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Case favors future run for U.S. Senate, not Hawai'i governor
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Nov 19, 2004 09:14am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Nov 19, 2004 12:00am |
| Description | Case favors future run for U.S. Senate, not Hawai'i governor
Honolulu Advertiser
Sixteen days after winning a second term in Congress with 65 percent of the vote, Democratic Rep. Ed Case says he would run for the Senate should a position open. "If a Senate seat were to open up, I'd run," he said yesterday. Case also virtually dismissed any talk of a run for Hawai'i governor in two years, when Gov. Linda Lingle is expected to seek a second term. Case's aspirations are significant because he is considered a potential rival to Lingle. Recent polls showed her job approval rating at 64 percent. Sens. Dan Inouye and Daniel Akaka are both 80 this year.
Neal Milner, a political scientist at the University of Hawai'i, said time has passed by several "old-time Democrats" who wanted to run for the Senate — a group in which he included Abercrombie — because Inouye and Akaka have served so long. Milner also said that politically it would make no sense for Case to run for the governor's seat for two reasons: Lingle is a strong incumbent and, in Hawai'i, the U.S. Senate is more prestigious. He also speculated that Lingle might run for a vacant Senate seat if one should open because she is the state's most prominent Republican. |
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