Republican wins Hawaii House seat

Christian Science Monitor:

The victory of Republican Charles Djou in a special election in Hawaii’s First Congressional District – the heavily Democratic district where President Obama grew up – is a welcome political reversal for the GOP.

In 2008, Mr. Obama took the district with 70 percent of the vote, and no Hawaiian congressional district had returned a Republican for 20 years.

Moreover, the victory stopped a surprising winning streak for Democrats, who had won the past seven consecutive special elections for Congress, including three prominent races – two in upstate New York and one in Pennsylvania – in areas that tilt conservative.

Taking his cues from another Republican who won in firmly Democratic territory – Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts – Djou saw the election as a repudiation of one-party rule.

"The congressional seat is not owned by one political party. This congressional seat is owned by the people," he said.

Djou, a member of the Honolulu City Council, will be only the third Republican to represent Hawaii in Washington since Hawaii became a state in 1959.

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This was a case of divide and conquer. There will not be two Democrats running against one Republican in the Fall so Djou will have his work cut out for him and a short time to do it. But, good for him and for Hawaii. They need a break from the evils of liberalism and its Democrat representatives.

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