Starting in 1996, Pendleton served as the Representative of the 49th District (which was originally the 50th District) in the Hawaii House of Representatives;[5] while in the House, Pendleton was the Minority Whip, Assistant Minority Leader, and finally the Minority Floor Leader.[1]
In 2000, along with GovernorLingle, Pendleton sued the Hawaii State Legislature to open closed-door conference committee meetings so that the public could attend.[12] Later in 2000, Pendleton was a delegate at the Republican National Convention.[5][13] In 2002, Pendleton was thought to be a potential candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii,[14] and joined the Legislative Advisory Board of the Heartland Institute.[15] In 2004, Pendleton lost his reelection by 123 votes,[2][16] after being the target of negative mailers that Noemi Pendleton called "dirty campaigning".[17]
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.[1][9][18][19] Despite formally being a Seventh-day-Adventist minister, Pendleton converted to Catholicism in 2008.[20]
^ abcDerrick DePledge; Gordon Y.K. Pang (November 4, 2004). "Rest of Lingle's term may be rough". Homolulu. Retrieved January 20, 2013. State Rep. David Pendleton, R-49th (Kane'ohe, Maunawili, Enchanted Lake), who lost to Democrat Pono Chong by 123 votes, was already clearing out his Capitol office yesterday morning.
^"Political File". Honolulu Star Bulletin. June 10, 2002. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
^Crystal Kua (July 26, 2000). "Candidates answer opportunity's knock". Honolulu Star Bulletin. Retrieved January 20, 2013. Two are seeking other offices, and at-large board member Noemi Pendleton, a GOP state party official and wife of Republican state Rep. David Pendleton, is not running for the board or any other office.
^ ab"Class Notes for 1993". USC Gould School of Law. University of Southern California. July 18, 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2013. David Pendleton (USC law '93) was recently appointed by the Governor of Hawaii and confirmed by the State of Hawaii to become an administrative law judge for a term to begin 1 July 2006 and end on 30 June 2016[permanent dead link]
^Malia Zimmerman (July 9, 2012). "Will Political Ties Secure a Federal Judge Appointment?". Hawaii Reporter. Retrieved January 20, 2013. The Democrats' coordinated campaign also successfully targeted Rep. David Pendleton with negative tactics. David's wife Noemi – once a member of the state school board - wrote a letter to constituents in response to the 2002 mailer. "My husband David has been the target of vicious attack advertisements and hit pieces sent out by the Democrats in support of Pono Chong. My husband runs a clean campaign. Unfortunately, Pono must think running a clean campaign means allowing the Democratic Party to do his dirty campaigning for him". The mailers just kept coming.
^Anna Weaver (March 21, 2008). "Former state representative and Seventh-day Adventist minister will be received into the Catholic church this Easter Vigil". Hawaii Catholic Herald. Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
