Keali'i Lopez | |
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Chair of the Hawaii Democratic Party | |
In office May 30, 2018 – August 6, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Tim Vandeveer |
Succeeded by | Gary Hooser (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1960 or 1961 (age 63–64) |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Windward Community College University of Hawaii, Manoa (BA) |
Keali'i Lopez is an activist and lobbyist who served as the chairperson of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from May 2018 until her resignation in August 2019. She was appointed director of Hawaii State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs on December 4, 2010, and her term ended on December 1, 2014. Prior to that, she was an executive at a Hawaii nonprofit that ran several public-access television channels. She received a bachelor's degree in communications at University of Hawaii at Manoa.
On August 6, 2019, Lopez announced that she had accepted a nonpartisan position at the state offices of the AARP, forcing her to resign her position as Democratic Party chairperson mid-way through her two-year term.
References
- Kealii Lopez resigns as state Democratic Party chairwoman
- ^ Dayton, Kevin (2019-08-07). "Kealii Lopez resigns as state Democratic Party chairwoman". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- Kevin Dayton (May 28, 2018), "Isle Democrats elect lobbyist Lopez as new chairwoman", Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
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- Kristen Consillio (January 10, 2011), Lopez is ready to lead, McClatchy-Tribune Business News – via ProQuest
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Preceded byTim Vandeveer | Chair of the Hawaii Democratic Party 2018–2019 |
Succeeded byGary Hooser Acting |
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