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Moderate 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 House of Representatives.
Case is operating for the seat in Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, which he’s held since profitable within the 2018 midterm elections.
He first got here to Congress as a consultant for the island’s 2nd Congressional District, profitable 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 reasonable Democrat, gained a major and is poised to win his sixth full time period in November. (Getty Images)
Case left the House 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 House 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 choice solely got here from considerations concerning the 81-year-old chief’s capacity 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 House 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 ultimate two months in workplace in 2002. He additionally gained 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 information to the Federal Election Commission.
Case, in contrast, raised practically $120,000 in particular person contributions and ended the first cycle with nearly $260,000 money available.
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Case’s doubtless victory in November is welcome padding for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who’s looking for to flip the House blue. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc by way of Getty Images)
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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 secure blue stronghold for the left regardless of pervasive points just like the excessive value of dwelling, which has historically been a potent political weapon for Republicans in different elements of the nation.
Republican Patrick Largey is operating unopposed for the Republican nomination to problem Case in November.
