The WINDS of CHANGE literally knocked him over!
"Hawaii’s governor ousted in stunning primary loss" by Cathy Bussewitz and Juliet Williams | Associated Press August 11, 2014
HONOLULU — A 40-year political career came to a close after Hawaii’s governor, Neil Abercrombie, lost his bid for a second term in a stunning defeat in a primary election by a fellow Democrat and state senator who defied party leadership to challenge the incumbent. A second intraparty fight for US Senate was too close to call.
State Senator David Ige, cruised to a decisive 35 percentage point win in Saturday’s primary despite being dramatically outspent by Abercrombie, who also had high-profile endorsements including President Obama.
This does NOT BODE WELL for Democrats this November!
And now they are going to have to defend to LOSS of IRAQ as well as contend with health re-enrollments and !
Tropical Storm Iselle, which pounded parts of the state last week, also delivered a bizarre twist to Hawaii’s election, leaving the heated contest between Democratic incumbent Senator Brian Schatz and Representative Colleen Hanabusa too close to declare a winner.
In an unprecedented move, elections officials postponed voting in two precincts in the remote Puna region of the Big Island, deciding that damaged roads would make it unsafe for voters to get to the polls.
See: Hurricanes Heading Toward Hawaii
With Schatz holding only a narrow lead over Hanabusa, both candidates will have to wait for the results from mail-in ballots, which will be sent to as many as 8,255 registered voters there, then returned and tabulated.
I heard it was all of 11 votes.
Both races divided the state’s dominant Democratic Party and offered voters a choice between the political establishment and a new generation of leaders.
And look who they chose.
Abercrombie called his four years as governor ‘‘a singular honor’’ and pledged in an e-mail to help Ige ‘‘with every ounce of energy I possess.’’
The governor was seen as confrontational and he angered many voters with a proposal last year to raise a host of taxes.
In other words, he was the typical asshole Democrat.
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The bigger the race, the easier it is to rig.
