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Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie ousted by Ige in primary (Friend of Mr. Obama's parents)
The Associated Press ^ | August 10, 2014 | Cathy Bussewitz, Marco Garcia, Lorin Eleni Gill, Kalani Takase, Manuel Valdes and Juliet Williams

Posted on 08/10/2014 2:44:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

HONOLULU (AP) -- In a stunning defeat for an incumbent, Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie was unseated by a fellow Democrat in Saturday's primary election, as voters chose state Sen. David Ige as their nominee in one of two marquee races that have divided the party.

Abercrombie had tried to hold onto his seat while disgruntled voters turned their allegiance to Ige, who promised to bring a less confrontational political style. Voters rewarded Ige with a decisive victory....

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TOPICS: Hawaii; Campaign News; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: 2014; 2014midterms; abercrombie; brianschatz; colleenhanabusa; davidige; democrats; hanabusa; hawaii; hi2014; neilabercrombie; obama; schatz
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To: Impy

Hopefully an outlier. Ige was trailing Aiona by a bit before the primary. Hannemann may be taking more votes from Aiona.


41 posted on 09/12/2014 10:15:19 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Jet Jaguar; AuH2ORepublican

The only other post primary poll I can find is a CBS/You gov

Ige 37%, Aiona 35%, Hannemann 6%.


42 posted on 09/12/2014 10:30:17 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Jet Jaguar; AuH2ORepublican

Honolulu Civil Beat/MRG Poll

Ige 43% (D), Aiona 39% (R), Hannemann 8%(I)


43 posted on 09/23/2014 6:47:08 AM PDT by Impy (Voting democrat out of spite? Then you are America's enemy, like every other rat voter.)
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