | 18,174 | ||
| Miles Shiratori | 1.2% | 2,593 | ||
| Sam Puletasi | 0.9% | 2,126 | ||
| Total Votes | 224,927 | |||
| Election results via Hawaii Division of Elections. | ||||
Polls
| Hawaii Lieutenant Governor, Democratic Primary | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Shan Tsutsui* | Clayton Hee | Mary Zanakis | Miles Shiratori | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||
| Hawaii News Now Poll July 2014 | 36% | 34% | 7% | 2% | 21% | +/-4.6 | 458 | ||||||||||||
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2012
- See also: Hawaii State Senate elections, 2012
Hee won re-election in the 2012 election for Hawaii State Senate District 23. Hee ran unopposed in the August 11 Democratic primary and defeated Colleen Meyer (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clayton Hee Incumbent |
53.4% | 6,965 | |
| Republican | Colleen Meyer | 46.6% | 6,070 | |
| Total Votes | 13,035 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Hee won re-election to the Hawaii State Senate from Hawaii's 23rd Senate District. Hee received 10,727 votes in the election, defeating Richard Fale (R), who received 5,269 votes. Additionally, 1,197 "Blank" votes and 5 "Over" votes were cast in the election.[6] Hee raised $239,210 for his campaign; Fale raised $1,550.[7]
| Hawaii State Senate, District 23 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Clayton Hee (D)
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10,727 | 62.4% | ||
| Richard Fale (R) | 5,269 | 30.6% | ||
| Blank | 1,197 | 7.0% | ||
| Over | 5 | 0.0% | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Clayton Hee did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
| “ |
Our Future Our Legacy Our Home Our Health Our Prosperity Enough is Enough |
” |
| —Friends of Clayton Hee[9] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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2014
In 2014, the Hawaii State Legislature was in session from January 15 through May 2.
- Legislators are scored by Paychecks Hawaii on their "support and advocacy for small business and an improved business climate."[10]
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills highlighted by the organization.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2013
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In 2013, the Hawaii State Legislature was in session from January 16 to May 3.
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Hawaii Grassroot Institute
The Grassroot Institute issued its 2010 Legislative Score Card that tallied the votes of Hawaii legislators and graded their votes based on the Institute's values of individual liberty, free markets, and limited government.[12] The Institute observed state legislators' votes on issues involving taxes, spending, scope of government, business climate and raids on special funds. Hee received a total score of 6%. Here are the scores Hee received based on specific categories.
| 2010 Hawaii Senate Legislative Scorecard | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes | Business climate | Spending | Individual liberty | Raids | Scope of government | |||
| 2% | 0% | 0% | 67% | 0% | 0% | |||
Personal
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Hee and his wife, Lynn Waters, have one child.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WatchDog.org, "HI lawmakers spend campaign cash on a mannequin, Pathfinder and other oddities," accessed October 24, 2013
- ↑ Hawaii News Now, "Clayton Hee announces run for Lt. Governor," May 11, 2014
- ↑ civilbeat.com, " Unofficial 2012 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary election results," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2012 General election results," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Follow The Money, "Campaign funds," accessed March 24, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Clayton Hee for Governor, "Home," accessed March 19, 2018
- ↑ Paychecks Hawaii, "PAYCHECKS HAWAII Ratings of the 2013 Hawaii State Legislature," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Paychecks Hawaii, "PAYCHECKS HAWAII Ratings of the 2013 Hawaii State Legislature," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, "2010 Legislative Score Card," accessed May 7, 2021
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Hawaii State Senate District 23 2004-2014 |
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| Preceded by - |
Hawaii House of Representatives 1982-1984 |
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