James Kealoha - Comeback Attempts

Comeback Attempts

After losing in 1962, Kealoha still had political aspirations but failed to win an election again. In 1966 he ran for a seat in the U. S. House of Representatives against incumbent Democrat Spark Matsunaga and was defeated. Of note in that campaign was Kealoha’s vocal opposition to the war in Vietnam which shocked fellow Republicans and enthused Democrats in their election efforts (Harada). In 1968 he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Hawaii island, losing to Shunichi Kimura.