Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, simply received her main race on Saturday, setting Democrats up for a probable victory in November.
She was up in opposition to Clyde Lewman, a wooden merchandise salesman, and Ron Curtis, a retired engineer.
Curtis was final up in opposition to Hirono in 2018 because the Republican nominee for her Senate seat. He misplaced to the incumbent Democrat by about 29% to 71%.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono received her main, setting herself up for a 3rd time period. (Photograph by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photographs)
He additionally challenged Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, for his Home seat in 2020, however misplaced by comparable margins.
Hirono, a progressive, is in search of a 3rd six-year time period representing the majority-left-wing island state.
The Japan-born U.S. senator is the favourite to win Hawaii’s basic election later this 12 months. However her victory shall be a lot welcomed amongst Democrats as they combat what might be an uphill battle to maintain their razor-thin majority within the Senate.
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Hawaii is a majority-Democratic state. (Photograph by Ben Jared/PGA Tour by way of Getty Photographs)
Her 2024 marketing campaign introduced in additional than $3 million in particular person donations, in accordance with marketing campaign finance information. The Federal Election Fee website didn’t have data of her opponents’ fundraising.
Hirono was the lieutenant governor of Hawaii earlier than being elected to the U.S. Home of Representatives, the place she served three phrases previous to her 2012 run for Senate.
Hawaii’s congressional delegation, two senators and two Home members, is absolutely Democratic.
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Her doubtless November victory shall be much-welcomed padding for Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer as he seeks to maintain his chamber Democratic. (Photograph by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photographs)
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The state’s governor’s workplace and each homes of its state legislature are additionally managed by Democrats.
Democrats are prone to pad their numbers with Hirono’s anticipated victory in November in a Senate map the place they’re liable to dropping vital races elsewhere, together with ruby-red West Virginia.
