Incumbents for Hawaii congressional races breeze through primary election
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The three Democratic incumbents running for Hawaii’s congressional races breezed through the primary election Saturday.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, Rep. Ed Case and Rep. Jill Tokuda are all looking to keep their seats on Capitol Hill.
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Longtime lawmaker Hirono was up against a slew of opponents from five different parties. She faced two other Democrats, six Republicans, and one candidate each from the Green Party, We The People and Nonpartisan group.
But despite the heavy competition, there are no big contenders for the U.S. Senate seat.
After the first print out, Hirono was in a clear lead with over 160,000 votes. Her Democratic opponents were far behind — Ron Curtis received over 12,600 votes and Clyde Lewman got nearly 3,700 votes.
Meanwhile, Rep. Ed Case over took Cecil Hale in the Democratic race for Congressional District 1 with over 77,800 votes. Hale garnered over 6,600 votes.
Case will go up against Republican Patrick Largey and Nonpartisan Calvin Griffin in the general election come November.
For Congressional District 2, Jill Tokuda will move forward with no Democratic opponents. She will face Republican Steve Bond, Libertarian Aaron Toman, and Nonpartisan Randall Kelly Meyer in the general election.
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