Of the 6800 voters in the 2 precincts that failed to mail in ballot (about 1400 did) only 1500 votes were cast and Schatz increased his lead slightly to 1,769 votes. Another electoral victory for Hawaiian Jews (Lingle is Jewish).
The Hawaii GOP’s failure to get a decent Senate candidate is criminal, pull a Walsh Cam Cavasso, pull a Walsh. Actually I think it’s called pulling a Torricelli.
Who is the R candidate for Gov?
“Another electoral victory for Hawaiian Jews”
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The correct term is “Hebrewaiians.”
As for the Senate race, this is another example of our lack of a bench biting us in the arse. Only three Republicans have the profile to run a competitive gubernatorial or congressional race in HI: Charles Djou, Duke Aiona and Linda Lingle. Instead of running for the Senate (where he’d be a bit of a longshot), Djou is running for Congress in the Honolulu-based HI-01, which gives him a better chance of victory because (i) he served a partial term there in 2010-11, (ii) it is less Democrat that the other CD or the state as a whole, having given Bush 47% in 2004, and (iii) it is an open seat due to Hanabusa’s (unsuccessful) Senate run. Former Lt. Gov. Aiona is running for governor, where he has a real shot of winning in a three-way race. As for Lingle, she got clobbered by Hirono in the 2012 Senate race (Obama was getting over 70% in HI in the same election) and decided not to try again. So I’m not sure who could replace Cavasso on the ballot and beat Shatz (unless Hianabusa launches an independent bid for the Senate and splits the Dem vote).