Charles Djou

Charles Djou (2010)

Charles Kong Djou (born August 9, 1970 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American politician who represented the state of Hawaii in the US House of Representatives for the Republicans from 2010 to 2011 .

Djou was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002 and the Honolulu City Council from 2002 to 2010 . After the Democrat Neil Abercrombie from his position in Congress had stepped down to focus on the upcoming gubernatorial election to focus, which he also won, was the first congressional district a by-election instead of Hawaii, located Djou prevail in 39.4 percent of the votes cast could. This was also due to the fact that - in contrast to regular elections - the parties were not forced to nominate only one candidate. The Democrats' share of the vote was split between Colleen Hanabusa (30.8 percent) and Ed Case (27.6 percent), which meant that Djou had a simple majority to win. He took up the mandate on May 22, 2010. In the congressional elections in November , however, he lost his mandate to Colleen Hanabusa, who won this time with 53 to 47 percent of the vote and replaced Djou on January 3, 2011 in Congress.

In 2012 and 2014 he applied for his previous mandate, but initially lost again to Hanabusa and then to Mark Takai . In 2016, he ran unsuccessfully in Honolulu's mayoral election. He resigned from the Republican Party in March 2018 because he was dissatisfied with its development: He had always campaigned for immigration reform, while the Trump party chose exclusion and isolation instead of diversity.

Web links

Commons : Charles Djou - collection of images, videos and audio files

Charles Djou in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Mark Sappenfield: Charles Djou: How did a Republican win in Obama's Hawaii hometown? In: The Christian Science Monitor , May 23, 2010.
^ Charles Djou Loses In Midterm Election Race Against Mark Takai. In: The Huffington Post , November 5, 2014.
^ Charles Djou. In: The Honolulu Star-Advertiser , July 20, 2016.
^ Charles Djou: Why I'm Leaving The GOP. In: Honolulu Civil Beat , March 19, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Djou, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Djou, Charles Kong (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles , California

[1] Mark Sappenfield: Charles Djou: How did a Republican win in Obama's Hawaii hometown? In: The Christian Science Monitor , May 23, 2010.

[2] Charles Djou Loses In Midterm Election Race Against Mark Takai. In: The Huffington Post , November 5, 2014.

[3] Charles Djou. In: The Honolulu Star-Advertiser , July 20, 2016.

[4] Charles Djou: Why I'm Leaving The GOP. In: Honolulu Civil Beat , March 19, 2018.