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Sometimes I'm willing to cut a candidate some slack about living in the district; those lines are sometimes gerrymandered wildly, and so it's not unthinkable for a person to live in one district but work and spend most of his time in another, and prefer to run in the neighboring one. But Hawaii's district lines seem relatively simple; the 1st district is Honolulu and the 2nd district is everyplace else. In the Hawaiian special election, the Democrats have the complication of two major candidates against one Republican in a winner-take-all race, and yet neither one lives in the district. Neither...

Democratic Committee is looking to pay people to walk neighborhoods educating voters about the upcoming special election. Duties will include going door to door in neighborhoods, talking to specific voters, educating them about the procedures for mail-in balloting, and persuading them to vote in the special election. Shifts will be in the afternoon from 3 - 8pm M-F, and all day Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 6pm, running through May 22nd. Reliable transportation is a requirement. Pay is $12/hour. To apply or get more information, email hawaiifield@me.com with a phone number. •Location: Honolulu •Compensation: $12 per hour •This is...

HONOLULU -- A recent poll shows Republican Charles Djou is tied with Democrat Ed Case for the lead in Oahu’s special congressional election, according to The Atlantic magazine. The poll, which The Atlantic said was conducted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, puts Democrat Colleen Hanabusa in third place, just a few points behind Djou and Case. In January, when KITV4 and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin conducted the last poll that went public, Case was the clear leader. The former congressman had 37 percent of the vote, followed by Senate President Hanabusa in second place with close to 25 percent. Councilman...

<p>Honolulu, - A television ad produced by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has assailed a no-new-taxes pledge signed by Republican congressional candidate Charles Djou.</p> <p>But the group that sponsors the pledge, Americans for Tax Reform, on Wednesday called the ad "blatantly false" and noted that several Democrats have signed it.</p>