Ann Kobayashi

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|name = Ann H. Kobayashi

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|office = Member of the Honolulu City Council
from the 5th district

|term_start = August 8, 2009

|term_end = January 2, 2021

|predecessor = Duke Bainum

|successor = Calvin Say

|term_start1 = 2002

|term_end1 = 2008

|predecessor1 =

|successor1 = Duke Bainum

|state_senate2 = Hawaii

|district2 = 10th

|term_start2 = 1981

|term_end2 = 1994

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|04|10}}

|birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii

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|nationality =

|party = Democratic

|otherparty = Republican (before 1988)

|spouse = Paul Kobayashi (divorced)

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|children = 3 (Dale, Mark and Susan)

|residence = Manoa, Hawaii, U.S.

|alma_mater = Pembroke College and Northwestern University

|occupation = Politician, businesswoman

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|website = [http://annkobayashi.com annkobayashi.com]

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Ann Hayashi Kobayashi (born April 10, 1937) is an American politician and businesswoman from Honolulu, Hawaii. She was a member of the Honolulu City Council, representing District 5 from 2009 to 2021. She previously held the same City Council seat between 2002 and 2008, but resigned from the seat to unsuccessfully run for Mayor of Honolulu against incumbent Mufi Hannemann.{{cite news|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Sep/16/ln/hawaii809160371.html |title=Hawaii rail project motivated Kobayashi's run for mayor |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |first=Peter |last=Boylan |date=September 16, 2008 |accessdate=August 21, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224180314/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Sep/16/ln/hawaii809160371.html |archivedate=February 24, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}{{cite news |url=http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/19179/40/ |title=Kobayashi to Run in Special Election |work=KGMB9.com |author=Staff |date=July 14, 2009 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20090821232745/http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/19179/40/ |archivedate=August 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy |access-date=July 28, 2009 }} She was also a member of the Hawaii Senate between 1981 and 1994.

Personal life

Ann Kobayashi was born April 10, 1937, in Honolulu to Mori and Florence Hayashi. She grew up with her brother Roy Hayashi near Punchbowl Crater, later moving with her family to Nu‘uanu Valley.

Kobayashi graduated from President Theodore Roosevelt High School before attending Pembroke College in Brown University and Northwestern University.

She was married to Paul Kobayashi until their divorce, and has three children.

Political career

From 1981 to 1994, Kobayashi represented the Manoa area in the Hawaii Senate. During that time, she was chairwoman of the State Senate's Ways and Means Committee for two years. In 1994, Kobayashi ran for Mayor of Honolulu but lost. In 1997, she was the Executive Assistant to Mayor Jeremy Harris, and from 1997 to 2002 she worked in the State Executive office as a Special Assistant to Governor Ben Cayetano.

In 2002, Kobayashi successfully ran for Honolulu City Council District 5. She gave up her council seat in 2008 when she again ran for Mayor of Honolulu. She lost the election, and her council seat was won by Duke Bainum, who ran unopposed. Bainum, however, died on June 9, 2009, leaving the council seat vacant.{{cite news|url=http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/Councilman_Duke_Bainum_dies.html |title=Councilman Duke Bainum dies |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |first=Helen |last=Altonn |date=June 10, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612063900/http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/Councilman_Duke_Bainum_dies.html |archivedate=June 12, 2011 |url-status=live |df=mdy }} The special election that was held resulted in Kobayashi being declared the winner on August 8 with more than 37 percent of the vote.{{cite news|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Aug/07/br/hawaii90807092.ht |title=Kobayashi returned to City Council in special electionml |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |first=Gordon Y.K. |last=Pang |date=August 7, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105103031/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Aug/07/br/hawaii90807092.html |archivedate=November 5, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}