It’s official: Pāʻele Kiakona secures historic win in West Maui house race following final vote count

Pāʻele Kiakona has won West Maui’s House District 14 race with 41.2% of the vote, securing a historic state House seat for the Green Party. Final results released Tuesday night, after voters had time to correct deficient ballots, widened his margin to 119 votes over Democrat Sne Patel. Maui Now reported that Kiakona is the fifth Green Party candidate in the country to win a state House seat.