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Island trustees for Molokai, Lanai and Kauai are gaining reelection.
Editor’s note:These results have been updated as of 7:29 p.m. Wednesday.
Voters are favoring incumbents in this year’s race for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees.
At-Large Trustee Kelii Akina had a commanding lead over former trustee Lei Ahu Isa.
Early returns show Akina had 38.4% compared to Ahu Isa’s 24%.
Trustee Luana Alapa had a smaller lead over Kunani Nihipali in the race for the Molokai-Lanai trustee seat.
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Alapa had 32.3% to Nihipali’s 22.7%.
And on Kauai, Trustee Dan Ahuna led Laura Lindsey 30.6% to 23.8%.
One new trustee, Kai Kahele, won the Big Island seat outright in the primary election.
He will replace outgoing Trustee Mililani Trask.
Although most of the nine-member board of trustees represent geographic areas, they run statewide. It means name recognition has become crucial in these matchups as the OHA races do not often attract big-dollar donor