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Who Will Lead If Inouye and Abercrombie Leave Office?
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| Contributor | karin1492 |
| Last Edited | RBH Dec 17, 2012 09:44pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, December 4, 2012 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Democratic Party of Hawaii insiders are quietly beginning to talk seriously about the possibility that the state's top two elected officials may not seek re-election.
By most indications, Gov. Neil Abercrombie will run for re-election in 2014 and U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye will run for re-election in 2016.
In fact, both leaders tell Civil Beat that their intention is to do exactly that.
"I made an announcement several months ago, and I intend to keep that unless a truck runs over me," Inouye told Civil Beat Monday.
Abercrombie assured Civil Beat he was running for re-election, saying he could not accomplish in one term his ambitious New Day agenda. It includes working on food sustainability, clean energy, workforce housing and the state's unfunded liabilities in employee pensions and health benefits.
"I want continuity," he added. "I'm not running for anything else. I have no other agendas. So the rest of that political intrigue can take place around me."
But Democratic Party members aren't so sure.
In the case of Inouye, 88, there is growing concern he may not finish his current term. For Abercrombie, 74, there could be an intraparty battle over who should head the gubernatorial ticket, or he could decide not to run again.
Neither scenario is unheard of. Sen. Spark Matsunaga died in office, and Gov. John A. Burns was challenged by his own lieutenant governor, Tom Gill. |
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