Hawaii Redistricting Pits Like-Minded Friends Against Each Other…After a decade serving neighboring House districts, Gregg Takayama and Roy Takumi vie for their new shared seat.
Two undefeated state representatives are competing against each other for the Pearl City seat in the House this year as a result of redistricting that combined their former districts.
Rep. Roy Takumi, currently of District 35, must now run against his longtime friend, Rep. Gregg Takayama, who currently holds the District 34 seat that comprises Pearl City, which borders the military’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
While elections tend to converge into familiar dynamics – the long-serving incumbent versus the energetic newcomer, for example – this one will be different.
The extensive similarities between them ensure it. The longtime friends vote similarly, come from a working class background and have represented their districts for at least a decade.
