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Hawaii holds special election for House seat; Democrats expect loss in Obama's birthplace

Posted By Andrew Luck
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By Philip Rucker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, May 22, 2010; 11:29 AM

Democrats are bracing for the loss of a House seat Saturday in President Obama’s birthplace of Hawaii, where a special election in a heavily Democratic district has inflamed tensions within the party.

Republican Charles Djou has been leading in recent public polls in the winner-takes-all contest — largely as a result of a feud between two Democratic candidates that has splintered their party’s base. A Djou victory would break the Democrats’ long winning streak of special elections and hand the Republican Party a symbolic victory in its bid to regain control of Congress. There were no party primaries to replace Neil Abercrombie, a 10-term Democratic congressman who resigned to run for governor, so Saturday’s election features 14 candidates. Whoever gets the most votes wins.

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