{{short description|American politician (born 1947)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name= Robert Bunda |office1 = 10th President of the Hawaii Senate |term_start1 = December 2000 |term_end1 = January 2, 2009 |predecessor1 = Norman Mizuguchi |successor1 = Colleen Hanabusa |state_senate2=Hawaii |state2=Hawaii |district2=22nd |term_start2=1994 |term_end2= 2010 |succeeded2=Laura Figueira |state_house3=Hawaii |district3=40th |prior_term3={{unbulleted list|41st (1982–1984)|13th (1984–1992)}} |term_start3=1982 |term_end3=1994 |succeeded3=Marcus Oshiro |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1947|04|25}} |birth_place=Waialua, Territory of Hawaii |spouse=Gail |profession=Businessman |party=Democratic }}
'''Robert "Bobby" Bunda''' (born April 25, 1947) is a former Democratic member of the Hawaii Senate, representing the 22nd District from 1994 through 2010, when he resigned his position in an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii.<ref name="LG Eleven">{{cite news | last=Sample | first=Herbert A. | title=11 vying for Hawaii's second highest post | date=September 15, 2010 | newspaper=Honolulu Star-Advertiser | agency=Associated Press | url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/102957199.html | accessdate=2011-02-04 | archive-date=May 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524130108/http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/102957199.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
The 2009 Achievement Award for Public Affairs was conferred to Bunda by ''Filipinas Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filipinas.inquirer.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514074011/http://www.filipinas.inquirer.net/ |archive-date=2009-05-14 |title=Filipinas Magazine {{!}} The Magazine For Filipinas Worldwide}}</ref> The magazine, self-described as "the Magazine for Filipinos Worldwide" named Bunda as among the "brightest lights" of the Filipino community.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.filipinas.inquirer.net/?p=2695 |title=Filipinas Magazine Achievement Awardee for Public Affairs, Sen. Robert Bunda | Filipinas Magazine |access-date=2009-10-20 |archive-date=2009-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122134839/http://www.filipinas.inquirer.net/?p=2695 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Bunda announced on October 13, 2009, that he had entered the 2010 race for Lieutenant Governor for the State of Hawaiʻi.<ref name="LG Eleven" />
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==External links== * [http://www.robertbunda.com www.RobertBunda.com] Official individual website. * [http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/senate/members/sen22.asp Hawaii State Legislature - Senator Robert Bunda] '''official government site''' * [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=3397 Project Vote Smart - Senator Robert 'Bobby' Bunda (HI)] profile * ''Follow the Money'' - Robert Bunda ** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200611&c=417460 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200411&c=407783 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200211&c=41168 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199811&c=351724 1998] campaign contributions
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