HONOLULU (AP) — Republicans cited Rep.-elect Charles Djou’s victory for a seat long out of their reach as evidence of steadily increasing election-year strength, but Democrats said Sunday the winner’s 40-percent vote share portends a short stay in Congress for him and predicts nothing about the fall. (more)
Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou (R) won the special election in Hawaii’s 1st district tonight. He took 39.5 percent of the vote to 31 percent for state Sen. Colleen Hanabusa and 28 percent for former Rep. Ed Case (D). (more)
Facing two Democrats in a winner-take all special election, Charles Djou is poised to become the first Republican to represent President Obama’s home district since the 1990s when the mail-in ballots in Hawaii are counted this weekend. (more)
The DCCC is pulling out of the race to replace ex-Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), effectively ceding the heavily Dem seat to the GOP as intra-party feuding splits the vote. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite spending more than $300,000, frustrated House Democrats may abandon efforts to win a special election in Hawaii after quiet diplomacy failed to end a high-level party feud that threatens their prospects. (more)
Hawaii congressional candidate Charles K. Djou, who aims to become his state’s second Republican ever to serve in the House, says that despite all the tough talk on Iran, the real threat to the country comes from “the nutcase in Pyongyang.” (more)
Billboards in Hawaii are illegal, so candidates for office there have found creative alternatives to display their campaign signs — carefully orchestrated sign wavings during rush hour. (more)
In a sign of just how much the political landscape has changed since November 2008, for the first time in 18 years a Republican is mounting a serious challenge in Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Honolulu and the childhood home of President Obama. (more)
