David Pendleton

Political office Starting in 1996, Pendleton served as the Representative of the 49th District (which was originally the 50th District) in the Hawaii House of Representatives; Later in 2000, Pendleton was a delegate at the Republican National Convention. In 2002, Pendleton was thought to be a potential candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, and joined the Legislative Advisory Board of the Heartland Institute. In 2004, Pendleton lost his reelection by 123 votes, after being the target of negative mailers that Noemi Pendleton called "dirty campaigning".

Later work Pendleton later worked on Governor Lingle's staff, and was appointed to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board for a ten-year term beginning in 2006. Despite formally being a Seventh-day-Adventist minister, Pendleton converted to Catholicism in 2008.