Richard Fale

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Richard Fale | image = | state_house = Hawaii | district = 47th | term_start = November 2012 | term_end = November 2014 | predecessor = Redistricted | successor = Feki Pouha | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|3|27}} | birth_place = Provo, Utah, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Windward Community College<br />University of Hawaii at Manoa | profession = | website = {{URL|richardfale.com}} }}

'''Richard Lee Fale'''<ref name="NA">{{cite web |url= http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/memberpage.aspx?member=fale&year=2013 |title= Representative Richard Lee Fale |publisher= Hawaii State Legislature |location= Honolulu, Hawaii |accessdate= November 25, 2013}}</ref> (born March 27, 1981, in Provo, Utah) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2012 to 2014 representing District 47.<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/109580 |title= Richard Fale's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= November 25, 2013}}</ref>

==Elections== *2013 Representative Richard Fale voted against SB 1, which legalized same-sex marriage in Hawaii, during the special legislative fall 2013 session that ended in November.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blair|first=Chad|date=2013-11-07|title=Gay Marriage Bill Clears Another Hurdle, Final House Vote Set for Friday|url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2013/11/20347-gay-marriage-bill-clears-another-hurdle-final-house-vote-set-for-friday/|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Honolulu Civil Beat|language=en}}</ref> *2012 With Democratic Representative Jessica Wooley redistricted to District 48, Fale challenged incumbent Republican Representative Gil Riviere, who had been redistricted from District 46. Fale won the District 47 August 11, 2012 Republican Primary with 727 votes (50.5%) against Riviere,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2012/primary/elections/results/2012/primary/files/histatewide.pdf |title= Primary Election 2012 - State of Hawaii - Statewide August 11, 2012 |publisher= Hawaii Office of Elections |location= Honolulu, Hawaii |page= 4 |accessdate= November 25, 2013}}</ref> and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 4,381 votes (54.0%) against Democratic nominee D. Ululani Beirne.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2012/general/elections/results/2012/general/files/histatewide.pdf |title= Hawaii General 2012 - State of Hawaii - Statewide November 6, 2012 |publisher= Hawaii Office of Elections |location= Honolulu, Hawaii |page= 2 |accessdate= November 25, 2013}}</ref> who had been redistricted from District 38. *2008 Fale initially challenged incumbent Democratic Senator Clayton Hee in the Hawaii Senate District 23, was unopposed for the September 20, 2008 Republican Primary, winning with 1,133 votes,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2008/primary/files/histatewide.pdf |title= Primary Election 2010 - State of Hawaii - Statewide September 20, 2008 |publisher= Hawaii Office of Elections |location= Honolulu, Hawaii |page= 4 |accessdate= November 25, 2013}}</ref> but lost the November 4, 2008 General election to Hee.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2008/general/files/histatewide.pdf |title= General Election - State of Hawaii - Statewide November 4, 2008 |publisher= Hawaii Office of Elections |location= Honolulu, Hawaii |page= 1 |accessdate= November 25, 2013}}</ref> *2010 Fale challenged incumbent Democratic Representative Jessica Wooley in House District 47, was unopposed for the September 18, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 895 votes,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2010/primary/files/histatewide.pdf |title= Primary Election 2010 - State of Hawaii - Statewide September 18, 2010 |publisher= Hawaii Office of Elections |location= Honolulu, Hawaii |page= 5 |accessdate= November 25, 2013}}</ref> but lost the November 2, 2010 General election to Wooley.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2010/general/files/histatewide.pdf |title= General Election - State of Hawaii - Statewide November 2, 2010 |publisher= Hawaii Office of Elections |location= Honolulu, Hawaii |page= 3 |accessdate= November 25, 2013}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/memberpage.aspx?member=fale&year=2013 Official page] at the Hawaii State Legislature *[http://richardfale.com/ Campaign site] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=109580 | fec= | congress= }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fale, Richard}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Brigham Young University–Hawaii alumni Category:Hawaii politicians of Filipino descent Category:Republican Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives Category:Politicians from Provo, Utah Category:Windward Community College alumni Category:Asian-American people in Hawaii politics Category:21st-century members of the Hawaii State Legislature Category:Asian conservatism in the United States