Reasonable Democratic Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, fended off a major challenger within the state’s elections Saturday, setting himself up for a probable sixth full time period within the Home of Representatives.
Case is working for the seat in Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, which he’s held since successful within the 2018 midterm elections.
He first got here to Congress as a consultant for the island’s 2nd Congressional District, successful a particular election to fill the seat of Rep. Patsy Mink, who died of pneumonia in 2002.
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Rep. Ed Case, a average Democrat, received a major and is poised to win his sixth full time period in November. (Getty Pictures)
Case left the Home of Representatives in January 2007 and returned in January 2019, representing his present district.
He made headlines simply final month as considered one of dozens of Home Democrats who referred to as on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, which Biden did later that month.
In a July 11 assertion, Case maintained that his determination solely got here from considerations concerning the 81-year-old chief’s skill to hold out one other four-year time period.
“This has nothing to do with his character and record,” Case mentioned on the time. “If it did, there would be no decision to make.”
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Case was considered one of dozens of Home Democrats calling on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race. (AP/Evan Vucci)
Case is not any stranger to crowded major elections, besting a discipline of 44 candidates to exchange Mink for her closing two months in workplace in 2002. He additionally received a seven-way major for his present seat in 2018.
This time, nonetheless, he confronted only one major challenger, Cecil Hale, who doesn’t seem to have disclosed marketing campaign finance knowledge to the Federal Election Fee.
Case, in contrast, raised practically $120,000 in particular person contributions and ended the first cycle with nearly $260,000 money available.
Case’s doubtless victory in November is welcome padding for Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, who’s searching for to flip the Home blue. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Pictures)
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Hawaii solely has two congressional districts, each represented by Democrats, and each of its senators are additionally Democrats.
It’s a protected blue stronghold for the left regardless of pervasive points just like the excessive value of residing, which has historically been a potent political weapon for Republicans in different components of the nation.
Republican Patrick Largey is working unopposed for the Republican nomination to problem Case in November.
