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Who is In Charge of Democratic Party Discipline in Hawaii? Republicans win House Seat in Democrat-heavy Hawaii as Two Democratic Candidates Split Vote

By Andis Kaulins

Republicans win House Seat in Democrat-Heavy Hawaii | Reuters

We're political centrists, but were amazed to see that Republican Charles Djou won a three-way vote in a special election for a vacant congressional seat by garnering only 39.5 percent of the total vote in a heavily Democratic State as two Democratic candidates, former Congressman Ed Case with 30.8% of the vote and state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa with 27.6 % of the vote, split the Democratic vote.

We don't know who is responsible for party discipline in Hawaii, but it would seem to us that both Case and Hanabusa should be removed from the party for putting their own personal interests in being elected against the greater interests of their own State and Nation.

On the other hand, such candidates may be typical for the run-of-the-mill Congress-Person, who may be serving primarily himself or herself, rather than the community.

Full post as published by LawPundit on May 23, 2010 (boomark / email).