Dr Thomas Pollard

Dr Thomas "Tom" Pollard was a non partisan candidate in the 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial election. Pollard's running mate for Lieutenant Governor was Leonard Kama.
Dr. Pollard ran against Neil Abercrombie (D), Duke Aiona (R), and Daniel H. Cunningham (Free Energy) in the gubernatorial election held on November 2, 2010. Neil Abercrombie was successful in capturing almost 58% of the vote. Dr. Pollard did gain 20.3% percent of the ballots that were cast for independent candidates. However, that only totaled .3 percent of the overall electorate.<pre>
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
(D) ABERCROMBIE / SCHATZ 222,724 57.8%
(R) AIONA / FINNEGAN 157,311 40.8%
(F) CUNNINGHAM / SPENCE 1,265 0.3%
(N) POLLARD / KAMA 1,263 0.3%
Blank Votes: 2,587
Over Votes: 235 0.1%
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Dr. Pollards Official Campaign Statement:
"The main concerns in Hawaii today are the high cost of housing, agriculture, education, the economy, and traffic. By increasing the tax on a barrel of oil, our legislature has increased the cost of everything in Hawaii.
The cost of food is too high and one solution I have is for the state to provide more support to our farmers and to support diversified agriculture. I believe that that only truly sustainable economy should be based on diversified agriculture.
The cost of buying a home is too high and the availability of affordable housing is poor. I find many people living with their parents into their 40s because they cannot afford to buy a home. In most states the builders of housing subdivisions must build affordable housing and provide funds for schools, roads, and parks and create the infrastructure before building the rest of the houses in the neighborhood.
Hawaii is well known is as the easiest place in the United States to get welfare benefits. It is well known that significant amounts of people in our homeless shelters are people from the mainland that have been in Hawaii for less than 3 months. We would decrease the problem by passing a residency requirement of 6 months to a year before eligibility for welfare benefits. Of course there would be continued provisions for patients that need emergency services."
Quote: On October 3, 2010, Duke Aiona, Thomas Pollard & Neil Abercrombie answered questions about early childhood education in Honolulu at the State Capitol Auditorium. Pollard was quoted as saying "Whatever the government spends, it comes from us, so we have to figure out a way to do it, I agree with the private partnership and those sorts of things, and pairing government with the private partners."
Quote: "As I think of what those first Americans gave for our freedom, I am truly honored to do my part in serving in the military, providing medical care, and yes, even running for the office of governor. I believe I am honor bound to fight for what I believe in, just as Dr. Amos Pollard did."
Personal and Professional
Dr. Thomas Pollard was born in Washington, OH. Dr. Pollard specializes in critical care medicine, pulmonology, sleep medicine, internal medicine in Aiea, Hawaii and Kailua, Hawaii. Dr. Pollard is presently a Critical Care Air Transport physician in the Air Force Reserves at Hickam AFB. He graduated with an MD from Western University in 1991. Dr. Pollard is married and his wife's name is Cindy. He has two children by a previous marriage.

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