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Independent · Mayor of Honolulu · Hawaii · Spectrum score +7

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Rick Blangiardi is Mayor of Honolulu in Hawaii. Political positions and ideology score +7 (Center). Richard John Blangiardi is an American television executive and politician from Hawaii.

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Where Rick stands on the spectrum

Rick Blangiardi scores +7 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +7 · Center · economic +4 · social +8 · authoritarian +6

Confidence 68. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Richard John Blangiardi is an American television executive and politician from Hawaii. Blangiardi was elected mayor of Honolulu in 2020 and took office on January 2, 2021. He previously worked in the television industry and helped consolidate KHNL and KGMB into Hawaii News Now. Blangiardi was reelected in 2024.

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Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic
+4
Social
+8
Authoritarian
+6
Confidence
68
  • Taxes & spending+6

    Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint

  • Health care-6

    Public or single-payer coverage as a right

  • Climate & energy+4

    Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates

  • Business regulation+10

    Deregulation and lighter administrative state

  • Labor & wages+8

    Flexible labor markets, right-to-work

  • Immigration+14

    Tighter borders, more deportations

  • Abortion-8

    Legal access, opposed to bans

  • Guns+10

    Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits

  • Crime & policing+20

    More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform

  • Schools & speech+8

    Choice, against gender/DEI curricula

  • Defense & alliances+18

    Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence

  • Civil liberties+6

    Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

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Sources

  • Ballotpedia, mayors of the 100 largest cities, August 2026
  • en.wikipedia.org
  • Local contact is from the public office listing. Scores are modeled, not a roll-call.

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Updated August 2026.