Hawaii’s top political jobs are on the ballot today, with a Democratic governor and congresswoman facing serious primary challenges, and an open House seat up for grabs.
In every race, at least one candidate is hoping for a comeback.
Democratic Gov. David Ige, who won his first term in 2014 by ousting an unpopular incumbent, is trying to fend off Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who had run and lost her own primary challenge that year to Sen. Brian Schatz.
For months, Hanabusa was the favorite to win, as Ige staggered from the embarrassment of a false missile alert that revealed strains in the state’s emergency infrastructure.
“At the highest level of state government today, there is a troubling lack of leadership and vision,” Hanabusa said in January as she announced her campaign.
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