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Chairing the Hawaii party is Signe Godfrey, who owned executive search company Olsten Staffing for 30 years.
Other new committee members include:
Vice Chair of Coordinated Campaigns: Lynn Finnegan
Vice Chair of Candidate Recruitment & Training: Diamond Garcia
Vice Chair of Communications: Tiana Elisara
Vice Chair of Coalitions: Henry Vincent III
Vice Chair of Community Service: Jeff Coakley
Secretary: Mele Songsong
Treasurer Steve Holck was appointed in July 2020, but this is the first time he has been elected. Members will serve two year terms.
Earlier this year, former chair Shirlene Ostrov and vice chair of communications Edwin Boyette resigned after tweets defending followers of QAnon conspiracy theories were posted on the official Hawaii GOP account.
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In response to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the former Hawaii GOP communications vice chairman, Edwin Boyette, posted a tweet saying, “We should make it abundantly clear the people who subscribed to the Q fiction, were largely motivated by a sincere and deep love for America. Patriotism and love of country should never be ridiculed.”
The chairperson of the Hawaii Republican Party is resigning after a senior member of the party sent tweets defending adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory
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Feb 2, 2021
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, Shirlene Ostrov, then-Republican candidate for Congress, waves to drivers at a highway intersection in Waipahu, Hawaii. The top official in the Hawaii Republican party has resigned a week after one of her top chairman posted pro-QAnon tweets on the GOP s official account. Ostrov took full responsibility in the wake of the tweets posted Jan. 23, 2021, by Edwin Boyette, the communications chairman who resigned a day later. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File)
HONOLULU (AP) The chairperson of the Hawaii Republican Party has resigned after a senior party member used an official Twitter account to send tweets defending adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory.