Pine victorious over Berg, Fukunaga will fill vacancy

By Kevin Dayton

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 07, 2012

~~<p>Voters rejected the outspoken and sometimes controversial City Councilman Tom Berg on Tuesday night, and instead chose state Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine by a wide margin as the new Council member representing the Leeward Coast, Kapolei and parts of Ewa.</p>
<p>In urban Honolulu, political veteran and state Sen. Carol Fukunaga also won election to the Council, besting a crowded field of 16 candidates in a winner-take-all race to replace Tulsi Gabbard in a midterm special election.</p>
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Voters rejected the outspoken and sometimes controversial City Councilman Tom Berg on Tuesday night, and instead chose state Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine by a wide margin as the new Council member representing the Leeward Coast, Kapolei and parts of Ewa.

In urban Honolulu, political veteran and state Sen. Carol Fukunaga also won election to the Council, besting a crowded field of 16 candidates in a winner-take-all race to replace Tulsi Gabbard in a midterm special election. Login for more...