David P "Kawika" Crowley was a Hawaiian politician who was the Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district in the November 2012 election.
12 Facts About Kawika Crowley
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In 2014, Crowley again won the Republican primary race for the 2nd Congressional district in a contested race.
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Kawika Crowley spent his teenage years and much of his young adulthood in Hilo.
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Kawika Crowley ran for Mayor of the Big Island of Hawaii in 1990.
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In 2012, Kawika Crowley defeated Matthew DiGeronimo to win the Republican nomination for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional district race.
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For six years, Kawika Crowley represented interests of the Hawaii Bar Owners Association, doing lobbyist work at the Hawaii State House.
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Kawika Crowley was known as "the smoking guy" for his lobbying to repeal Hawaii's ban on indoor smoking in stand alone bars, and was never seen without a cigar.
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Kawika Crowley was opposed to the Honolulu Rail Project and to same-sex marriage.
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Kawika Crowley was a supporter of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, although he had no Hawaiian ancestry.
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Kawika Crowley was a handyman and painter living in his car.
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Kawika Crowley earned about $15,000 a year, putting him among the working homeless.
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Kawika Crowley committed suicide by jumping off Pu'ueo Bridge in downtown Hilo, on January 4,2023.