| Dem's Blue Over Djou |
| Written by Melanie Morgan | |||
| Sunday, 23 May 2010 18:24 | |||
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Reeling from the upside-down results in Pennyslvania where the GOP lost a seat they were expected to gain, the Elephant party has broken out the pom-poms for a win they had no idea was coming....in President Obama's former hometown. "...Republican Charles Djou has won Hawaii’s special House election, providing a timely boost to a party unnerved by a decisive Democratic victory in a Pennsylvania special House election Tuesday.
Djou got 39 percent of the vote Saturday, according to unofficial returns, followed by state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa at 30 percent and former Democratic Rep. Ed Case at 27 percent.
Djou will serve out the remainder of the term in the seat left vacant by former Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie, who resigned to run for governor.
Despite the Honolulu-based district’s overwhelmingly Democratic tilt, the GOP win did not come as a surprise. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pulled out of the race earlier this month, concluding that, with Case and Hanabusa splitting the Democratic vote, Djou was all but certain to win with a plurality Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37649.html#ixzz0ooFyE0d9
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