Posted on 08/10/2014 4:55:46 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Hawaiis Gov. Neil Abercrombie was defeated and U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz was fighting to avoid a similar ousting Saturday after a Democratic primary vote that occurred as the state cleaned up from Tropical Storm Iselle and awaited an incoming hurricane.
State Sen. David Ige took a broad lead over Abercrombie from the earliest returns Saturday night, and the incumbent conceded publicly little more than three hours after the polls closed. The Senate contest was a dead heat late into the night; at one point Rep. Colleen Hanabusa and Schatz were separated by a mere 11 votes.
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Question: How is that going to help the GOP in November?
The GOP is expected to reclaim the Governorship with Duke Aiona (who lost in a landslide to Abercrombie in 2010, a total turnaround for him).
And to think in only a few years the illegal “children” will also be voting for their own kind in elections. Welcome to the United States of Latin America.
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