Hawaii Republicans, Once Near Extinction, Prepare a Comeback
By John Fund
July 29, 2018 8:45 PM
One-party rule has wreaked havoc in the state, and voters might turn to a new crop of Republicans.
A visit to the semiannual meetings of the national committees of the two major parties makes you realize that even in the polarizing Age of Trump, a midterm election isn’t one national election but 50 state ones. At last month’s Republican National Committee meeting in Austin, Texas, the mood ranged from optimistic to ready to ready for a funeral
On the one hand there was Maryland, where despite the fact that Donald Trump won only 34 percent in 2016, GOP governor Larry Hogan has a 68 percent approval rating. But in neighboring Pennsylvania, which Trump won against all expectations, Democratic governor Tom Wolf is favored for reelection, and a court-ordered redistricting map puts up to five GOP House seats at risk.
Then there is Hawaii. Local Republicans think they’ve hit rock bottom and begun to recover.
more
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/hawaii-republican-party-prepares-comeback/
