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Vice President Al Gore's presidential candidacy leads a list of 79 endorsements made by the Hawaii Government Employees Association today. HGEA endorses
Gore, HannemannStar-Bulletin staff
The public workers' union also endorsed Mufi Hannemann for Honolulu mayor, as well as:
U.S. Senate: Daniel Akaka; U.S. House of Representatives: Neil Abercrombie, Patsy Mink.
State Senate: David Matsuura, Andy Levin, J. Kalani English, Marsha Joyner, Matt Matsunaga, Brian Taniguchi, Carol Fukunaga, Suzanne Chun Oakland, Donna Mercado Kim, Ron Menor, Brian Kanno, Marshall Ige.
State House: Dwight Takamine, Eric Hamakawa, Bill Eger, Sol Kahoohalahala, Joe Souki, Bob Nakasone, Ezra Kanoho, Bertha Kawakami, Greg Knudsen, Calvin Say, Brian Yamane, Scott Saiki, Terry Yoshinaga, Jason Iwai, Brian Schatz, Ken Hiraki, Lei Ahu Isa, Dennis Arakaki, Jun Abinsay, Randy Kusaka, K. Mark Takai, Noboru Yonamine, Roy Takumi, Marilyn Lee, Charlotte Nekota, Marcus Oshiro, Willie Espero, Maeda Timson, Merwyn Jones, Mike Magaoay, George Okuda, Iris Ikeda Catalani, Ken Ito and Kenny Goodenow.
Honolulu City Council: Romy Cachola and Gary Okino.
Hawaii County Mayor: Bob Herkes; County Council: Dominic Yagong, Bobby Jean Leithead-Todd, James Arakaki, Aaron Chung, Al Smith. Hawaii County Prosecutor: Jay Kimura.
Maui County Council: Robert Carroll, Dennis Nakamura, Dain Kane, Mike Davis, Lynn Britton, John Wayne Enriques, Riki Hokama and Patrick Kawano.
Kauai County Council: William "Kaipo" Asing, Daryl Kaneshiro, Ron Kouchi, Billy Swain, and Randal Valenciano. Kauai County Prosecutor: Michael Soong.
Board of Education: (Oahu at-large) Garrett Toguchi and Jacqueline Heupel; (Leeward Oahu) Ron Nakano; (Big Island) Herbert Watanabe and (Kauai) Mitsugi Nakashima.