2022 HI Governor's race: on Welfare & Poverty


Josh Green: Eliminate red tape to speed up affordable housing

Immediately issue an executive order to all state and county housing agencies to speed up construction of affordable housing by eliminating red tape, streamlining processes and approvals, and coordinating efforts to address the crisis.

Create an Office of Emergency Housing to serve as a "one stop shop" to eliminate bureaucratic red tape and provide faster services and approvals.

Source: 2022 Hawaii Governor campaign website JoshGreenForHawaii.com Aug 17, 2022

Duke Aiona: Creating affordable housing immediately is a top priority

We need thousands of affordable housing units for middle- to low-income families now, not two, five or 10 years from now, which is the timeline for many of the current housing projects. Thus, the governor needs to make this a top priority and bring together all stakeholders who have the authority and resources to create housing immediately along with implementing a plan of action.
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat on 2022 Hawaii Gubernatorial race Jun 21, 2022

Kai Kahele: Prioritize affordable homes for local families and residents

We must prioritize selling affordable homes to local families and residents. My strategy as governor would include: building targeted workforce housing; developing fee mechanisms through tax-exempt bonds and bond activity caps; and building out housing plans specific to urban Honolulu and the rest of the state. Moreover, state and county trusts must be ready to purchase more land in the event of another housing market crisis.
Source: 2022 Hawaii Gubernatorial campaign website KaiKahele.com May 12, 2022

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Gubernatorial Debates 2020:
DE: vs.Carney(incumbent) vs.Williams(D)
IN: vs.Holcomb(incumbent) vs.Melton(D) vs.Myers(D)
MO: Parson(incumbent) vs.Galloway(D) vs.Neely(R)
MT: Bullock(retiring) vs.Fox(R) vs.Perry(R) vs.Gianforte(R) vs.Stapleton(R) vs.Olszewski(R) vs.Neill(D) vs.Schreiner(D) vs.Cooney(D) vs.Williams(D)
NC: Cooper(incumbent) vs.Forest(R) vs.Grange(R)
ND: Burgum(incumbent) vs.Coachman(R) vs.Lenz(D)
NH: Sununu(incumbent) vs.Volinsky(D) vs. fsFeltes(D)
PR: Rossello(D) vs.Garced(D) vs.Pierluisi(D)
UT: Herbert(retiring) vs.Huntsman(R) vs.Cox(R) vs.Burningham(R) vs.Newton(D) vs.Hughes(R)
VT: Scott(incumbent) vs.Holcombe(D) vs.Zuckerman(D)
WA: Inslee(incumbent) vs.Bryant(R) vs.Fortunato(R)
WV: Justice(incumbent) vs.Folk(R) vs.Thrasher(R) vs.Vanover(D) vs.Smith(D) vs.Ron Stollings(D)
Gubernatorial Debates 2021:
NJ:
Murphy(D) vs.Ciattarelli(R)
VA:
Northam(D,term-limited) vs.Herring(D) vs.Chase(R) vs.Fairfax(D)

Gubernatorial Debates 2019:
KY:
Bevin(R) vs.Goforth(R,lost primary) vs.Adkins(D,lost primary) vs.Beshear(D) vs.Edelen(D,lost primary)
LA:
Edwards(D) vs.Rispone(R) vs.Abraham(R) vs.Kennedy(R,declined)
MS:
Bryant(R,retiring) vs.Foster(R) vs.Hood(D) vs.Reeves(R) vs.Waller(R)
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