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...
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...
Filed under: House, Republicans, 2010 Elections
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
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...
Wow, this would be explosive:
House Democrats are considering backing former Rep. Ed Case in Hawaii’s competitive winner-take-all special election next month, a move that would run counter to the endorsements of the Aloha State’s two Senators.
Several sources with knowledge of the situation said that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee...
