Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/1
Saturday night: Orange to Blue and a glass of wine
In the past couple weeks, this community has stepped up in a massive way to support the many excellent candidates on the Orange to Blue list.
Now it's time for those of us sitting home on a Saturday night, perhaps with a glass of...
It feels good to be on the attack
It feels better when we go on the attack. Its gets results, too.
That why we just endorsed two Democrats, Suzan DelBene and Colleen Hanabusa, who can defeat vulnerable Republican incumbents. Polling shows Hanabusa tied, and DelBene down only 3%. If we start picking off Republican incumbents, so...
HI-01: Orange to Blue: Colleen Hanabusa
If Democrats are going to keep control of the House this fall, we're going to need to play offense. We're going to need to win some seats currently held by Republicans. We're going to have to target districts that should by all rights be blue, which should be represented by populists committed to a just...
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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