Only 1 major candidate running to succeed Tulsi Gabbard

[Judi Lynn]

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press
Aug 2, 2020 Updated 49 min ago



HONOLULU (AP) — There’s only one major candidate in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, virtually guaranteeing he will be sworn in as Hawaii’s newest congressman in January.

Kai Kahele, a Democrat, is so far ahead of everyone else that he has been spending the final four months before this week’s primary on active duty helping the Hawaii National Guard respond to the coronavirus pandemic instead of campaigning.

“Kai Kahele will probably just walk right in to Congress,” said Colin Moore, director of the Public Policy Center at the University of Hawaii.

The state’s Aug. 8 primary is being conducted by mail. Ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on election day to be counted.

In Hawaii, Democratic Party primaries for open congressional seats are usually packed with political veterans aiming to move up the ranks and ambitious upstarts eager to make their mark.

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From last year:

Hawaii state Sen. Kai Kahele officially announces 2020 bid for Congress
By Sophie Cocke Jan. 21, 2019

By Sophie Cocke Jan. 21, 2019

Courtesy video

Hawaii state Sen. Kai Kahele officially announced today that he plans to run for the congressional seat occupied by U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, setting up a potential 2020 Democratic primary challenge for Gabbard early on as she embarks on her bid for president.


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State Sen. Kai Kahele made his announcement at the Moʻoheau Bandstand in downtown Hilo, where Hawaii’s Democratic Party rallies every election.

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Hawaii state Sen. Kai Kahele officially announced today that he plans to run for the congressional seat occupied by U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, setting up a potential 2020 Democratic primary challenge for Gabbard early on as she embarks on her bid for president. The congressional seat represents the neighbor islands and rural Oahu.

Kahele made his announcement at the Moʻoheau Bandstand in downtown Hilo, where Hawaii’s Democratic Party rallies every election. He was surrounded by his family, including wife and two children, and supporters. Former state Sen. Brickwood Galuteria moderated the event. State Sen. Lorraine Inouye (D-Kaupulehu-Waimea-North Hilo) also attended.

Announcing on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kahele referenced the late leader of the Civil Rights movement’s dedication to social and economic justice as inspiration for his congressional run, quoting King: “Lifeʻs most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?”

Kahele said that the day was also significant for him because it was on this day three years ago that he found his father, the late state Sen. Gil Kahele (D-Hil0), at home having a heart attack.

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[msongs]

1. tulsi has pretty much vanished lately nt

[brush]

2. She demonstrated clearly how to dismantle a political career.

Her own. Her DINO campaign for president made no sense whatsover. Guess she'll be looking for a gig on FOX come Jan.

[Hortensis]

3. And running a super PAC or PR for a corporation -- until

she screws that up and moves to something else.

It always happens that some deeply flawed people, whose biggest talent is self aggrandizement, convince people to elect them to positions they're unfit for. Some manage to maintain for years, but others, like Newt and, I believe, her, don't have the self discipline to do what they need to survive. Self destructive behaviors continue, and we've seen Gabbard soiling whatever nest she's had.