The court rejects Hanabusa, looks like the vote will go on.
I personally find it shocking and amazing that Schatz, who was supposedly almost as unpopular as Abercrombie, will apparently retain and win the nomination over Inouye’s heir apparent Hanabusa. If he wins in November (and outrageously, the HI GOP gave this one a pass with a desultory opponent), he’ll be the first White Senator elected since Oren Long drew the short term in the 1959 statehood special. Frankly, the state GOP should ask Cavasso to step down and put up a credible (and preferably Asian or Native Hawaiian) candidate.
That seems sensible to me, I don’t know what things are like there, obviously, but we voted just about 10 days after Hurricane Sandy, we still didn’t have electric in our house, but we were able to vote with no problem.