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"He has no regrets over his campaign but is analyzing why his loss was so large, he says " Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona said yesterday that he will decide after the 2012 elections whether to run for governor again in 2014. The Republican, who lost to Gov.-elect Neil Abercrombie by 17 percentage points earlier this month, said he would not consider any other political office. He plans to take a private-sector job within the next few weeks. "I have no intention, no ambition, no desire to run for any other office, whether it be Congress, Senate, state House seats...

Aloha! There is a new online poll for Hawaii's governor's race. Right now, the main actual polls (and as it happens, this particular online poll) have the two main candidates neck-and-neck. Even Daily Kos ran a poll recently that had Republican Duke Aiona in a dead heat with super leftwing liberal Democrat Neil Abercrombie (former Vietnam protester, member of Democratic Socialists of America, and leftover hippie). PLEASE PLEASE take a moment and go to the website The Maui News (mauinews.com) and vote for the Republican, Duke Aiona. He is Hawaii's best hope to get a responsible governor in there to...

Aloha Tweeps from Hawaii (and elsewhere, but this is primarily directed at Hawaii residents who are active on Twitter): There are just a couple of weeks left before the election and Twitter is a landscape where a lot of political discussion is taking place. It really helps with rapid-fire response to issues that occur throughout the day. I'm hoping some readers of FR are also active on Twitter, and so I want to encourage you to follow me and flag me that you're on so we can exchange messages among each other on that venue and help spread the word...

In a shocking Civil Beat report, Neil Abercrombie denounces his opponents as Nazis and enemies of civil rights. He points to ousted Broken Trust Trustee Dickie Wong as an example of “people coming together.” Godwin’s Law applies: "As a discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 100%. Once such a comparison is made, the discussion is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically ‘lost’ whatever debate was in progress.” According to Godwin, Neil Abercrombie, with the polls slipping, has now flipped out and “lost” the debate.

Please go to www.hawaiinewsnow.com and cast your vote for Duke Aiona in Hawaii's governor's race. The first Hawaii-based online poll is up for the Governor's Race. Right now, Duke Aiona, the Republican candidate and best choice for Hawaii, is leading. But let's widen that gap! Please take a moment to go to this Website and cast your vote for Duke Aiona, and help change the running narrative among Hawaii media that he just can't win -- it's bogus, as evidenced by Charles Djou's recent victory here in Hawaii!

I sent a letter to the OIP and Ombudsman this morning, requesting an investigation into whether the HDOH illegally destroyed permanent government records. I cc'ed Gov Lingle, Lt Gov Aiona, and AG Bennett. Because the letter contains a link I will post the entire letter in the first response to this post. A brief summary for those who are new to this issue: The retention schedule says that the original (hand-written) birth index was submitted for review in 1980 and it was determined that this record should be retained permanently. The schedule also says that the certificates themselves and the...

Link To Poll 95.5 The Fish - The Fishing Poll If You Had To Pick Now, Who Would You Pick For Governor Mufi Hannemann (D) Duke Aiona (R) Neil Abercrombie (D)

Current Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, a moderate who defied the state's Democratic trend by winning her first election in 2002 and re-election in 2006, will be term-limited in 2010. The poll showed Abercrombie's general election race could be more competitive than the state's typically Democratic lean would suggest. Abercrombie, who is serving his 10th full term in office, led Republican Lieutenant Gov. James "Duke" Aiona 45 to 36 percent with 19 percent undecided in a hypothetical general election match-up. Hannemann fared nearly as well as Abercrombie when Hannemann was pitted against Aiona. Results of a general election match-up showed Hanneman...

Recently Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona publicly expressed his Christian beliefs, provoking outrage from Hawaii's leftists. In a commentary on Wednesday, May 18, 2005, The Honolulu Advertiser columnist David Shapiro quoted Aiona as saying "Hawaii belongs to Jesus" ...