WaPo: The top 10 primaries of 2014

5. Hawaii's Democratic Senate primary (Aug. 9):

With the backing of President Obama, a fundraising advantage and a liberal Senate record to run on, appointed Sen. Brian Schatz is doing all the right things ahead of a tough showdown against Rep. Colleen Hanabusa.

Schatz's biggest headache might be the man who appointed him to the Senate: Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D). The governor has gotten in some hot water for remarks seen as insensitive to Hanabusa and her ally, the late Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii).

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