Duke Bainum, formally Mark Edmund Duke Bainum (born July 21, 1952), is an American politician and physician. Bainum served in the Hawaii State House of Representatives as a member of the Hawaii Democratic Party and was elected in a nonpartisan race to the Honolulu City Council and held various committee chairmanships during his tenure. In 2004, Bainum ran for Mayor of Honolulu in the state of Hawaii, but lost to former White House Aide Mufi Hannemann. Bainum is married to Jennifer Toma Bainum.

Education

Born in Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC and raised in Arkansas by Irvin and Evea Bainum, Bainum attended Southern College in Collegedale, Tennessee where he obtained his bachelor of science degree in 1974. He went on to study at the medical school of the University of Maryland where he became a medical doctor. In 1980, he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii to attend the University of Hawaii Surgical Residency Program at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, completing his internship in 1982.

Politics

Bainum entered elected politics assuming a seat on the McCully-Moiliili Neighborhood Board where he became its chairman from 1989 to 1990. He ran for the Hawaii State Legislature and won a seat in the Hawaii State House of Representatives, an office he served from 1990 to 1994. From 1995 to 2003, Bainum became one of the most vocal members of the Honolulu City Council where he was appointed chairman of the Budget, Customer Service, Health and Safety, Policy, Public Works, Transportation and Zoning Committees.

Resources

• Duke Bainum for Mayor of Honolulu 2004