From Hawaii Republican Party      July 11, 2014

Cook Political Report, an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends, just moved the Hawaii Governor's race from "Likely Democrat" to "Lean Democrat."

This may not seem like much, but the next step is "Toss-up!"

Couple this with almost every poll to-date showing Duke leading Abercrombie, Ige, and Hannemann by several points - double digits in some cases - and it's more obvious that we'll be putting a Republican back in charge after November!

This comes after the National Journal Report, another nationally recognized publication, published an article titled, "Meet the Republican Who Could Take Hawaii From Democrats."

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We can't rest on our laurels - we HAVE to keep up the momentum!

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Hawaii and Kansas Governors: Updated Bottom Lines

by Jennifer Duffy, Cook Political Report, July 11, 2014

Hawaii: There is probably no state more difficult to poll than Hawaii. The polling in this contest provides ample evidence. There are polls that show Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie in good shape as he prepares to run for a second term while others show that there is a possibility that he could lose his primary in August against state Sen. David Ige, and if he survives the primary, that he...

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