(D) Kai Kahele wins Hawaii House race to replace Gabbard

[Budi]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/524108-kahele-wins-hawaii-seat-to-replace-gabbard?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Hawaii state Sen. Kai Kahele (D) won the election on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by outgoing Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii).

Kahele handily defeated Republican Joe Akana in Hawaii's heavily Democratic 2nd Congressional District.

The Associated Press called the race early Wednesday with 89 percent of precincts reporting and Kahele winning 64 percent of the vote to Akana's 30 percent.

Kahele initially announced a primary challenge against Gabbard last year. But Gabbard later announced that she would not seek reelection to the House seat that she has held since 2013 so that she could focus on her ultimately unsuccessful presidential campaign.

Kahele was appointed to the Hawaii state Senate in February 2016 to fill the rest of his late father's term. He was elected to the seat later that year.

Kahele also serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Hawaii Air National Guard.
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[SheltieLover]

1. Glad to hear!

I'd forgotten all about pos Tulsi.

[dalton99a]

2. Good.

[Blue Owl]

3. K&R

[Pisces]

4. Yes!!!!!

[Me.]

5. WoHoo

Mahalo Budi...

[niyad]

6. KNR

[NBachers]

7. Looks like he's got shoes big enough to fill the office

[Blue_true]

9. He does seem to have long feet. nt

[Brother Buzz]

27. He's 6'3" so his shoes are reasonable proportional to his height

What's notable is they are narrow, which I have observed is kinda unusual for a native Hawaiian.

Note: Barack Obama has long skinny feet, too. I notice these things because I have long skinny feet; mine are larger than Obama's, but shorter then Kaiali'i Kahele's.

[eppur_se_muova]

11. My first thought was ... Sideshow Bob ?? nt

[murielm99]

13. Maybe that picture is distorted in some way.

You can see only a portion of the little girl's feet, but they look a bit long, too.

If not, I like his big feet. They will be good for kicking some republican ass.

[Enterstageleft]

17. It's been said...

He has a huge understanding of politics.

[Cha]

8. Great article on Congressman Kai Kahele..

We're so proud to have him represent us!

His family is adorable! I posted this last night in my OP on Biden Winning Hawaii..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14445477

Mahalo, Budi!

[Pachamama]

14. This is wonderful news....

And yes, his family (and him) are adorable and I am so happy for Hawaii....

[Cha]

21. Mahalo, Pachamama! Just goes

to show you if you wait long enough we can get 180 degrees from what we didn't want.

Bush to President Obama comes to mind, too.

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. Congratulations Dear Cha! And let's hope we've seen the back of Tulsi for good!

[Cha]

22. Mahalo, Tarheel! We got Lucky

with the whole Kai Kahele getting on board for Hawaii District 2!

[Tarheel_Dem]

23. You sure did get lucky!

[Cha]

25. Backatha!

[Hekate]

10. Hele on bruddah, hele on....

Couldn’t help that — Kai Kahele is such a great name and I’m sure he’s going to be a great Representative in DC!

Me ke aloha

[pnwmom]

12. Yay! Good for him! n/t

[SunSeeker]

15. K & R

[PopsMouth]

16. Gabbard has her sights set on becoming

the Governor of Hawaii

[Tarc]

20. Gabbard couldn't get elected as dog-catcher of Moscow

That toxic traitor will be lucky to land a Fox News job.

[PopsMouth]

26. Don't underestimate her political chops

If Trump can get 68million dumb shits to vote for him, anything is possible

[Codeine]

28. She can count on her fellow cultists

in Hawaii to help her along.

[panader0]

19. Yeah! for Kai!

And thanks to Cha for her support of him. I wouldn't have known about him otherwise.

[lagomorph777]

24. Yay!

Tulsi can retire to her dacha.