Caldwell coasts to mayoral win

By B.J. Reyes

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

~~<p>Starting from a distant third place behind two well-known challengers at the start of the year, Kirk Caldwell completed his surge Tuesday by topping former Gov. Ben Cayetano in the race for Honolulu mayor and earning the right to continue overseeing the progress of the city's $5.26 billion rail transit project.</p>
<p>With all 156 precincts reporting, the former city managing director who has pledged to "do rail better" came away with 53.9 percent. Cayetano, who came out of retirement to give the anti-rail movement a legitimate contender, earned 46.1 percent of the vote.</p>
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Starting from a distant third place behind two well-known challengers at the start of the year, Kirk Caldwell completed his surge Tuesday by topping former Gov. Ben Cayetano in the race for Honolulu mayor and earning the right to continue overseeing the progress of the city's $5.26 billion rail transit project.

With all 156 precincts reporting, the former city managing director who has pledged to "do rail better" came away with 53.9 percent. Cayetano, who came out of retirement to give the anti-rail movement a legitimate contender, earned 46.1 percent of the vote. Login for more...