Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/1
Hawaii Rep. Charles Djou on Repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
HI-01: Democratic challenger Hanabusa leads incumbent Djou
Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 10/2-3. Likely voters. MoE 3.9%
Colleen Hanabusa (D) 48
Charles Djou (R) 47
Undecided (R) 5
Despite receiving just 40 percent of the vote, Republican incumbent Charles Djou won a special election in HI-01 earlier this when Democrats divided their...
HI-01: Case reverses course, heads for the exits
While Sunday on a holiday weekend meandered along, out of nowhere came a political game changer from the Islands:
"In this contest of values there's room for only one standard bearer for our party," said Ed Case. "So today I withdraw my candidacy in favor of Colleen (Hanabusa)."
With that, Ed...
HI-01: DCCC’s blown call
The House GOP snapped their special election losing streak by winning the heavily Democratic Honolulu-area district.
With 39.4 percent of the vote.
Needless to say, the GOP is renting this district for a few months. The Dems will take it back in November, with the added bonus of counting as a pickup offsetting...
Hawaii Sends Charles Djou to Congress, First Republican in 20 Years
Filed under: House, Republicans, 2010 Elections
Republican Charles Djou won a special election contest for a Hawaii house seat over a field divided by two Democrats, but faces a stiffer contest in November.
It's rare that a move likely to concede a seat to Republicans is the best choice for Democrats, but that may be the case here: It's official: The DCCC will be pulling out of the Hawaii special House election, a free-for-all with two Dems and one Republican, because neither Dem will agree...HI-01: DCCC Pulls Out
HI-01: Three-way tie headed into special election
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 4/11-14. Likely voters. MoE 5% (No trend lines)
Ed Case (D) 29
Colleen Hanabusa (D) 28
Charles Djou (R) 32
Other 4
Undecided 7
The May 22 special election is a "jungle primary", which means that all candidates run...
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