From today’s Washington Post:
Democrats are bracing for the loss of a House seat Saturday in President Obama‘s birthplace of Hawaii, where a special election in a heavily Democratic district has inflamed tensions within the party.
Republican Charles Djou has been leading in recent public polls in the winner-takes-all contest — largely as a result of a feud between two Democratic candidates that has splintered their party’s base. A Djou victory would break the Democrats’ long winning streak of special elections and hand theRepublican Party a symbolic victory in its bid to regain control of Congress.
There were no party primaries to replace Neil Abercrombie, a 10-term Democratic congressman who resigned to run for governor, so Saturday’s election features 14 candidates. Whoever gets the most votes wins.
The two leading Democrats, state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa and former congressman Ed Case, have been fighting for months, with neither candidate willing to bow out of the race in the interest of party unity.
Seizing the opportunity, Djou appealed to voters’ concerns about the federal deficit, striking an anti-Washington tone in an effort to become only the third Republican ever to represent Hawaii in Congress.
Continue reading here. Election returns should start coming in around Midnight EDT. We’ll have updates throughout the night. This race is more a story of Democrats losing the seat, rather then the GOP winning it. Still, with the loss in Pennsylvania, we’re certain the GOP will take what it can get.
One caveat that has been little reported; this election is being conducted entirely by mail. While Djou has led in recent polls, there is no telling how many ballots had been cast before his latest surge. As they say, stay tuned.
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