Gil Riviere
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2018}}
Gil Riviere{{Cite web|url=http://www.gilriviere.com/|title=gilriviere|website=gilriviere|language=en|access-date=2018-11-02}} is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate for the 23rd district from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as a Republican representative from Hawaii's 46th district.{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Gil_Riviere|title=Gil Riviere - Ballotpedia|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en-US}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gil Riviere
| state_senate = Hawaii
| district = 23rd
| image = Gil Riviere.jpg
| successor = Brenton Awa
| term_start = January 2015
| term_end = November 8, 2022
| predecessor = Clayton Hee
| party = Democratic
| otherparty = Republican (formerly)
| birth_place = Waialua, Hawaii, U.S.
}}
Elections
= Hawaii House of Representatives elections =
Riviere won the November 2, 2010 general election for Representative from Hawaii's District 46 against Larry Sagaysay with 54.2% of the vote.{{Cite web|url=http://files.hawaii.gov/elections/files/results/2010/general/histatewide.pdf|title=Hawaii 2010 General Election Results}} He was unopposed in the Republican primary for the office.{{Cite web|url=http://files.hawaii.gov/elections/files/results/2010/primary/histatewide.pdf|title=Hawaii 2018 Primary Election Results}} Riviere ran in the 2012 Republican primary for Representative of Hawaii's District 47, and was defeated by Richard Fale on August 11, 2012 with 47.2% of the vote.{{Cite web|url=http://files.hawaii.gov/elections/files/results/2012/primary/histatewide.pdf|title=Hawaii 2012 Primary Election Results}}
= Hawaii State Senate elections =
Riviere won the November 4th, 2014 general election for Senator to represent Hawaii's District 23 against Richard Fale, his primary opponent who won in the 2012 election for Representative of Hawaii's District 47. Riviere won with 52.3% of the vote.{{Cite web|url=http://files.hawaii.gov/elections/files/results/2014/general/histatewide.pdf|title=Hawaii 2014 General Election Results}}
Riviere ran unopposed in the November 6th, 2018 general election for Senator of Hawaii's District 23. He was challenged by Clayton Hee in the Democratic primary for the seat, but won with 66.8% of the vote.{{Cite web|url=http://files.hawaii.gov/elections/files/results/2018/primary/histatewide.pdf|title=Hawaii 2018 Primary Election results}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gilriviere.com/ Campaign Website]
- [https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/memberpage.aspx?member=riviere Hawaii State Legislature website profile]
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Democratic Party Hawaii state senators
Category:21st-century members of the Hawaii State Legislature