(BIVN) – UPDATED – A general election runoff is set for November between the top vote-getters in the race for Hawaiʻi County Mayor: Mitch Roth with 19,449 votes, or 31.4%, and the next runner up Ikaika Marzo with 12,893 votes, or 20.8%.
Current Hawaiʻi County Mayor Harry Kim will not return to office after the general election is decided. His 9,590 votes will not be enough to insert him into the runoff scenario.
Neil Azevedo trailed Mayor Kim with 6,919 votes, followed by Stacy Higa with 5,635 votes.
