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DCCC Pulling Out of Hawaii
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| Last Edited | Monsieur May 10, 2010 10:44am |
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| Author | Shira Toeplitz |
| News Date | Monday, May 10, 2010 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Monday morning that it will no longer invest resources in the May 22 special election in Hawaii's 1st Congressional district, effectively ceding the race to Republicans and likely setting the party up for what could be their first special election loss of the cycle.
"The DCCC will not be investing additional resources in the HI-01 (Abercrombie-open) special election," said DCCC spokesman Jennifer Crider in a statement. "Local Democrats were unable to work out their differences. The DCCC will save the resources we would have invested in the Hawaii special election this month for the general election in November."
The DCCC's move is monumental because it shows the party believes there is no path to victory -- a first this cycle for House Democrats, who already boast two wins for House seats in New York in 2009. What's more, the DCCC went off of Hawaii television two weeks after the ballots were mailed out for the special election and just less than two weeks to go until the ballots are due. |
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