Ozawa Leads Honolulu District 4 With 39.9% as Waters' 8,654 Votes Fuel Legal Fight
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Updated · Hawaii News Now · Aug 9
Ozawa Leads Honolulu District 4 With 39.9% as Waters' 8,654 Votes Fuel Legal Fight
3 articles · Updated · Hawaii News Now · Aug 9
Summary
Trevor Ozawa held 12,252 votes, or 39.9%, in Honolulu City Council District 4's third results release, ahead of disqualified incumbent Tommy Waters at 8,654 and Tara Malia Gregory at 4,212.
Those totals leave Ozawa and Gregory on track for November, but the race remains unsettled because Honolulu counted ballots cast for Waters when determining whether anyone cleared the 50%-plus-one primary win threshold.
Ozawa could challenge that counting method in court, while Waters is appealing the ruling that found him ineligible and has said more than 30 voters are ready to contest the outcome; Gregory has moved to oppose his appeal.
The dispute matters because Ozawa had enough support to win outright over the active candidates in earlier printouts if Waters' votes were excluded, before the third round pushed him below the majority mark.